Vein Ore Miner

Mine entire ore veins with a single block break!

Vein Ore Miner is a datapack designed for Minecraft Java Edition 1.20.1 with Forge. Hold Shift while mining an ore to mine connected ore blocks and make resource gathering faster and more convenient.

✨ Features

- ⛏️ Shift to Activate: Hold Shift while breaking an ore to activate vein mining.

- 🔗 Vein Mining: Mine multiple connected ore blocks instead of breaking them one by one.

- 🧩 Modded Ore Support: Designed to recognize ores through the "#forge:ores" block tag, allowing compatibility with modded ores that use this tag.

- 📦 Datapack Only: No additional Forge mod JAR is required.

- 🌐 Server-Friendly: Install the datapack on your server to make it available to players.

- 🎮 Simple Gameplay: No new items or complicated controls required.

📋 Compatibility

- Minecraft: Java Edition 1.20.1

- Mod Loader: Forge

- Type: Datapack

- Ore Tag: "#forge:ores"

📥 Installation

1. Download the ZIP file.

2. Place it inside your world's "datapacks" folder.

3. Run "/reload" or restart the server.

4. Check that the datapack is enabled using "/datapack list".

5. Hold Shift while mining an ore to try vein mining.

For a server, install the datapack in the "datapacks" folder of the server's world.

⚠️ Notes

Modded ore compatibility depends on whether the mod registers its ore blocks in "#forge:ores".

This datapack is intended for Minecraft Java Edition 1.20.1 with Forge. Other versions have not been confirmed.

💬 Feedback

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Happy Mining!