Simple Veinminer
Simple Veinminer lets a player break an entire connected vein of ore with one swing of the pickaxe, once the block is mined.
What it does
Veinminer is a Fabric mod that breaks connected ore blocks in a single action. Its outline mode highlights the blocks that a break would take, so a player can see the vein before mining it. Several config options let players change how far the excavation reaches and which blocks it highlights, and the defaults are usable without changes.
The mod can be set up with Mod Menu and Cloth Config, which are both optional and make the options easier to reach. It is published for 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.3 and 1.20.4, with 1.4.3 for 1.20.4 as the latest file. Its environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it, and the server is the side that the author recommends installing it on. The code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Vein excavation
Breaking one ore block mines the connected ore of the same kind, collecting the vein in one action.
Outline highlighting
An outline mode marks the blocks a break would remove, with a choice between showing all blocks or only exposed ones.
Vanilla enchantments
Vanilla enchantments work with the excavation, while modded enchantments have not been tested yet.
Cloth Config integration
Cloth Config support is available again and exposes the options when installed alongside Mod Menu.
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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.
Use cases
Mining large deposits
Players clearing a large ore vein can take the whole deposit with one swing instead of breaking each block separately.
Planning a dig
Outline mode shows which blocks a break would remove, which helps before mining into a cave or an ore cluster.
How it compares
Color Me Outlines is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.19 – 1.20.1 under the MIT License, so only the client needs it, and it changes outline colors rather than breaking blocks. AutoShifter is client-side only for 1.21.11, under All rights reserved, and is not open source. Toggle highlight outline box is client-side only for 1.21.11 – 26.3 under the MIT License and is open source. Simple Veinminer instead needs both client and server and changes how blocks are broken.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Veinminer | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2023-12-22 |
| Color Me Outlines | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2023-06-17 |
| AutoShifter | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-02-16 |
| Toggle highlight outline box | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-03 |
Questions
Does Simple Veinminer need to be installed on the server?
Which highlighting mode should a player pick?
Are modded enchantments supported?
In the catalog
Simple Veinminer is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
I haven't tested any modded enchantments (yet), but the vanilla ones work correctly But admittedly, I play basically just singleplayer, so if there are multiplayer only issues, I'll mostly likely never find them on my on
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simple-veinminer
- Owner
- PrincessCyanMarine
- Published
- 2023-06-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-12-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15