About Ore Vein Miner
From ModrinthVein Miner automatically mines connected ore blocks when you break one
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Ore Vein Miner
It automatically mines connected ore blocks when you break one with a pickaxe while crouching.
How It Works
- Crouch (Sneak) and mine any ore block with a pickaxe. The entire connected vein will be mined automatically (Silk Touch Compatible)
Documentation and Command Usages
Credits
Special thanks to PortableJim and Miraculixx for their existing VeinMiner projects and for making their work open source.
Their projects have served as valuable references, and earlier versions of this pack incorporated and learned from some of their implementation approaches.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 59 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Ore Vein Miner on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 3.2.0+mod, released 2026-09-20
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.17 to 26.3 (53 versions) | 26.3 |
| Forge | 1.17 to 26.3 (53 versions) | 26.3 |
| NeoForge | 1.17 to 26.3 (53 versions) | 26.3 |
| Quilt | 1.17 to 26.3 (53 versions) | 26.3 |
| Data pack | 26.3 | 26.3 |
From 5 recorded builds of Ore Vein Miner.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2.0+mod | 2026-09-20 | 26.3 | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt |
| 3.2.0 | 2026-09-20 | 26.3 | Data pack |
| 26.x+mod | 2026-08-29 | 1.21.2 to 26.2-snapshot-8 (33 versions) | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt |
| 7.01R+mod | 2026-08-29 | 1.20.5 to 1.21.1 (4 versions) | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt |
| 7.01R+mod | 2026-08-29 | 1.17 to 1.20.4 (15 versions) | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt |
Run Ore Vein Miner on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWorld generation
Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Ore Vein Miner as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Data packFabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 58 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authorquillphen, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseAGPL-3.0-onlyFree
