Floating Excavation
by DY_XiaoJiaZi
Floating Excavation removes the mining speed penalty that vanilla Minecraft applies in certain situations, so digging stays at a steadier pace.
What it does
Under the vanilla rules, the speed at which a block breaks drops in some circumstances, such as when the player is airborne or underwater. Floating Excavation changes those specific cases so the mining speed is not reduced there. The mod works on the core mining mechanics rather than adding new blocks or items, and it is built to stay compatible with most other mods.
The mod is a Forge mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 only. It needs no configuration and takes effect as soon as it is installed. Its behavior is kept in sync between client and server, so every player in a multiplayer game sees the same results. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The code is under All rights reserved, and the source code is publicly available.
Key features
Removed mining penalty
Mining speed is no longer reduced in the specific situations where vanilla Minecraft applies the penalty.
Core mechanic changes
The mod edits the original mining mechanics directly, so it affects block breaking without extra tools or blocks.
Lightweight operation
It is implemented in a light way and adds little system overhead during play.
Client and server sync
Client and server stay synchronized, so multiplayer sessions produce consistent mining results.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Floating Excavation need configuration?
Does Floating Excavation have to run on the server?
Which Forge version does Floating Excavation target?
In the catalog
Floating Excavation is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,441 Optimization mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/floating-excavation
- Owner
- DY_XiaoJiaZi
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15