Xp Mine
by trampodev
Xp Mine gives iron, gold, copper and their deepslate variants a small experience drop when mined, which vanilla ores do not provide unless smelted.
What it does
In vanilla Minecraft, coal and other ores give experience when broken, while iron, gold and copper ores give none until they are smelted. Xp Mine adds a small XP drop to these metal ores, including the deepslate variants, so mining them without Silk Touch also yields experience right away, closer to how coal behaves.
The mod is a Fabric mod for 1.21.5 only, published under the MIT License and not open source. Either side can run it, and neither needs it. Installing it on one side is enough. Its author describes it as lightweight and plug-and-play, and it is intended for survival servers where players want mining to feel a bit more consistent.
Its code uses mixins that hook into the mining logic and stays within the Fabric API. Players and server owners can add it to an existing modpack without changing other content. The latest file is 1.0.0 for 1.21.5, dated 2025-04-05, and this was also the first publication date.
Key features
XP from metal ores
Iron, gold and copper ores drop a small amount of experience when broken, as coal does in vanilla.
Deepslate variants included
The deepslate versions of the same metal ores give experience too, so both ore types behave alike.
No Silk Touch needed
The experience applies to normal mining, so players do not need a Silk Touch tool to receive it.
Lightweight design
The mod uses mixins and is described as a small, plug-and-play addition to a modpack.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival servers
Server owners can run the mod so mining gives a steady source of experience across the ore types they expose to players.
Modpacks
Pack builders can include the mod in a modpack, since it is described as compatible with modpacks.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who want iron, gold and copper mining to reward experience the way coal does, on Fabric with 1.21.5.
Questions
Does Xp Mine need to be installed on both sides?
Does Xp Mine work on Forge or NeoForge?
Do deepslate ores also give experience?
In the catalog
Xp Mine is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
Adds XP drops to iron, gold, and copper ores — just like coal and the rest. By default, these ores don’t give experience unless smelted. This mod changes that. Now, when you break iron, gold, or copper ore (including deepslate variants) without Silk Touch, you’ll get a small amount of XP right away — just like other…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/xp-mine
- Owner
- trampodev
- Published
- 2025-04-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15