
Pickarang
A standalone port of the Pickarang from Vazkii's Quark mod. Throw it like a boomerang to mine blocks at range – it picks up dropped items and returns…
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⛏️🪃 Pickarang
🔶 Standalone port — No Quark required!
A throwable boomerang-pickaxe that mines blocks at range, collects the drops, and returns to your hand!
🎯 What is Pickarang?
The Pickarang is a diamond-tier tool that combines a pickaxe with a boomerang. Right-click to throw it — it flies forward, breaks the first block it hits, picks up all nearby items, and returns everything straight to your inventory.
No more walking to every block you mine. Just throw, catch, repeat.
✨ Features
- 🪃 Throw & Return — Flies out, hits a block, and comes right back
- ⛏️ Mines Blocks — Breaks blocks just like a pickaxe would
- 📦 Collects Items — Picks up all dropped items on the way back
- ✨ Collects XP — Experience orbs are grabbed too
- 🔧 800 Durability — Built to last, repairable at an anvil
- ⚔️ 3 Attack Damage — Works as a melee weapon in a pinch
- 🎯 Returns to Original Slot — Always comes back exactly where it was
🛠️ Crafting Recipe

📋 Requirements for Fabric Version
| Dependency | Version |
|---|---|
| Minecraft | 1.21.8 |
| Fabric Loader | ≥ 0.16.1 |
| Fabric API | Required |
📋 Requirements for NeoForge Version
| Dependency | Version |
|---|---|
| Minecraft | 26.1.2 |
| NeoForge | ≥ 26.1.2.59-beta |
(That is the NeoForge version I tested, may work on more tho..)
📜 Credits & License
This mod is a standalone port inspired by the Pickarang feature from the Quark mod.
- Original concept & design — Vazkii / Violet Moon
- Pickarang port — nicomods
Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, consistent with the original Quark license.
Throw smarter, not harder. 🪃
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.1.2
- 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 pickarang-fabric-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 43 KB
- Download link checked 8 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.