tool-switch
# Tool Switch Never stop mining to search for the right tool again. Tool Switch automatically selects the best tool from your hotbar when you start…
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Never stop mining to search for the right tool again.
Tool Switch automatically selects the best tool from your hotbar when you start breaking a block and seamlessly switches back to your previously selected slot once you're finished.
Features
Automatically selects the optimal tool for the block being mined.
Returns to your original hotbar slot after mining.
Prevents hotbar flickering during continuous mining.
Respects manual slot changes and player input.
Supports pickaxes, axes, shovels, hoes, and shears.
Intelligent enchantment handling:
- Prefers Silk Touch over Fortune.
- Considers Efficiency levels.
- Chooses tools based on actual mining performance.
Preserves swords by excluding them from automatic selection.
Fully client-side and lightweight.
Perfect for builders, miners, and players who want smoother gameplay without changing the vanilla experience.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.1.2
- 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 tool_swtich-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 13 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.