mining hammer
by mr-chibi
Mining Hammer adds a craftable hammer tool that breaks a three-by-three area of blocks in one swing, with recipes built from wooden tools up to netherite.
What it does
Hammers are crafted from sticks and logs or stone, then from copper, iron, gold, diamond and netherite materials. The tool looks like a mace and is used like a pickaxe, but it clears a three-by-three area instead of a single block. A player can aim the hammer up, down, left or right to choose which plane the area lies in, which suits tunnels, walls and ore veins.
The mod needs no dependencies and works on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. It is published for 26.1.2 only, and the server requires it while clients may leave it out. The data pack distribution is listed as a separate option. The code is not open source and is released under All rights reserved, though public links to the source code and issue tracker are available.
Key features
Three-by-three mining
One swing of the hammer breaks a three-by-three block area, including stone, ores and other common materials.
Directional aiming
Looking up, down, left or right changes the orientation of the mined area, so the hammer covers the surface being worked.
Tiered crafting
Hammers are made from wooden tools through netherite, with each material using three of its ingot or block form.
Mace-style icon
The hammer's texture resembles a mace, distinguishing it from the pickaxes it works alongside.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Quarrying stone
A hammer clears a broad patch of stone in fewer swings than a single-block pickaxe.
Ore veins
Breaking a three-by-three area can open several ore blocks from one swing in a tunnel wall.
Who it’s for: Players who want faster block breaking in survival and servers that run the mod for everyone who joins.
How it compares
Vanilla Hammers is a Fabric-only tool for 26.1.2 under All rights reserved and is not open source, with a client and server environment. SleepysHammers is a NeoForge mod for 26.1.2 – 26.2 under the MIT License and is open source, also client and server. Better Hammers is Fabric-only for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and open source under the MIT License. Mining Hammer covers all four loaders for 26.1.2 alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mining hammer | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-13 |
| Vanilla Hammers | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-12 |
| SleepysHammers | NeoForge | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-31 |
| Better Hammers | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-02 |
Questions
Does Mining Hammer need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Mining Hammer support?
Can Mining Hammer be used on older game versions?
In the catalog
mining hammer is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Allows players to break 3x3 mining blocks such as (stone, ores, etc). The icon may look like a mace, but it's a pickaxe from wooden tools all the way up to netherite allowing players to mine looking up, down, left & right for better mining experience!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mining-hammer
- Owner
- mr-chibi
- Published
- 2026-06-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15