The Mines
by tsspidermine
The Mines adds tools and items for digging, aimed at players who want to explore caves on Fabric 1.17.1.
What it does
The mod targets cave exploration in the 1.17 range, which was built around the cave and cliff changes expected in the next update. Its author describes it as a way to turn a whole world into a large cave system, and the release is aimed at Fabric players on 1.17.1 who want to dig through stone more quickly. Builds cover 1.17 and 1.17.1, and the latest file is 0.1.2 for 1.17.1 in the beta channel. The source code is public and the code is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, so it is open source. Only the client needs the mod, so servers run without it.
Key features
Digging tools and items
New tools and items are added to make digging through stone and ore quicker.
Three by three digging
Pickaxe-style World Shaker items dig a three by three area in one action.
Enchantments on new tools
Some of the added tools carry enchantments that change how they dig.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does The Mines need a server install?
Which loader and versions does The Mines support?
In the catalog
The Mines is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 4,181 mods support Minecraft 1.17.1.
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What the author says
In anticipation for the upcoming Minecraft 1.18 Caves and Cliffs: Part 2 update, I've seen a lot of people building cliffs in their worlds, but they seem to have forgotten about the latter part of the update: the cliffs. I am going to fix that with this mod which will not only turn your entire world into a giant…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/themines
- Owner
- tsspidermine
- Published
- 2021-10-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2021-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15