Maid Mining
by leyuezhida
Maid Mining lets a Touhou Little Maid maid gather ores on her own once she is given a pickaxe and set to the Mining task on Forge for 1.20.1.
What it does
The mod is an extension for Touhou Little Maid and cannot run without it. Once a maid holds a pickaxe in her main hand and her task menu is set to Mining, she searches a 3x3 chunk area of 48 blocks for ores and digs tunnels to reach them. Raw ore placed in her offhand narrows the search to that one ore type. While digging, she climbs vertical terrain by placing climbing blocks, and she can pass through water and lava safely.
Installation requires Touhou Little Maid on Forge. The mod is released under the MIT License and is open source, with its source code public. It is published for Forge only, in a single file for 1.20.1, version 1.0.0, dated 2026-08-14. Both the server and every player need it, because the mining task runs on the server side. Ore detection supports Forge and Fabric ore tags and standard pickaxe types, so modded ores tagged that way are included.
Key features
Autonomous ore search
A maid with the Mining task searches a radius of 48 blocks for ores without any further commands from the player.
Tunnel digging
The maid digs a tunnel toward each ore she finds, opening a path through solid stone.
Scaffold climbing
On vertical terrain she places blocks to climb, so cliffs and shafts do not stop the task.
Offhand ore targeting
Raw ore in the maid's offhand limits her to mining that ore type only.
Fluid handling
She digs through water and lava safely instead of stopping at liquid blocks.
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
Automated ore collection
A player with a large base can set a maid to gather ores from a wide area while doing other work.
Who it’s for: Players who already use Touhou Little Maid and want their maids to gather ore on their own. Server owners running that mod can enable it for every player.
How it compares
Maid Useful Task is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, open source under the MIT License, and runs on client and server. Telepathic Maid works on Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Maid Mining is Forge only, for 1.20.1 alone, and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maid Mining | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-14 |
| Maid Useful Task | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-11 |
| Telepathic Maid | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-11-02 |
Questions
Does Maid Mining need Touhou Little Maid?
Does the server need Maid Mining?
Which Minecraft versions does Maid Mining support?
In the catalog
Maid Mining is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
A Touhou Little Maid extension that gives maids the ability to autonomously mine ores. Just give your maid a pickaxe and switch her task mode to Mining - she will do the rest! FEATURES -------- - Automatic ore search within a 3x3 chunk radius (48 blocks) - Tunnel digging: the maid automatically digs tunnels to reach…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/maid-mining
- Owner
- leyuezhida
- Published
- 2026-08-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15