Excavators

An excavator works through a selected area on its own once it is set up. The area is defined by three slots: the first sets the length, the second the height and the third the width. The machine always works forward along the length, moves left across the width, and then steps down one layer at a time through the height. Clearing the first three slots resets progress, and adjusting the area is possible as long as the machine has not finished.

The excavator uses a pickaxe placed in the center panel, and the pickaxe is never destroyed. When it loses durability it is only brought down to one use left. The machine halts when the pickaxe needs a repair or when a block such as bedrock is beyond what the tool can handle. Work resumes once the pickaxe is repaired or the block is unblocked, and progress is kept until the pickaxe is returned, so a pause is as simple as taking it out.

The server must run the mod, while players may leave it out, so only the server side needs it installed. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the data pack form is also listed. The latest builds target 26.2 and cover 1.21.2 – 26.2 across 14 release versions. The mod is released under the MIT License but is not open source.