How do I install Better Hammers?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Better Hammers work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Better Hammers

by diiiaz · on Modrinth

Which Minecraft do you have?

Every version of the game needs its own build. Pick yours, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game. This mod is built for Fabric only.

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest
Minecraft 1.20.1–1.20.6

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 ⬇ Download for 1.20.1–1.20.6

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Better Hammers

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A vanilla-plus mod that adds multi-block mining hammers to Minecraft.

Features:

Excavation: Swing your hammer to break multiple connected blocks in a single hit! Perfect for clearing out large areas or finding ores quickly. Be warned: this powerful action consumes extra durability and hunger.

Hammer mining a 3x3 tunnel.

Supercharge with New Enchantments!: Take the destruction to the next level with two brand-new enchantments! Make your mining area wider or deeper than ever before.

They’re fully compatible with all vanilla enchantments, so you can make your ultimate, unbreaking, fortune-bearing super-hammer!

For detailed info on the new enchantments, pair it with the Enchantment description mod.

Hammer being enchanted with tunneler on an enchanting table.

Vanilla integration: Better Hammers is perfectly woven into the vanilla experience. Hunt for hammers in ancient loot chests or wrestle them from the cold, dead hands of zombies!

Player looting a bastion chest and finding a enchanted golden hammer.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3
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 better-hammers-1.0.1-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 4.0 MB
Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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