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Mining Assistant

Mining Assistant is a vanilla-friendly Fabric mod that provides real-time mining information, ore recommendations, danger warnings, and detailed mining statistics to help players mine more efficiently in Minecraft.

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Updated 3 months ago
Latest stable file Mining Assistant - 1.21.1.jar
Game version 1.21.2-Snapshot, 1.21, 1.21.6-snapshot
Loader Fabric

Mining Assistant - 1.21.1.jar targets 1.21.2-Snapshot, 1.21, 1.21.6-snapshot with Fabric. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

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Is Mining Assistant required on the client, server, or both?

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Loader for this release Fabric
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What else does Mining Assistant - 1.21.1.jar need?

Mining Assistant - 1.21.1.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

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    Use Mining Assistant - 1.21.1.jar. It targets 1.21.2-Snapshot, 1.21, 1.21.6-snapshot with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

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  3. 03

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About this project

What does Mining Assistant add?

Mining Assistant

Mining Assistant is a lightweight, vanilla-friendly Fabric mod that helps players mine more efficiently by providing useful real-time information, ore recommendations, mining statistics, and underground danger warnings.

Features

Mining HUD

Displays important mining information directly on your screen:

  • Current Y Level
  • Biome
  • Dimension
  • Chunk Coordinates
  • Light Level
  • Facing Direction

Ore Assistant

Analyzes your current depth and suggests which ores are most valuable to mine.

Ore quality ratings:

  • Excellent
  • Good
  • Average
  • Poor

Ore Probability

Shows estimated chances of finding ores based on Minecraft's ore generation system.

Supported ores include:

  • Diamond
  • Iron
  • Gold
  • Coal
  • Redstone
  • Lapis Lazuli
  • Emerald

Mining Recommendations

Provides contextual suggestions while mining.

Examples:

  • Move deeper for diamonds
  • Good iron level nearby
  • Coal-rich area detected
  • Surface mining detected

Cave Assistant

Detects potential nearby caves and large underground air pockets.

Lava Warning

Warns players about nearby lava pools and estimates their distance.

Ancient City Assistant

Detects Deep Dark biomes and warns about possible Ancient Cities and Warden danger.

Resource Tracker

Tracks ores mined during the current session.

Examples:

  • Diamonds Mined
  • Iron Mined
  • Gold Mined
  • Emeralds Mined

Session Statistics

Tracks useful mining statistics:

  • Blocks Mined
  • Ores Found
  • Session Duration
  • Underground Distance Traveled

HUD Customization

Customize the HUD to fit your preferences:

  • Enable or disable the HUD
  • Move the HUD position
  • Toggle individual modules
  • Adjust visibility settings

Installation

  1. Install Minecraft 1.21.1
  2. Install Fabric Loader
  3. Install Fabric API
  4. Place the Mining Assistant .jar file into your mods folder
  5. Launch Minecraft

Keybinds

Key Action
O Toggle HUD
P Open Configuration Screen

Requirements

  • Minecraft 1.21.1
  • Fabric Loader
  • Fabric API
  • Java 21

License

MIT License

Created by Timexo Studios.

Project description from CurseForge.

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