Andy's Configurable Vein Miner and Tree Capacitor
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Crouch to mine connected ores, fell entire trees, clear leaves, and excavate configurable materials with realistic sounds, drops, durability, enchantment support, fast mining waves, gravity-block tracking, plus AIOT and Core Craft compatibility in Bedrock!
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Description
Andy's Configurable Vein Miner and Tree Capacitor
Updated September 8, 2026: Version 2.2.3 replaces the unreliable preview gear-icon settings with one persistent 72-setting menu. Rename a vanilla stick exactly
MiningControl, then crouch-use it on any block. No cheats or experiments are required.
Turn one carefully chosen block break into a connected mining wave. Crouch with the correct tool to mine ores, fell complete trees, shear matching leaves, or clear one of 67 independently configurable material groups. Every option starts off, giving the world owner complete control over what the add-on can affect.
Quick start for local worlds and Realms
- Import the single .mcaddon file.
- Activate Andy's Configurable Vein Miner and Tree Capacitor.
- Enter the world and rename a vanilla stick exactly
MiningControlin an anvil. - Crouch-use it on any block, enable the blocks you want, and save.
- Hold the correct tool, crouch, and break one enabled block.
- Remain crouched and keep the same tool equipped while the connected wave runs.
One add-on, one behavior pack, one menu
Version 2.2.3 removes the old Required Block Settings companion. Bedrock's preview behavior-pack settings API did not reliably pass values from its second gear page to the mining engine, so MiningControl is now the authoritative configuration path for local worlds, Realms, and servers.
The menu has six manageable pages covering all 72 settings. Choices are stored with the world and apply to every player. Only the world owner or an operator can change them. Hosted Bedrock Dedicated Server consoles can also use direct scriptevent commands.
Vanilla-friendly by design
This behavior-only quality-of-life add-on does not add or replace blocks, items, recipes, tools, textures, player models, or world-generation content. MiningControl is an ordinary vanilla stick renamed in an anvil. Minecraft breaks the first block normally; the add-on processes only connected blocks whose setting has been deliberately enabled.
- No required resource pack
- No required external or third-party add-on
- No required experimental gameplay toggle
- Standard graphics and Vibrant Visuals compatible
Features
- 72 configuration switches, all disabled by default
- 3 broad categories: Ores, Tree Logs, and Leaves
- 67 independently controlled material groups
- Pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe, and shears support
- Correct Survival durability with a separate Unbreaking roll for each additional block
- Optional 3% tool-durability protection
- Minecraft loot-table evaluation for Fortune, Silk Touch, custom drops, and tool conditions
- One matching material sound per additional block
- Visible overlapping mining waves with performance safety limits
- Face, edge, and corner connections for ores, logs, and individual materials
- Exact-type, face-connected, depth-bounded leaves that avoid nearby canopies
- Optional same-family joining of stripped and normal logs
- Live tracking for gravel, sand, concrete powder, suspicious sand, and suspicious gravel
- Additional drops gathered at the first broken block
- Optional All In One Tool and Core Craft compatibility
- Persistent world-owner/operator configuration for local worlds, Realms, and servers
Configuration
Every toggle below defaults to off and is available in the MiningControl menu.
Categories, behavior, and safety
| Setting | Included blocks or behavior | Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Ores | Vanilla ores and recognized compatible custom ores | Pickaxe |
| Tree Logs | Connected logs, wood, stems, hyphae, bamboo blocks, and recognized custom tree blocks | Axe |
| Leaves | Exact-type leaves, Nether tree foliage, and recognized custom leaves | Shears |
| Combine Stripped + Normal Logs | Allows connected stripped and normal variants from the same namespaced wood family to join | — |
| Protect Tools at 3% | Stops additional durability-consuming blocks before the held tool crosses its protected reserve | — |
Enable Tree Logs and Leaves together to remove an attached canopy while felling a tree. Attached leaves do not add axe durability damage.
