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Decoy Spy Glass

A window that only works one way: solid from the corridor, transparent from the room behind it.

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One block thick, and the side faces follow a mode you switch directly in your hand. The same glass can be mounted on a wall, the floor or the ceiling; the sector you are looking through becomes the clear one.

▸ LIVESpy glass live in hand: Shift slides it from 1 to 5 glass faces
Spy glass live in hand: Shift slides it from 1 to 5 glass faces.

The two modes

ModeHow to selectGlass facesDisguised facesBest for
StandardJust hold it1 front5 (back + 4 sides)Corridor edges are visible
Wide angleHold Sneak5 front + 4 sides1 back onlySides buried inside a wall
From the inside: clear glass. From the outside: an unbroken log wall
From the inside: clear glass. From the outside: an unbroken log wall.

Mounting

  • Wall, floor and ceiling mounts are all supported.
  • The clear sector always faces the player who placed it.
  • The outside face is always solid — by design, not a bug.
Corridor trick
Line a whole corridor with Standard-mode spy glass: visitors see a solid wall, you see everything. The recipe yields 4 per craft, so it is cheap.

Recipe: 02 · Decoy Spy Glass — glass, iron and one Decoy Block.

Mounting in wall, floor, or ceiling

1
Pick the mode in hand
Hold normally for Standard; hold Sneak for Wide angle.
2
Place against the frame
The sector you look through becomes the clear one; the remaining faces stay disguised.
3
Check from both sides
From the corridor the block looks solid; from inside it is clear glass.

Corridor observation line

Line a whole corridor with Standard-mode spy glass. Visitors see a solid wall; you see everything from inside. The recipe yields 4 per craft, so a long observation line is cheap. Keep the back face buried in the wall so only the intended front sector is clear.

One-way by design

Outside face is always solid
Spy glass is one-directional. The outside face is always solid by design; it is not a two-way window.