Slow Mining
by Twobie
Slow Mining is a datapack that cuts block break speed to a quarter of the vanilla rate, so early-game progression takes longer.
What it does
The datapack lowers the minecraft:block break speed attribute to 0.25, which is 75 percent slower than normal. Players keep the same tools and blocks, but every break takes four times as long, stretching the early game. Server owners can edit the value in the datapack's file to set a different mining speed, and removing the datapack returns mining to vanilla. Installation requires a server or world running the datapack; the server must run it, while clients may leave it out. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.1, under the MIT License, but the code is not open source.
Key features
Slower block breaking
Block break speed is reduced to 0.25 for players, so every block takes longer to break by hand or with tools.
Editable mining speed
The value sits in a single line of the datapack, so a server can set a faster or slower rate.
Removable datapack
Deleting the datapack from the world's datapacks folder restores normal mining speed.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Slow Mining need a mod loader?
In the catalog
Slow Mining is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
This datapack reduces the mining speed of players by 75% (*minecraft:block_break_speed = 0.25*). Slow Mining makes the early game and late game of a world or server more realistic.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/slow-mining
- Owner
- Twobie
- Published
- 2026-06-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15