DarkMining

Standard vanilla blocks drop only one specific item when they are mined or broken. DarkMining keeps that standard drop and adds a chance of other items on top, so a player who digs dirt, netherrack, ores or End blocks can receive extra loot. Drop chances follow a weighted table, and the mod lists diamonds, emeralds, food and other rare items among its possible results. Mining an ore can also return double the standard reward.

The mod is server-side only: the server runs it, and players connect with a plain vanilla client. It is an addition to the DarkRPG line by the same authors, and it is meant for players who want quests and RPG gameplay alongside a more rewarding mining loop. Installing it on a server requires the server to be supported by the mod, and the author notes that a client install is needed for the server setup.

DarkMining is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Files cover 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 and 26.2, the game versions 1.20.1 – 26.2. The latest files are version 1.2.7 for 26.2 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and version 1.1.1 for 1.20.1 on Quilt. The code is not open source; the mod is released under All rights reserved.