Hammers and Excavators Miners dream
Hammers and Excavators is a Fabric and NeoForge equipment mod in which heavy pickaxes and shovels break a whole area of blocks in one action, sized by tool tier.
What it does
Heavy pickaxes called hammers break a block together with the blocks around the one targeted, and heavy shovels called excavators clear a larger area of soft blocks such as dirt, sand and gravel at once. The area grows with the material the tool is made from. An iron tool breaks a 3x3x1 area of 9 blocks, a redstone tool a 3x3x3 area of 27 blocks, an emerald tool a 5x5x1 area of 25 blocks, and a diamond tool a 5x5x3 area of 125 blocks.
The tools are crafted from standard vanilla materials and follow the normal progression, so they can be reached without any other content. Outlines shown on the targeted block update as the mined area changes. Environment is client and server, so the server and every player need the mod, and it is released under the MIT License, not as open source. Builds cover 26.1 – 26.3 on Fabric and NeoForge.
Key features
Area mining hammers
Heavy pickaxes break the targeted block together with the surrounding blocks in a larger area.
Area mining excavators
Heavy shovels clear a broad patch of dirt, sand, gravel and similar blocks in one swing.
Tier-based area size
The mined area depends on the tool material, from 9 blocks at iron to 125 blocks at diamond.
Dynamic block outlines
The targeted block shows an outline that updates to match the area the tool will break.
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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
Clearing large areas
Players who need to flatten ground or clear a site can break many blocks with a single action.
Who it’s for: Players who want faster digging in survival or on a server, using only vanilla materials to craft the tools.
How it compares
Only Hammers And Excavators covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.19 – 26.3 and is all rights reserved, not open source. Simple Excavators is open source under the MIT License and runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.3. Vanilla Hammers is Fabric only, for 26.1.2, and is all rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammers and Excavators Miners dream | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-20 |
| Only Hammers And Excavators | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-06 |
| Simple Excavators | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-28 |
| Vanilla Hammers | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-12 |
Questions
Does Hammers and Excavators need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders are supported?
Does the mined area depend on the tool material?
In the catalog
Hammers and Excavators Miners dream is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
A Fabric mod for Minecraft that adds multi-block mining tools. This mod introduces Hammers and Excavators to help players clear areas more efficiently.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hammers-and-excavators-miners-dream
- Owner
- OldManPlaysGames
- Published
- 2026-06-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15