
StripMining
StripMining is a mod that provides the ability to dynamically create highly customized hammers, excavators, and carpenter axes.
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StripMining
StripMining is a mod for Minecraft version 1.12.2 that provides the ability to dynamically create highly customized hammers, excavators and carpenter axes.
All tools are generated from configuration files, so adding new tools or removing existing tools is as simple as creating or deleting a Json file. Nearly every tool stat is configurable, from tool appearance and color, to the height and width of the break area.
Hammers
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Hammers are pickaxe-like tools that specialize in mining large areas of blocks.
Excavators
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Excavators are shovel-like tools that specialize in digging large areas of blocks.
Prospecting Picks
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Prospecting Picks are pickaxe-like tools used to locate ores in surrounding blocks. These tools include built-in Game Stage support, hiding or obscuring ores the player does not meet the requirements for.
Carpenter Axes
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Carpenter Axes are specialized tools used to break areas of wood blocks. While functionally similar to normal axes, these axes lack the ability to rapidly harvest foliage.
Tool Showcase

By default, StripMining includes templates for the following material types:
- Aluminum
- Bronze
- Copper
- Diamond
- Gold
- Iron
- Lead
- Silver
- Steel
- Stone
- Tin
Additional templates for tools using other materials can be found in the source repository here.
For information about how to create your own tools using other materials, check out the StripMining Wiki.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.12.2
- 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 stripmining-1.12.2-1.1.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 126 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.