Auto Miner
by LilPwinc3ss
Auto Miner is a Fabric technology mod that lets ordinary Minecraft pickaxes and shovels dig blocks in front of a placed machine, without electricity or fuel.
What it does
Auto Miner builds its automation on vanilla tools. The standard machine uses pickaxes to dig suitable blocks directly in front of it and keeps the results in an internal inventory, which makes it a fit for cobblestone generators, ore generators and other renewable block setups, including Skyblock worlds. The Dirt Auto Miner is its shovel-based counterpart for dirt, sand, gravel and clay, and the Nether Auto Miner produces blocks that need different tools. It has separate pickaxe and shovel slots and picks whichever installed tool the block requires.
Farm Auto Miner handles supported single-block crops inside a directional 9x9 farming area. It plants on farmland, detects mature crops, harvests them, replants, and stores the excess produce. Its hoes lose durability while farming. Players can enable or disable each supported crop type. A handheld controller tracks several Auto Miners from one screen; linked miners report their states, and the controller can monitor machines across the whole world.
The mod is published for Fabric only, for game version 26.2 (1.3.0, released 2026-09-14). Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved, though public links to the source and issue tracker exist.
Key features
Vanilla tool mining
Machines dig blocks with the pickaxes and shovels players already use, so no power network or fuel is needed.
Specialised miners
Separate machines cover standard, dirt-based and Nether-style mining, each suited to a different block output.
Automated crop farming
Farm Auto Miner plants, harvests and replants supported crops within a 9x9 area, with per-crop toggles.
Handheld controller
A handheld controller shows the state of several linked miners through a single interface.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want resource automation built on vanilla tools, and server owners who run generator or farm setups for several players.
How it compares
Simple Crop Harvester is server-side only, published under the MIT License for 26.1 – 26.2. Vein Miner is also server-side only, released under All rights reserved, for the same 26.1 – 26.2 range. Auto Miner needs the client as well as the server, and it targets 26.2 alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Miner | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-14 |
| Simple Crop Harvester | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-01 |
| Vein Miner | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-12 |
Questions
Does Auto Miner need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader does Auto Miner use?
Can the Farm Auto Miner harvest any crop?
In the catalog
Auto Miner is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Auto Miner is a vanilla-friendly automation mod built around ordinary Minecraft tools. Rather than introducing electricity, generators, fuel or a complicated technology system, Auto Miner uses familiar Minecraft mechanics: give an Auto Miner the appropriate tool and let the tool do the work.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/auto-miner
- Owner
- LilPwinc3ss
- Published
- 2026-09-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
