CleaveOre
by ethandrake
CleaveOre lets a player pull ore out of a block in one click, leaving a hollow stone shell behind instead of breaking each block in turn.
What it does
Right-clicking an ore block with a pickaxe removes its resource drops at once and clears the block, so a vein can be taken without tunneling through the surrounding stone. The stone left behind forms a hollow shell, which keeps the terrain from collapsing into gaps. Left-clicking keeps the normal vanilla block-breaking behavior, so ordinary mining is unchanged.
The mod suits players who want to check hidden hazards directly behind an ore face, since tunneling straight in is no longer needed to see what lies beyond it. Ore plucking only works while the player holds a tool with standard pickaxe capabilities. Custom modded pickaxes, hammers and multitools work with it as long as they expose native pickaxe behavior.
CleaveOre needs Fabric API on every loader. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, covering the 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 game versions, and the code is open source under the Apache License 2.0.
Key features
Ore plucking
A right-click on an ore block removes its drops in one action and clears the block from the vein.
Hollow stone shell
The stone left behind keeps a hollow shell, so a vein can be extracted without causing structural collapse.
Vanilla left-click
Left-clicking keeps the standard block-breaking behavior, so normal mining is not replaced.
Modded pickaxe support
Custom pickaxes, hammers and multitools that expose native pickaxe behavior can pluck ore without extra setup.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Survival players on single-player worlds or multiplayer servers, and server owners who want a mining tool that changes only how ore is collected.
How it compares
Simple Pickaxe 7x7, Simple 3x3 Pickaxe and Simple Pickaxe 5x5 each run on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 and are not open source under the Apache License 2.0, while CleaveOre covers only 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Pluck is server-side only, published for Fabric alone over 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 and released under All rights reserved, so players join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CleaveOre | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-31 |
| Simple Pickaxe 7x7 | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-31 |
| Simple 3x3 Pickaxe | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-29 |
| Simple Pickaxe 5x5 | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-02 |
| Pluck | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2025-07-19 |
Questions
Does CleaveOre need Fabric API?
Does CleaveOre have to be installed on the server?
Which tools can pluck ore?
In the catalog
CleaveOre is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Overview A lightweight, tactical mining utility mod that completely changes how you harvest resources. Instead of destroying every block in sight, this mod allows you to cleanly extract precious materials while leaving the environment intact. ⛏️ Normal Mine (Left-Click) Retains standard vanilla block-breaking…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cleaveore
- Owner
- ethandrake
- Published
- 2026-05-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15