Hotbar Helper
Hotbar Helper automatically refills items in the hotbar when they run out, and can auto-switch to the best tool while mining.
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Hotbar Helper
Hotbar Helper is a client-side mod that keeps your hotbar full and your tools ready. It automatically restocks empty slots and switches to the right tool when you mine, so you spend less time thinking and more time mining. Every feature is configurable to be enabled/disabled. All 1.21 versions are supported
Features
Automatic Hotbar Refill
All of the following methods of emptying a hotbar slot are automatically refilled:
- Block placement
- Eating
- Item drop
- Throwing
Refilling happens instantly so you can keep building, eating, or throwing without opening your inventory.
Auto Tool Switch
When you start mining a block, the mod selects the best tool in your hotbar. It considers:
- Tool type
- Tool durability (prevents you from breaking)
- Tool enchantments
When finished mining, it returns to your original slot. This means you can do things like build, break stone with a pick, and break dirt with a shovel all without hitting a single hotbar key!
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11
- 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 hotbar-helper-1.21.9+-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 30 KB
- Download link checked 3 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.