Vanilla Excavators
by MelanX
Vanilla Excavators adds excavator tools that break a 3x3 block area at once, giving Forge players faster digging in dirt and sand.
What it does
The excavator tools break a 3x3 block area in one action, digging through dirt, sand and similar materials the way a shovel does. They are ported to Forge from a Fabric mod by Draylar and reuse its textures. Both client and server need the mod, and LibX and MoreVanillaLib must be installed alongside it. Forge builds cover 1.14.4 – 1.18.2, and the code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
3x3 mining area
Excavator tools break a square of nine blocks in one action instead of a single block.
Shovel-style digging
The excavators work on dirt, sand and other soft materials, similar to how a shovel behaves.
Configurable options
MoreVanillaLib provides the config support, so the excavator settings can be adjusted in the config files.
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 2
Questions
Does Vanilla Excavators need LibX and MoreVanillaLib?
Does Vanilla Excavators have to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Vanilla Excavators is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.
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What the author says
Porting information for 26.1 update ### 1.19+ was merged with Vanilla Hammers and is available as Simply Tools. Vanilla Hammers adds a few excavators to Minecraft 1.14+ which can mine a 3x3 area. The excavator is like a shovel, so you can mine dirt and sandy materials.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vanilla-excavators
- Owner
- MelanX
- Published
- 2021-08-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-08-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15