Advance3x3
3x3 Mining | Vein Mining | Selection Mining | Auto-Smelt | Energy | Lucky Drops
What is it?
Advance3x3 lets players mine in a 3x3 area or select custom regions to mine at once. It comes with an energy system, tool tier limits, auto-smelt, auto-pickup, and lucky drops.
Features
- 3x3 & 5x5 Mining - Break a block and the surrounding ones break too. Face-aware so it works on walls, floors, and ceilings. Sneak to break a single block.
- Mining Preview - A particle outline shows exactly what will break before you swing. Players can toggle it off.
- Vein Mining - Break an ore and all connected ones go with it. Up to 64 blocks per vein, costs energy (optional).
- Selection Mining - Shift + Right-click two corners to select a region, it mines after a short countdown. Breaks in stages with progress on screen, no lag spikes.
- Claim Safe - Plays nice with GriefPrevention, Towny, Lands, WorldGuard and friends. No mining into other people's claims.
- Auto-Pickup - Drops go straight to your inventory. Overflow drops on the ground.
- Auto-Smelt - Raw ores get smelted as you mine. Costs extra durability per smelted block.
- XP Magnet - Ore XP goes directly to you instead of dropping orbs.
- Lucky Drops - Configurable chance for double drops with a particle + sound effect.
- Energy System - Selection mining costs energy. Regens over time. Players can expand max energy with XP levels.
- Tool Tiers - Pickaxe material determines max selection size. Wood: 3, Stone: 4, Iron/Gold: 6, Diamond: 8, Netherite: 12 blocks per side. Fully configurable.
- Wireframe - Animated particle outline around your selection, color-coded while selecting, counting down, and mining.
- Leaderboard - /3x3 top shows the top miners on the server.
- PlaceholderAPI - %a3x3_energy%, %a3x3_blocks_mined%, %a3x3_mode% and more.
- Cooldowns - Configurable cooldown between selection mines.
- Night Vision - Toggle in settings, stays through death and relogins.
- Haste Buff - Get a haste effect after completing a selection mine.
- Block Blacklist - Protect spawners, chests, furnaces etc from being mined.
- Settings GUI - Toggle everything in-game. The admin panel edits config values live, no file editing needed.
Commands
- /3x3 - Toggle 3x3 mining on/off
- /3x3 mode - Cycle Off, 3x3, 5x5
- /3x3 clear - Clear your selection
- /3x3 mine - Mine your selection
- /3x3 sel - Selection details menu
- /3x3 vein - Toggle vein mining
- /3x3 top - Top miners leaderboard
- /3x3 settings - Open settings GUI
- /3x3 admin - Open admin panel
- /3x3 reload - Reload config
- /3x3 help - Show help
How to use
- Run /3x3 to enable 3x3 mining. Now just mine normally and it breaks a 3x3. The outline shows what's about to break. Sneak to break a single block.
- For bigger areas: hold a pickaxe, Shift + Right-click to set corner 1, then again for corner 2. It counts down and mines automatically. Shift-click again to cancel.
- Open /3x3 settings to toggle auto-pickup, auto-smelt, XP magnet, preview and more, plus view your stats.
Permissions
General
- a3x3.use - Use the plugin (default: op)
- a3x3.wide - Use 5x5 mode (default: op)
- a3x3.autopickup - Toggle auto-pickup (default: op)
- a3x3.autosmelt - Toggle auto-smelt (default: op)
- a3x3.xpmagnet - Toggle XP magnet (default: op)
- a3x3.lucky - Lucky double drops (default: op)
- a3x3.veinmine - Use vein mining (default: op)
- a3x3.nightvision - Use night vision toggle (default: op)
- a3x3.haste - Receive haste after mining (default: op)
- a3x3.energy.expand - Expand max energy with XP (default: op)
Admin
- a3x3.admin - Access admin panel (default: op)
- a3x3.reload - Reload config (default: op)
Overrides
- a3x3.tier.iron - Override to iron tier limit
- a3x3.tier.diamond - Override to diamond tier limit
- a3x3.tier.netherite - Override to netherite tier limit
- a3x3.bypass.cooldown - Bypass selection cooldown
- a3x3.bypass.energy - Bypass energy cost
Config:
Everything is configurable in config.yml. Energy regen speed, cooldowns, durability multiplier, max selection size, lucky drop chance, join tip toggle, and more. Use /3x3 reload to apply changes without restarting.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21
- 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 Spigot — 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.
Advance3x3 is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21, 26.1 and newer. Downloaded 60 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.