A feature-rich Fabric quarry mod for Minecraft 1.21.9/1.21.10 that automates vertical mining using fuel and pickaxes. Mine entire shafts automatically with configurable area sizes and full Fortune/Silk Touch support.
- Automated Mining: Place a quarry and watch it excavate a vertical shaft straight down
- Tool-Based Mining: Insert any pickaxe - the quarry uses its mining speed, enchantments, and durability
- Fuel System: Power your quarry with any standard furnace fuel (coal, lava buckets, wood, etc.)
- Smart Block Selection: Automatically skips air, bedrock, and other quarries
- Large Inventory: 24-slot output storage with automatic item collection
- Enchantment Support: Full compatibility with Fortune, Silk Touch, Efficiency, and Unbreaking
- Expandable Mining Area: Start with 5×5, upgrade to a maximum of 15×15
- Quarry Upgrade Templates: Found in dungeon chests, bastions, end cities, and more
- Persistent Upgrades: Upgraded quarries keep their level when broken and replaced
- Simple Upgrading: Craft quarry + upgrade template to add +2 blocks to mining width
- Hopper Compatible: Extract items from bottom, insert fuel from top, insert pickaxes from sides
- Comparator Support: Outputs redstone signal based on inventory fullness
- Item Overflow Protection: Extra items drop above the quarry if inventory is full
- Craft a Quarry block and place it where you want to mine
- Right-click to open the quarry interface
- Insert a pickaxe in the top-left slot
- Add fuel to the slot below the pickaxe
- The quarry will begin mining and storing blocks in the output grid
- The quarry mines in a square area centered on itself, going straight down
- Mining speed depends on pickaxe type:
- Golden pickaxes are fastest
- Netherite and diamond are very efficient
- Efficiency enchantment significantly increases speed
- Durability is consumed per block mined (reduced by Unbreaking)
- Fuel is consumed per block mined - different fuels mine different amounts of blocks
Here's how many blocks different fuels can mine:
- Lava Bucket: 100 blocks
- Coal Block: 80 blocks
- Dried Kelp Block: 20 blocks
- Blaze Rod: 12 blocks
- Coal/Charcoal: 8 blocks each
- Wood/Planks: 2 blocks per item
- Sticks/Bamboo: 1 block each
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Find a Quarry Upgrade Template in loot chests:
- Bastions (30% chance - best source)
- Stronghold libraries and corridors (20% chance)
- Abandoned mineshafts (10% chance)
- Nether fortresses (10% chance)
- End cities (8% chance)
- Desert pyramids (5% chance)
- Dungeons and ruined portals (3% chance)
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Place your Quarry block and one Upgrade Template in a crafting grid (shapeless)
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Each upgrade increases mining width by 2 blocks
Upgrade Progression:
- Level 0: 5×5 (25 blocks per layer)
- Level 1: 7×7 (49 blocks per layer)
- Level 2: 9×9 (81 blocks per layer)
- Level 3: 11×11 (121 blocks per layer)
- Level 4: 13×13 (169 blocks per layer)
- Level 5 (Max): 15×15 (225 blocks per layer)
- Input fuel automatically: Place a hopper on top pointing into the quarry
- Extract items automatically: Place a hopper underneath or use item pipes/ducts
- Insert pickaxes: Use hoppers on the sides for automatic pickaxe feeding
- Monitor fullness: Connect a comparator to detect when output inventory is full
- Use Unbreaking III pickaxes to significantly reduce pickaxe consumption
- Fortune III works perfectly - get extra diamonds, coal, redstone, etc.
- Silk Touch is supported - collect grass blocks, stone, ores as-is
- Efficiency V dramatically increases mining speed
- Keep the quarry chunk-loaded for continuous operation while you're away
- Upgrade to 15×15 for maximum efficiency - it mines 9x more blocks per layer than the base quarry
- Clear lava pools above the quarry area if you don't want fluids in your shaft