Mekanism: Quantum Quarries

The mod uses Mekanism's machinery and interface to build a quarry that works from sampled chunk data rather than digging through the ground in place. Sampling is a one-time process for each chunk, and the result depends on the accuracy setting chosen in the configuration, so the output can differ from the real world. Sampling a world requires that its terrain has already been loaded, and the process combines with other mods.

Mining can target dimensions besides the Overworld, and silk touch and luck modes are part of the design. The quarry needs a large amount of energy to run and to dispose of unwanted items, so a Mekanism power setup is required. Mekanism is a required dependency. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files are published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with 0.1.1 as the latest file, and the code is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, so the mod is open source.