Ore Harvester
by Serilum
Ore Harvester lets a player crouch, break one block of an ore vein and remove the whole vein at once, with the drops placed at the first broken block.
What it does
Breaking one ore block while sneaking removes the connected vein in a single action. Mining time grows with the number of ore blocks in the vein, and every ore item drops at the position of the block the player broke first. Silk Touch and other enchantments apply to the whole vein, and diagonally connected blocks are included when they are visible through air. Stone and deepslate forms of the same ore are harvested together.
The behavior is controlled by a configuration file and a blacklist file. Server owners can choose whether sneaking is required, decide where drops land, toggle fuzzy ore detection, and list extra blocks to harvest or exclude. Tools that are not classed as pickaxes, such as paxels and multitools, can be allowed in the config. Each harvested ore fires a block break event, so mods that track block breaks see every ore. Ore Harvester is a server-side mod, so players connect without installing it. It requires Collective and is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for 1.19.2 – 26.3 under All rights reserved.
Key features
Whole-vein mining
Breaking one block of a vein while crouching removes every connected ore block in one action.
Drops at the first block
All ore items from a vein can be dropped at the position of the initially broken block.
Enchantment support
Silk Touch and other enchantments apply to every block harvested in the vein.
Configurable block and tool lists
Whitelists and blacklists in the config choose which blocks and tools take part in vein mining.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x1 of 1 version with builds
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
Mining on a shared server
Server owners can install the mod once, and players who join need nothing extra on their side.
Modded tools
Paxels and multitools that are not detected as pickaxes can be added to the tool whitelist.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want faster ore collection, and players on servers that run the mod. It suits survival worlds where players collect large ore deposits.
How it compares
Simple Ore Miner is server-side only, published for Fabric and NeoForge across a recent range, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0. Ore Vein Miner runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.16 – 26.3 with a server-required, client-optional environment, under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only. Neither is open source, and neither covers Ore Harvester's full set of loaders and versions.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Harvester | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-13 |
| Simple Ore Miner | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.3 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-08-26 |
| Ore Vein Miner | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-20 |
Questions
Does Ore Harvester need Collective?
Do players need the mod installed?
Can the server limit which tools work?
Does Ore Harvester work with Silk Touch?
In the catalog
Ore Harvester is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Ore Harvester allows players to mine entire ore veins instantly, by breaking one of the blocks in it while crouching. The time it takes to mine is increased by the amount of ore that's in the vein. All ore items will be dropped at the initial broken block's position. It is compatible with Silk Touch and any other…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ore-harvester
- Owner
- Serilum
- Published
- 2024-05-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15