Better Mining Enchantments
by Charble05
Better Mining Enchantments adds two pickaxe enchantments that change how stone-breaking and ore-collecting work on the Fabric loader for 1.21.1.
What it does
Obsidian Breaker raises the mining speed of obsidian and other obsidian-based blocks when a pickaxe carries it. Smelting Touch makes raw ores, including ancient debris, come out of the block already smelted instead of as raw material. Smelting Touch is exclusive with Silk Touch, so a pickaxe cannot hold both at once.
The enchantments are registered as villager trades at the enchanting table, which gives players a second way to obtain them besides finding them in the world. The author describes the mod as the first part of a larger group called Better Enchantments, and says a bigger release has not been published yet. The mod runs on client and server, so both sides need it, and the code is released under the MIT License as open source. Files target 1.21 and 1.21.1, with 1.0.0 as the latest Fabric file.
Key features
Obsidian Breaker
A pickaxe enchantment that increases mining speed on obsidian and other obsidian-based blocks.
Smelting Touch
Raw ores, ancient debris included, are smelted automatically as they are mined.
Silk Touch conflict
Smelting Touch cannot be combined with Silk Touch on the same pickaxe.
Villager trades
Both enchantments are added to villager trades, so they can be bought at the enchanting table.
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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
Nether mining
Obsidian Breaker helps when clearing obsidian walls and portal frames in the Nether.
Ore processing
Smelting Touch removes the need for a furnace step after mining raw ores in the field.
How it compares
Better Silk-Touch is a Fabric option that is client-side only and open source under the Apache License 2.0, with files for 1.21 – 1.21.11. Superminer is a Fabric mod that is server-side only and released under the MIT License for 26.1.2 only, so the two differ in environment and version range from this mod.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Mining Enchantments | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-25 |
| Better Silk-Touch | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-28 |
| Superminer | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-06-25 |
Questions
Does Better Mining Enchantments need Fabric API?
Can Smelting Touch and Silk Touch be used together?
Do both the server and players need the mod?
In the catalog
Better Mining Enchantments is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
New enchantments are registered to villager trades and enchanting table This mod is part of a larger group of mods that is called "Better Enchantments". This is bigger mod isn't released yet.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-mining-enchantments
- Owner
- Charble05
- Published
- 2025-02-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-02-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15