ModsJava
Big Excavation
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.17. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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.
Oh hello there! do you think that mining with a pickaxe that just breaks block by block is too slow? or the vanilla TNTs of minecraft are not enough to break a large area?
This mod adds 3x3 area breaking tools: Hammers, big shovels and big axes.
Hammers are used as pickaxes. All 3x3 tools have lower durability and mining speed due to the large breaking area.
Another feature of this mod are dynamites that can be thrown to make a small explosion, and that can be used to make a dynamite box that when it has a redstone sign explodes a large area (at least 3 times larger than a TNT)
We also have decrepit blocks. blocks that break when you walk on them.
Getting over the nether's bedrock is now easier with the decrepit bedrock that just spawns in the middle of the nether's roof.
The lava decrepit stone is very dangerous and can release lava when broken!
There is a unique and strange ore that glows.... Maybe you can use to make explosives easier to craft!
And more!
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.17.1
- 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 CurseForge — 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.
File checked by MCModsHub
- Ships as BigExcavation-1.16.5-1.3.1.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 439 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.