Mining Assistant
Mining Assistant is a vanilla-friendly Fabric mod that provides real-time mining information, ore recommendations, danger warnings, and detailed mining…
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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
- Install Minecraft 1.21.1
- Install Fabric Loader
- Install Fabric API
- Place the Mining Assistant
.jarfile into yourmodsfolder - 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.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as Mining Assistant - 1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 19 KB
- Download link checked 23 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.