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Improve Visibility While Building and Mining

Why Smaller Items Help

When holding blocks or tools, the vanilla model can obstruct your view of the world ahead. The Smaller Handhelds Resource Pack reduces this obstruction by scaling down held items, giving you a clearer sightline to your surroundings.

Maximizing Your View

With smaller handhelds active, you'll notice:

  • Better peripheral vision when holding blocks, stacks of materials, or building tools
  • Clearer sight lines when mining in tight spaces or caves
  • Reduced screen clutter when switching between multiple items quickly

This is especially useful during extended building sessions where you're constantly swapping between different blocks, or when mining in confined spaces where every bit of visibility matters.

Combining with Other Settings

For even better visibility, pair this pack with your existing FOV (field of view) settings. The combination of smaller handhelds and optimized camera settings creates the cleanest possible view of your mining or building area.