diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index b20da0b71..ae250fcc1 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -2664,42 +2664,13 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 
 		switch($packet->action){
 			case PlayerActionPacket::ACTION_START_BREAK:
-				if($pos->distanceSquared($this) > 10000){
-					break;
-				}
-
-				$target = $this->level->getBlock($pos);
-
-				$ev = new PlayerInteractEvent($this, $this->inventory->getItemInHand(), $target, null, $packet->face, $target->getId() === 0 ? PlayerInteractEvent::LEFT_CLICK_AIR : PlayerInteractEvent::LEFT_CLICK_BLOCK);
-				if($this->level->checkSpawnProtection($this, $target)){
-					$ev->setCancelled();
-				}
-
-				$this->getServer()->getPluginManager()->callEvent($ev);
-				if($ev->isCancelled()){
-					$this->inventory->sendHeldItem($this);
-					break;
-				}
-
-				$block = $target->getSide($packet->face);
-				if($block->getId() === Block::FIRE){
-					$this->level->setBlock($block, BlockFactory::get(Block::AIR));
-					break;
-				}
-
-				if(!$this->isCreative()){
-					//TODO: improve this to take stuff like swimming, ladders, enchanted tools into account, fix wrong tool break time calculations for bad tools (pmmp/PocketMine-MP#211)
-					$breakTime = ceil($target->getBreakTime($this->inventory->getItemInHand()) * 20);
-					if($breakTime > 0){
-						$this->level->broadcastLevelEvent($pos, LevelEventPacket::EVENT_BLOCK_START_BREAK, (int) (65535 / $breakTime));
-					}
-				}
+				$this->startBreakBlock($pos, $packet->face);
 
 				break;
 
 			case PlayerActionPacket::ACTION_ABORT_BREAK:
 			case PlayerActionPacket::ACTION_STOP_BREAK:
-				$this->level->broadcastLevelEvent($pos, LevelEventPacket::EVENT_BLOCK_STOP_BREAK);
+				$this->stopBreakBlock($pos);
 				break;
 			case PlayerActionPacket::ACTION_START_SLEEPING:
 				//unused
@@ -2733,9 +2704,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 			case PlayerActionPacket::ACTION_STOP_GLIDE:
 				break; //TODO
 			case PlayerActionPacket::ACTION_CONTINUE_BREAK:
-				$block = $this->level->getBlock($pos);
-				$this->level->broadcastLevelEvent($pos, LevelEventPacket::EVENT_PARTICLE_PUNCH_BLOCK, BlockFactory::toStaticRuntimeId($block->getId(), $block->getDamage()) | ($packet->face << 24));
-				//TODO: destroy-progress level event
+				$this->continueBreakBlock($pos, $packet->face);
 				break;
 			case PlayerActionPacket::ACTION_START_SWIMMING:
 				break; //TODO
@@ -2752,6 +2721,56 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	public function startBreakBlock(Vector3 $pos, int $face) : bool{
+		if($pos->distanceSquared($this) > 10000){
+			return false; //TODO: maybe this should throw an exception instead?
+		}
+
+		$target = $this->level->getBlock($pos);
+
+		$ev = new PlayerInteractEvent($this, $this->inventory->getItemInHand(), $target, null, $face, $target->getId() === 0 ? PlayerInteractEvent::LEFT_CLICK_AIR : PlayerInteractEvent::LEFT_CLICK_BLOCK);
+		if($this->level->checkSpawnProtection($this, $target)){
+			$ev->setCancelled();
+		}
+
+		$this->getServer()->getPluginManager()->callEvent($ev);
+		if($ev->isCancelled()){
+			$this->inventory->sendHeldItem($this);
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		$block = $target->getSide($face);
+		if($block->getId() === Block::FIRE){
+			$this->level->setBlock($block, BlockFactory::get(Block::AIR));
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if(!$this->isCreative()){
+			//TODO: improve this to take stuff like swimming, ladders, enchanted tools into account, fix wrong tool break time calculations for bad tools (pmmp/PocketMine-MP#211)
+			$breakTime = ceil($target->getBreakTime($this->inventory->getItemInHand()) * 20);
+			if($breakTime > 0){
+				$this->level->broadcastLevelEvent($pos, LevelEventPacket::EVENT_BLOCK_START_BREAK, (int) (65535 / $breakTime));
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function continueBreakBlock(Vector3 $pos, int $face) : void{
+		$block = $this->level->getBlock($pos);
+		$this->level->broadcastLevelEvent(
+			$pos,
+			LevelEventPacket::EVENT_PARTICLE_PUNCH_BLOCK,
+			BlockFactory::toStaticRuntimeId($block->getId(), $block->getDamage()) | ($face << 24)
+		);
+
+		//TODO: destroy-progress level event
+	}
+
+	public function stopBreakBlock(Vector3 $pos) : void{
+		$this->level->broadcastLevelEvent($pos, LevelEventPacket::EVENT_BLOCK_STOP_BREAK);
+	}
+
 	public function toggleSprint(bool $sprint) : void{
 		$ev = new PlayerToggleSprintEvent($this, $sprint);
 		$this->server->getPluginManager()->callEvent($ev);