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Tired of endless terraforming in Minecraft? Use an excavator!
This mod adds excavators that function like shovels but in a 3x3 area which greatly simplifies terraforming and digging in the middle and late stages of the game.
How It Works
To obtain an excavator, you must first find a new smithing template to upgrade your shovel. It can be found in villages: most often in the weaponsmiths, toolsmiths, and armorers houses, less often in regular houses.
Using a smithing template and a block of appropriate material on a smithing table, you can upgrade your shovel to a brand new excavator.

FAQ
Q: Will you port Simplest Excavators to Fabric?
A: No, we usually only use Neoforge
Q: Will you back-port Simplest Excavators to X version?
A: No, we don't usually back-port
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 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 CurseForge — 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.
Simplest Excavators is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.1, 1.20.1 and newer. Downloaded 231,890 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.