Getting Started with Mining Gadgets – Mining Gadgets Wiki (1.21.1)

The Mining Gadget is a laser that breaks blocks while you hold the use button. On its own it mines one block at a time; upgrades add a bigger area, more range, enchantments and other helpers. The gadget runs on Forge Energy (FE) — the mod has no charger block of its own, so charge it with an FE charger from another mod. This page follows Mining Gadgets 1.18.8 for Minecraft 1.21.1.

1. Blank Upgrade Module and the gadget

Everything starts with the Blank Upgrade Module: four Redstone Dust, two Lapis Lazuli, two diamonds and a Glass Pane. One goes into each Mining Gadget and one into every upgrade.

The gadget comes in three versions — Mining Gadget MK1, Mining Gadget MK2 and Mining Gadget MK3 — each with its own look. All three are three diamonds, redstone and a Blank Upgrade Module with iron and gold; the MK3 uses two gold ingots, the MK1 and MK2 one gold ingot and one more iron.

4 × any Redstone Dust + 2 × any Lapis Lazuli + 2 × any Diamond + any Glass Pane (#c:glass_panes) → Blank Upgrade Module

3 × any Diamond + 3 × any Iron Ingot + any Gold Ingot + Blank Upgrade Module + any Redstone Dust → Mining Gadget MK1

3 × any Diamond + 3 × any Iron Ingot + Blank Upgrade Module + any Redstone Dust + any Gold Ingot → Mining Gadget MK2

3 × any Diamond + 2 × any Iron Ingot + 2 × any Gold Ingot + Blank Upgrade Module + any Redstone Dust → Mining Gadget MK3

Setting	Default value
Energy capacity of the gadget	1,000,000 FE
Base cost per block broken	200 FE
Battery upgrade boost (tier 1 / 2 / 3)	2,000,000 / 5,000,000 / 10,000,000 FE

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2. Fitting upgrades: the Modification Table

Upgrades are not crafted onto the gadget — they go in at the Modification Table (six iron ingots, two redstone and a Blank Upgrade Module).

6 × any Iron Ingot + 2 × any Redstone Dust + Blank Upgrade Module → Modification Table

Place the Modification Table and open it.
Put your Mining Gadget into the table.
Shift-click upgrades from your inventory, or drop them onto the screen, to install them.
Click an installed upgrade to take it out again.

Tip Every upgrade with a cost adds that cost to each block you break. The gadget's tooltip shows the current cost per block and, with Shift held, the installed upgrades.

3. What the upgrades do

Upgrade	Effect	Extra FE per block (default settings)
Upgrade: 3x3, Upgrade: 5x5, Upgrade: 7x7	Mine a 3×3, 5×5 or 7×7 area	—
Upgrade: Range, Tier 1 to tier 3	Range +5 blocks per tier	—
Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1 to tier 5	Efficiency enchantment	10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50
Upgrade: Fortune, Tier 1 to tier 3	Fortune enchantment	30 / 60 / 100
Upgrade: Silk touch	Silk Touch enchantment	100
Upgrade: Magnet	Mined blocks go straight into your inventory	25
Upgrade: Void Junk	Voids unwanted blocks and adds filters	10
Upgrade: Freezing	Freezes water and stops lava in place	100 per block frozen
Upgrade: Light Placer	Its tooltip says it places torches whenever the light level around is lower than 8	100 per light placed
Upgrade: Battery, Tier 1 to tier 3	More energy storage (see the table above)	—

The config has no per-block cost for the size, range and battery upgrades. Each tier of Efficiency, Fortune, Range, Battery and the size upgrades is crafted from the tier before it, so you upgrade step by step.

4 × Block of Redstone + Block of Diamond + 2 × any Ender Pearl + Blank Upgrade Module + Diamond Pickaxe → Upgrade: 3x3

4 × any Ender Pearl + Block of Netherite + 2 × Block of Diamond + Upgrade: 3x3 + Netherite Pickaxe → Upgrade: 5x5

4 × any Nether Star + Block of Netherite + 2 × any Ender Pearl + Upgrade: 5x5 + Netherite Pickaxe → Upgrade: 7x7

8 × any Redstone Dust + Blank Upgrade Module → Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1

6 × any Redstone Dust + 2 × Block of Redstone + Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 1 → Upgrade: Efficiency, Tier 2

6 × Block of Lapis Lazuli + 2 × Block of Iron + Blank Upgrade Module → Upgrade: Fortune, Tier 1

5 × any Slimeball + Golden Apple + 2 × any Gold Ingot + Blank Upgrade Module → Upgrade: Silk touch

4 × any Redstone Dust + 2 × any Gold Ingot + 2 × any Iron Ingot + Blank Upgrade Module → Upgrade: Magnet

4 × any Redstone Dust + 2 × Obsidian + 2 × any Ender Pearl + Blank Upgrade Module → Upgrade: Void Junk

4 × Lapis Lazuli + 2 × Glass + 2 × Diamond + Blank Upgrade Module → Upgrade: Range, Tier 1

8 × Nether Quartz + Blank Upgrade Module → Upgrade: Battery, Tier 1

2 × Lantern + 2 × Redstone Lamp + 2 × Glowstone + Blank Upgrade Module + 2 × Glowstone Dust → Upgrade: Light Placer

8 × Snowball + Blank Upgrade Module → Upgrade: Freezing

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4. The settings screen

The gadget has its own settings screen. It opens with the key binding Open Mining Gadget Settings in the Controls menu. Depending on the installed upgrades it shows:

Size and the size mode: Normal, Automatic or 2 Down (Pathways).
Range, a slider for the beam length, and Precision Mode.
Toggle Upgrades — switch installed upgrades on and off without taking them out.
Edit Filters with a Keep List or Destroy List mode, once the Void Junk upgrade is installed.
Freeze Delay for the Freezing upgrade's particles, and the sound Volume.
Visual Settings: the inner beam colour, the outer glow colour and the breaking style (Shrink Blocks or Fade Blocks).

Mining Gadget MK3Item

Modification TableBlock

Blank Upgrade ModuleItem

Upgrade: 3x3Item

Upgrade: Silk touchItem

Upgrade: Battery, Tier 1Item

Recipes, names and numbers are read from the mod files of Mining Gadgets 1.18.8 for Minecraft 1.21.1 (NeoForge). Not affiliated with the mod authors, Mojang or Microsoft.