Hitching Posts

Description: A hitching post is a block similar to fences that leads can be used on to tether a led animal or entity. It comes in the types English, western, pasture, and their respective mini versions.

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Details: 

Renewable:	Yes
Stackable:	Yes (64)
Tool:	Pickaxe (Any) Western & English Axe (Any) Pasture Fence
Blast Resistance:	N/A
Hardness:	N/A
Luminant:	No
Transparent:	Partially
Flammable:	No
Flammable (Lava):	No

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Obtaining

Crafting

English Hitching Post

English Hitching Posts come in a single (black + white) color.
An English hitching post can be crafted with 1 Iron Ingot and 2 Planks (any logs)

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English Hitching Post Mini

The mini version of an English hitching post does not have a crafting recipe, instead use a pair of shears to right click a placed English hitching post to cut it down in to mini versions - it yield 2 each time (full-sized post consumed on use).

Western Hitching Post

Western Hitching Posts come in a single (black + white) color.
A Western hitching post can be crafted with 1 Iron Nugget and 2 Logs (inc. stripped and wood variants of vanilla logs)

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Western Hitching Post Mini

The mini version of a Western hitching post does not have a crafting recipe, instead use a pair of shears to right click a placed Western hitching post to cut it down in to mini versions - it yield 2 each time (full-sized post consumed on use).

Pasture Hitching Post

Pasture Hitching Posts come in a single (whitewash) color.
A pasture hitching post can be crafted with 1 Wooden Plank and 2 Logs (inc. stripped and wood variants of vanilla logs)

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Pasture Hitching Post Mini

The mini version of a pasture hitching post does not have a crafting recipe, instead use a pair of shears to right click a placed pasture hitching post to cut it down in to mini versions - it yield 2 each time (full-sized post consumed on use).

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Usage

Hitching posts function very much like fences when right clicked with a lead (vanilla or SWEM lead & anchor) and have equestrian-friendly designs for various purposes. Mini versions are available and can be placed on the ground, fences or walls. SWEM hitching posts have a custom connection added, so the loops of custom hitching does not have the vanilla rope knot texture. 

Right click a hitching post while holding an attached lead to connect the entity's lead to the hitch. Multiple entities can be connected to a single hitching post if enough leads are owned. Right click the hitching post again to disconnect - the lead(s) will drop on the ground nearby. 

Cross ties (SWEM Horse only) can connect to two hitching posts - disconnecting will drop 2 leads.
Learn more about cross ties here.

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Known Issues

If you find an issue, please report it to our bugs channel on Discord. We ask that you look to see if your issue was reported first!

• [-] Hitching posts (tall) have a gap between top and bottom section.
  
• [-]1.3.0 When using cross ties and untying the horse, 1 cross tie appears to still have a small rope connection. This is purely visual and does not affect the function of the item. Right click the hitching post todoes not clear the connected rope texture blockstate.
• [-] Cross ties on hitching post drop 2 vanilla leads if lead and anchors were used (part of a bug relating to lead and anchors not being consumed on use).
  

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Changelog

PRE 1.18.2

This is not a complete list of version changes / fixes. It is a changelog of relevant wiki-related version information.

MC Version	Release	Notes
1.18.2	1.18.2-0.5.1.3.x0 [Beta]	[Bug Fix] Cross ties fixed and render both leads.
		[Bug Fix] Hitching post top and bottom section no longer has a gap.
	1.18.2-1.0.0	Hitching posts changed to a new design - mini hitching posts no longer have a base so they can be used seamlessly on top of walls and fences.
		English Hitching Post recipe changed from logs to planks.
1.16.5	1.16.5-0.5.3.20	[Bug Fix] Pasture hitching posts (mini) textures match whitewash full-size variant
	1.16.5-0.5.2.7	[Bug Fix] Hitching posts drop in survival (tool & TNT).

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Data values

swem:english_hitching_post
swem:english_hitching_post_mini
swem:western_hitching_post
swem:western_hitching_post_mini
swem:pasture_hitching_post
swem:pasture_hitching_post_mini