Simple Ore Vein Miner
by Aeshea Mods
Simple Ore Vein Miner lets a player break one ore block with a pickaxe and have the connected ore of the same type mined with it, toggled by a hotkey.
What it does
When vein mining is enabled, mining a single ore block with a pickaxe also removes the ore blocks of the same type that touch it. Vanilla ores and deepslate ore variants are supported. Pressing the V key switches the function on and off, and with it off, breaking blocks works as it does in the base game. A safety limit caps a single vein at 64 blocks, which keeps large veins from causing lag.
Hotkey input is read on the player's side, while the vein itself is removed by the server, so the mod works in single-player worlds and on multiplayer servers. Both the server and every player need it, because it has to be installed on both sides. The mod requires Fabric API and is published for Fabric only, with builds across 6 release versions, 1.21.4 – 26.2, under the MIT License. It is not open source.
Key features
Hotkey toggle
The V key turns vein mining on or off, so a player can break single blocks when needed.
Connected ore mining
Ore blocks of the same type that touch the mined block are removed along with it.
Deepslate variants
Vanilla ores and their deepslate variants are both covered by the vein mining.
64-block limit
Each vein is capped at 64 blocks to prevent long mining chains from slowing the game.
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
Mining in single-player
A solo player can clear an ore vein in one action instead of breaking each block by hand.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners install the mod on the server and on every client, and the hotkey toggle works on each player's side.
Who it’s for: Players who dig for ore often in survival worlds and server owners who want the same ore mining on a multiplayer server.
How it compares
Manic Miner is open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21 – 26.3, and its server needs it while clients may skip it. King's Vein Miner is server-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and covers 1.21.4 – 26.1.2. Simple Ore Vein Miner needs both sides and is not open source. Silana (Vein Miner) also runs on client and server under the MIT License, but for 1.21.10 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Ore Vein Miner | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-01 |
| Manic Miner | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
| King's Vein Miner | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-06-12 |
| Silana (Vein Miner) | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does Simple Ore Vein Miner need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod for vein mining to work?
Which game versions are supported?
In the catalog
Simple Ore Vein Miner is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Simple Ore Vein Miner is a lightweight Fabric mod that lets players toggle ore vein mining on and off with a hotkey. When enabled, mining one ore block with a pickaxe will automatically mine connected ore blocks of the same type. When disabled, mining works normally.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simple-ore-vein-miner
- Owner
- Aeshea Mods
- Published
- 2026-06-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15