Needle In A Hay Stack
by Sir_Cow
Needle In A Hay Stack is a Cursed mod in which a single needle is hidden among hay blocks, and breaking hay has a one in 5,000,000 chance of revealing it.
What it does
Players search for the needle by breaking hay stack blocks. Each hay block carries a one in 5,000,000 chance of containing the needle, so finding it can take a very long time. Once found, the player earns an advancement, and the mod keeps track of the search so progress can be checked at any point.
The mod provides commands for tracking a personal record. A player can view their current progress with the needle command, check their record, and reset the record with a separate reset command. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Fabric API is required, and files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, covering 26.1 – 26.3. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Hidden needle search
A single needle is hidden among hay stack blocks, and breaking them is how the search proceeds.
Rare discovery chance
Each broken hay block has a one in 5,000,000 chance of revealing the needle, which makes the search slow.
Advancement on discovery
Finding the needle grants an advancement to the player who discovers it.
Progress and personal record
Commands show current progress and the personal record, and the record can be reset.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Long-running survival searches
Players who want a slow, open-ended goal can spend many hours breaking hay blocks while tracking their progress.
Competing on a server
Server members can compare personal records, since each player has a record that the reset command can clear.
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy long, luck-based searches, and server owners who want a shared minigame with personal records. Both the server and each player need the mod installed, so every participant should run the same build.
Questions
Does Needle In A Hay Stack need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Which loaders and versions are supported?
In the catalog
Needle In A Hay Stack is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/needle-in-a-hay-stack
- Owner
- Sir_Cow
- Published
- 2026-08-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15