Ore Vein Miner
by quillphen
Crouching and breaking an ore block with a pickaxe causes the whole connected ore vein to be mined automatically.
What it does
The mod runs when a player crouches and breaks an ore block with a pickaxe, and then mines each connected block of the same vein. Silk Touch is respected, so the ore can be collected whole. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and for the Data pack server platform, across releases 1.16.1 – 1.21.1 and newer snapshot builds. It is required on the server and optional for players.
Key features
Crouch-activated mining
Holding crouch while breaking an ore block with a pickaxe starts the vein mining.
Connected vein detection
Every ore block touching the broken one is mined, following the vein through its connected blocks.
Silk Touch support
Ores mined through a vein keep the Silk Touch behavior, so whole ore blocks can be collected.
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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.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
How it compares
Simple Ore Miner is server-side only, published for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21.3 – 26.3, and released under a Creative Commons non-commercial license. Optimized Vein Miner is also server-side only, but it is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.8.9 – 1.21.11 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Vein Miner | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-20 |
| Simple Ore Miner | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.3 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-08-26 |
| Optimized Vein Miner | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.8.9 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-04-28 |
Questions
Does the mod need to be installed on the client?
In the catalog
Ore Vein Miner is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
It automatically mines connected ore blocks when you break one with a pickaxe while crouching. Special thanks to PortableJim and Miraculixx for their existing VeinMiner projects and for making their work open source.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ore-vein-miner
- Owner
- quillphen
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15