About Simple Excavators
From ModrinthMine faster and wider with Simple Excavators that break 3x3 areas of blocks at once.
Mine faster and wider with Simple Excavators!
This lightweight Fabric mod adds a collection of powerful excavators that break 3×3 areas of blocks at once — perfect for tunneling, terraforming, or clearing space in seconds.
Features
- Excavators can be crafted from several materials: Wooden, Stone, Copper, Iron, Emerald, Diamond, and Netherite excavators
- All excavators can mine a 3x3 area
- Hold Shift to mine a single block for precision work
- Durability and sneak mining can be configured
- Excavators can also make 3x3 or 1x1 paths!
Issues & Feedback
If you find any issues, report them on our Github issues page for this mod.
If you would like me to port the mod to other version, feel free to let me know. I don't plan to port it to versions older than 1.20.1 tho as there's already enough good mods with excavators.
Check out my other projects at my website!
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 17 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Simple Excavators 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
- Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
- 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
- v1.0.5, released 2026-09-28
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 26.2 to 26.3 (2 versions) | 26.3 |
| NeoForge | 26.2 to 26.3 (2 versions) | 26.3 |
| Fabric | 26.3 | 26.3 |
From 5 recorded builds of Simple Excavators.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.5 | 2026-09-28 | 26.3 | Forge |
| v1.0.5 | 2026-09-28 | 26.3 | NeoForge |
| v1.0.5 | 2026-09-28 | 26.3 | Fabric |
| v1.0.5 | 2026-06-20 | 26.2 | Forge |
| v1.0.5 | 2026-06-17 | 26.2 | NeoForge |
Run Simple Excavators 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 catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Simple Excavators as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 16 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorJustErikSK, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
