diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b2912b1..79829e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "mineflayer-pvp": "^1.3.2",
         "openai": "^4.4.0",
         "patch-package": "^8.0.0",
+        "prismarine-item": "^1.14.0",
         "replicate": "^0.29.4",
         "vec3": "^0.1.10",
         "yargs": "^17.7.2"
diff --git a/src/agent/library/skills.js b/src/agent/library/skills.js
index 1dbe0fb..8e8411f 100644
--- a/src/agent/library/skills.js
+++ b/src/agent/library/skills.js
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ export async function placeBlock(bot, blockType, x, y, z, placeOn='bottom', dont
                 blockType += `[facing=${face}]`;
             }
         }
-        if (blockType === 'repeater' || blockType === 'comparator') {
+        if (blockType === 'ladder' || blockType === 'repeater' || blockType === 'comparator') {
             blockType += `[facing=${face}]`;
         }
 
@@ -540,6 +540,10 @@ export async function placeBlock(bot, blockType, x, y, z, placeOn='bottom', dont
     }
 
     let block = bot.inventory.items().find(item => item.name === blockType);
+    if (!block && bot.game.gameMode === 'creative') {
+        await bot.creative.setInventorySlot(36, mc.makeItem(blockType, 1)); // 36 is first hotbar slot
+        block = bot.inventory.items().find(item => item.name === blockType);
+    }
     if (!block) {
         log(bot, `Don't have any ${blockType} to place.`);
         return false;
diff --git a/src/agent/library/world.js b/src/agent/library/world.js
index 0e32014..dc64599 100644
--- a/src/agent/library/world.js
+++ b/src/agent/library/world.js
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ export function shouldPlaceTorch(bot) {
     const pos = getPosition(bot);
     // TODO: check light level instead of nearby torches, block.light is broken
     let nearest_torch = getNearestBlock(bot, 'torch', 6);
+    if (!nearest_torch)
+        nearest_torch = getNearestBlock(bot, 'wall_torch', 6);
     if (!nearest_torch) {
         const block = bot.blockAt(pos);
         let has_torch = bot.inventory.items().find(item => item.name === 'torch');
diff --git a/src/utils/mcdata.js b/src/utils/mcdata.js
index ad83963..c260325 100644
--- a/src/utils/mcdata.js
+++ b/src/utils/mcdata.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import minecraftData from 'minecraft-data';
 import settings from '../../settings.js';
 import { createBot } from 'mineflayer';
+import prismarine_items from 'prismarine-item';
 import { pathfinder } from 'mineflayer-pathfinder';
 import { plugin as pvp } from 'mineflayer-pvp';
 import { plugin as collectblock } from 'mineflayer-collectblock';
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const armorManager = plugin;
 
 const mc_version = settings.minecraft_version;
 const mcdata = minecraftData(mc_version);
-
+const Item = prismarine_items(mc_version);
 
 export const WOOD_TYPES = ['oak', 'spruce', 'birch', 'jungle', 'acacia', 'dark_oak'];
 export const MATCHING_WOOD_BLOCKS = [
@@ -236,4 +237,8 @@ export function getBlockTool(blockName) {
         return null;
     }
     return getItemName(Object.keys(block.harvestTools)[0]);  // Double check first tool is always simplest
+}
+
+export function makeItem(name, amount=1) {
+    return new Item(getItemId(name), amount);
 }
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