Vein Miner with Preview
by Alekzum
Vein Miner with Preview lets a player break a whole connected vein of ore or a tree trunk in one action, and previews the blocks it will take first.
What it does
Crouching while mining a block marks the connected vein, so the blocks it will break are highlighted before any are removed. Only blocks of the same kind that touch one another are included, and ore spread through the stone next to them is taken as part of the same vein. Diamonds, nether quartz and emeralds are among the ores it covers, and a tree wood log is treated the same way, so an entire trunk comes down at once.
The mod can be extended with commands from the uvm namespace, which add custom blocks to the vein list. A block is registered with an id in the zincore namespace and a tool category such as pickaxe, and the uvm:list custom blocks command prints the registered categories and their blocks in chat. Sculk is not mined in bulk, because its drops would be destroyed.
Vein Miner with Preview is open source under the MIT License. Its files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the latest build, 1.4.0+mod, targets 26.2. It has to run on the server, while a client can add it as an option. Snapshot builds are published, and the version list runs 1.13 – 26.2 across 39 release versions. Data pack support is also published.
Key features
Preview before mining
Crouching while mining shows the whole connected vein as a highlight before any block is broken.
Connected ore and wood
Ores such as diamonds, nether quartz and emeralds, and tree wood logs, are removed together with their connected neighbors.
Custom block registration
Commands in the uvm namespace add new blocks to the vein list, using a block id and a tool category.
Block listing in chat
The uvm:list custom blocks command shows each category and its blocks in a formatted chat list.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.15.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.14.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.13.x3 of 3 versions with builds
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
How it compares
Azmine - Vein Miner is a client and server mod under All rights reserved licensing, published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.12.2 – 1.21.11. One Key Miner is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and runs on the server alone, with Fabric and Legacy Fabric files for 1.7.10 – 26.3. FastOre is licensed under the MIT License and published for Fabric and Quilt in 1.21.7 – 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein Miner with Preview | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.13 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-08-24 |
| Azmine - Vein Miner | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-09-26 |
| One Key Miner | Fabric and Legacy Fabric | 1.7.10 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-06 |
| FastOre | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.7 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-08-23 |
Questions
Does Vein Miner with Preview need to be on the client?
Can custom blocks be added to the vein list?
Which loaders are supported?
In the catalog
Vein Miner with Preview is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
If ore and his neighbor is around air when they're both will be mined. Preview (on crouch) also will show it Configuration? /add_* /function uvm:add_* commands for every tool. Syntax a little bit complicated
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vein-miner-with-preview
- Owner
- Alekzum
- Published
- 2026-08-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15