---
title: Player Action
description: "Play 0x29, client → server."
---

`play` · `0x29` · **serverbound** (client → server)

Reports block digging and some item actions. `status` is start/cancel/finish digging, drop item, drop stack, release use item, or swap hands; `location` and `face` identify the block. `sequence` is echoed back in `BlockChangedAck` so the client can reconcile block predictions.

Sent by the client, read by the server. Listen for it with `client.on("PlayerAction", (data) => …)` on the receiving side.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `status` | VarInt |  |
| `location` | Position | also `position` |
| `face` | Byte |  |
| `sequence` | VarInt |  |

## Send it

```ts
await client.sendPacket("PlayerAction", {
  status: /* VarInt */,
  location: /* Position */,
  face: /* Byte */,
  sequence: /* VarInt */,
});
```

Field aliases listed under Notes are accepted as alternative keys when writing.

Source: [`src/Core/Versions/776/Packets/play/serverbound/PlayerAction.ts`](https://github.com/GDLev/mc-protocol/blob/master/src/Core/Versions/776/Packets/play/serverbound/PlayerAction.ts)