Ore Excavation: The Best Mod for Minecraft Resource Gathering
Minecraft Ore Excavation: A Guide for Beginners
Minecraft is a sandbox game that allows players to create, explore, and survive in a blocky world. One of the most important aspects of Minecraft is mining, which involves digging up resources from the ground, such as ores, stone, dirt, and more. Mining can be tedious and time-consuming, especially if you want to collect a large amount of materials or clear out a big area. Fortunately, there is a mod that can make mining much easier and faster: Ore Excavation.
Ore Excavation is a mod that allows players to mine whole veins of ore, cut down whole trees, or excavate any other tool-based action in one go. It also lets players customize the shape, size, speed, and cost of their mining actions. In this article, we will explain what ore excavation is, how to use it, and some tips and tricks to make the most out of it.
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What is Ore Excavation?
Ore Excavation is a mod created by Funwayguy that adds a new feature to Minecraft: vein mining. Vein mining is the ability to mine an entire vein of blocks that are connected by the same type, such as coal, iron, or wood. For example, if you mine a coal ore block with a pickaxe enchanted with ore excavation, you will break all the coal ore blocks that are adjacent to it (excluding diagonals). This can save you a lot of time and effort, as well as reduce tool durability loss.
Ore Excavation also allows you to do shape mining, which is the ability to mine blocks in a specific shape, such as a cube, a sphere, or a cylinder. You can configure the shape, size, and direction of your mining action using a simple GUI. Shape mining can be useful for creating tunnels, rooms, or structures with ease.
Ore Excavation works with almost every modded tool out of the box, as well as vanilla tools. It also supports ore dictionary, which means it can recognize blocks that have the same name or function across different mods. For example, if you mine copper ore from one mod, it will also break copper ore from another mod.
How to Use Ore Excavation
Installing the Mod
To use Ore Excavation, you need to install it on your Minecraft client and server (if you are playing multiplayer). You also need to install Minecraft Forge, which is a mod loader that enables other mods to work. Here are the steps to install Ore Excavation:
Download Minecraft Forge from [here](^7^) and run the installer. Choose the version that matches your Minecraft version.
Download Ore Excavation from [here](^1^) and save it in your mods folder. The mods folder is located in your .minecraft folder, which can be accessed by typing %appdata% in your Windows search bar.
Launch Minecraft with Forge profile and enjoy ore excavation!
Configuring the Mod
Ore Excavation has many settings and options that you can customize according to your preferences. You can access the mod configuration menu by pressing O (by default) in game. You can also edit the config file directly by opening the oreexcavation-client.toml or oreexcavation-server.toml files in your config folder.
Some of the settings you can change are:
The keybind for activating ore excavation (default is the grave key `)
The mode for ore excavation (default is sneaking, which means you need to hold shift while mining to activate it)
The limit for the number of blocks that can be excavated at once (default is 128, which can be increased or decreased)
The speed for ore excavation (default is 0, which means instant breaking, but can be set to a positive or negative value to adjust the delay)
The cost for ore excavation (default is 0, which means no cost, but can be set to a positive value to consume hunger or experience points per block broken)
The shape for shape mining (default is none, which means no shape, but can be set to cube, sphere, cylinder, or custom)
The size for shape mining (default is 1, which means one block, but can be increased up to 16)
The direction for shape mining (default is forward, which means the direction you are facing, but can be changed to up, down, left, right, or auto)
Using the Mod in Game
To use ore excavation in game, you need to have a tool that can break the blocks you want to excavate. For example, if you want to excavate stone, you need a pickaxe. Then, you need to activate ore excavation by pressing the keybind (default is `) or by sneaking (if you set the mode to sneaking). You will see a message on the screen that says "Ore Excavation Enabled" or "Ore Excavation Disabled".
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Next, you need to mine a block that is part of a vein or a group of connected blocks. For example, if you mine a coal ore block, it will break all the coal ore blocks that are touching it. You will also see a particle effect and a sound effect that indicate ore excavation is working. If you want to stop ore excavation, you can release the keybind or stop sneaking.
If you want to use shape mining, you need to open the shape mining GUI by pressing O (by default) in game. You will see a menu that lets you choose the shape, size, and direction of your mining action. You can also see a preview of the shape on the screen. To confirm your selection, press O again or click on the check mark button. To cancel your selection, press Esc or click on the X button.
Then, you need to activate ore excavation and mine a block that will serve as the center of your shape. For example, if you choose a cube shape with size 3 and direction forward, it will break a 3x3x3 cube of blocks in front of the block you mined. You can also use shape mining with vein mining by choosing none as the shape.
Tips and Tricks for Ore Excavation
Enchantments and Tools
Ore Excavation works well with vanilla enchantments and modded tools that enhance your mining abilities. For example, you can use Fortune or Silk Touch enchantments to increase the loot or preserve the blocks you excavate. You can also use Efficiency or Unbreaking enchantments to speed up or reduce the durability loss of your tools.
Some modded tools that work well with Ore Excavation are:
The Hammer from Tinkers' Construct, which can break a 3x3 area of blocks by default
The Paxel from Mekanism, which can break any block type with one tool
The Atomic Disassembler from Mekanism, which can break blocks instantly and has multiple modes
The Terra Shatterer from Botania, which can break up to a 9x9x9 area of blocks when fully charged
The Destruction Wand from Not Enough Wands, which can break up to a 9x9x9 area of blocks with one click
Block Grouping and Ore Dictionary
Ore Excavation has two features that can help you mine more efficiently: block grouping and ore dictionary. Block grouping is the ability to group blocks that have similar properties or functions into one vein. For example, if you enable block grouping for stone variants, it will break all types of stone (such as granite, diorite, andesite) when you mine one of them.
Ore dictionary is the ability to recognize blocks that have the same name or function across different mods. For example, if you enable ore dictionary for copper ore, it will break all types of copper ore (such as Thermal Foundation, IndustrialCraft 2, or Forestry) when you mine one o