No Surface Mineshafts
by Fnige
No Surface Mineshafts is a data pack that removes surface mineshafts generated inside mesa and badlands biomes.
What it does
The pack targets mineshafts that generate on the surface of mesa terrain and removes them, so those biomes no longer carry the vanilla shafts. Mineshafts still generate in mesa biomes below ground, and the pack leaves the underground placement in place. Dark oak mineshafts are not affected by this change. Server owners install it as a data pack, and the server requires it while clients may leave it out.
Key features
Surface mineshaft removal
Removes the mineshafts that appear on the surface of mesa and badlands terrain.
Underground mineshafts kept
Mineshafts still generate underground in mesa biomes, so the change is limited to the surface.
Dark oak mineshafts unchanged
The pack does not touch the dark oak mineshaft type, which still spawns in mesa biomes.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does No Surface Mineshafts need to be on the client?
Which loaders does No Surface Mineshafts support?
In the catalog
No Surface Mineshafts is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
A datapack that removes surface mineshafts found in the mesa (badlands) by removing the mesa type of mineshafts. It also adds normal mineshafts to the mesa that way mesa biomes should still have mineshafts in them. A side effect of this is that you wont see the dark oak mineshafts, of which are the type of mineshaft…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-surface-mineshafts
- Owner
- Fnige
- Published
- 2025-09-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15