
Description
Gold panning allows turning sand dirt and gravel into useful items, you get unique biome dependent loot and its configurable using a datapack.
Crafting
4 sticks and 1 bowl.

Panning
- Place gold pan
- Fill with water using a bucket
- Fill with a block (sand, red sand, dirt or gravel)
- Right click 4 times
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.8
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as gold_panning-2.1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 36 KB
- Download link checked 1 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.