From 3289e078821a8a309c16b7d834aa938b0541ef76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AeroKoder <190222234+AeroKoder@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:44:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: add operator_power

---
 packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js     | 12 ++++++++++++
 packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js b/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js
index 48ce3841784..8b7e44447e1 100644
--- a/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js
+++ b/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js
@@ -579,6 +579,18 @@ const operators = function (isInitialSetup, isStage, targetId, colors) {
                 </shadow>
             </value>
         </block>
+        <block type="operator_power">
+            <value name="NUM1">
+                <shadow type="math_number">
+                    <field name="NUM"/>
+                </shadow>
+            </value>
+            <value name="NUM2">
+                <shadow type="math_number">
+                    <field name="NUM"/>
+                </shadow>
+            </value>
+        </block>
         ${blockSeparator}
         <block type="operator_random">
             <value name="FROM">
diff --git a/packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js b/packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js
index cb5d6ef84fd..b1b1170e1b0 100644
--- a/packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js
+++ b/packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Scratch3OperatorsBlocks {
             operator_subtract: this.subtract,
             operator_multiply: this.multiply,
             operator_divide: this.divide,
+            operator_power: this.power,
             operator_lt: this.lt,
             operator_equals: this.equals,
             operator_gt: this.gt,
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ class Scratch3OperatorsBlocks {
         return Cast.toNumber(args.NUM1) / Cast.toNumber(args.NUM2);
     }
 
+    power (args) {
+        return Cast.toNumber(args.NUM1) ** Cast.toNumber(args.NUM2);
+    }
+
     lt (args) {
         return Cast.compare(args.OPERAND1, args.OPERAND2) < 0;
     }

From 2dc61a6282b9e78acac77190467f8f7a2045db3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AeroKoder <190222234+AeroKoder@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:07:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: use Math.pow instead of **

---
 packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js b/packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js
index b1b1170e1b0..da7169dad98 100644
--- a/packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js
+++ b/packages/scratch-vm/src/blocks/scratch3_operators.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Scratch3OperatorsBlocks {
     }
 
     power (args) {
-        return Cast.toNumber(args.NUM1) ** Cast.toNumber(args.NUM2);
+        return Math.pow(Cast.toNumber(args.NUM1), Cast.toNumber(args.NUM2));
     }
 
     lt (args) {