Original material settings
| Setting | Included blocks | Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Mud | Mud and recognized Core Craft mud | Shovel |
| Clay | Clay | Shovel |
| Coarse Dirt | Coarse dirt | Shovel |
| Gravel | Gravel | Shovel |
| Sand | Sand and red sand; suspicious sand is separate | Shovel |
| Concrete Powder | All 16 colors | Shovel |
| Concrete | All 16 solid colors | Pickaxe |
| Diorite | Diorite and polished diorite | Pickaxe |
| Andesite | Andesite and polished andesite | Pickaxe |
| Granite | Granite and polished granite | Pickaxe |
| Tuff | Tuff, polished tuff, tuff bricks, and chiseled variants | Pickaxe |
| Basalt | Basalt and smooth basalt | Pickaxe |
| Soul Sand | Soul sand | Shovel |
| Soul Soil | Soul soil | Shovel |
| Terracotta | Plain, colored, and glazed terracotta | Pickaxe |
| Glowstone | Glowstone | Pickaxe |
| Netherrack | Netherrack | Pickaxe |
| Sculk | Sculk blocks, veins, sensors, catalysts, and shriekers | Hoe |
| Sulfur | Recognized sulfur blocks and variants | Pickaxe |
| Dripstone Blocks | Dripstone blocks | Pickaxe |
| Cinnabar | Recognized cinnabar blocks and variants | Pickaxe |
| Corals | Living and dead coral blocks, corals, fans, and wall fans | Pickaxe |
| Moss | Ground moss with a hoe; hanging moss with shears | Hoe or shears |
Natural stone and terrain
| Setting | Included blocks | Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Stone + Smooth Stone | Stone and smooth stone | Pickaxe |
| Cobblestone | Cobblestone and mossy cobblestone | Pickaxe |
| Deepslate | Deepslate, cobbled deepslate, and polished deepslate | Pickaxe |
| Dirt | Dirt | Shovel |
| Grass Blocks | Grass blocks | Shovel |
| Podzol | Podzol | Shovel |
| Mycelium | Mycelium | Shovel |
| Rooted Dirt | Rooted dirt | Shovel |
| Calcite | Calcite | Pickaxe |
| Blackstone | Blackstone, gilded blackstone, polished variants, and blackstone bricks | Pickaxe |
| End Stone | End stone | Pickaxe |
| Sandstone | Normal and red sandstone, including smooth, cut, and chiseled variants | Pickaxe |
| Snow + Powder Snow | Snow blocks, snow layers, and powder snow | Shovel |
| Ice | Ice, packed ice, blue ice, and frosted ice | Pickaxe |
| Obsidian | Obsidian and crying obsidian | Pickaxe |
| Magma Blocks | Magma blocks | Pickaxe |
Building and storage
| Setting | Included blocks | Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Stone Brick Variants | Normal, mossy, cracked, and chiseled stone bricks | Pickaxe |
| Deepslate Bricks + Tiles | Normal and cracked bricks/tiles plus chiseled deepslate | Pickaxe |
| Packed Mud + Mud Bricks | Packed mud and mud bricks | Pickaxe |
| Bricks | Brick blocks | Pickaxe |
| Nether Brick Variants | Normal, red, cracked, and chiseled Nether bricks | Pickaxe |
| End Stone Bricks | End stone bricks | Pickaxe |
| Resin Blocks + Bricks | Resin blocks, clumps, bricks, and chiseled resin bricks | Pickaxe |
| Prismarine Variants | Prismarine, prismarine bricks, and dark prismarine | Pickaxe |
| Quartz Blocks | Quartz blocks, bricks, pillars, chiseled quartz, and smooth quartz | Pickaxe |
| Purpur Blocks | Purpur blocks and pillars | Pickaxe |
| Glass | Normal and stained glass blocks | Pickaxe |
| Glass Panes | Normal and stained glass panes | Pickaxe |
| Copper Blocks | Copper, cut copper, and chiseled copper across normal, exposed, weathered, oxidized, and waxed states | Pickaxe |
| Amethyst Blocks | Amethyst blocks and budding amethyst | Pickaxe |
| Bone Blocks | Bone blocks | Pickaxe |
| Raw Metal Blocks | Raw iron, raw copper, and raw gold blocks | Pickaxe |
| Mineral Storage Blocks | Coal, iron, gold, lapis, redstone, diamond, emerald, and netherite blocks | Pickaxe |
Special, shears, and hoe blocks
| Setting | Included blocks | Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Dirt Paths | Dirt and grass path identifiers | Shovel |
| Farmland | Farmland | Shovel |
| Suspicious Sand + Gravel | Suspicious sand and suspicious gravel; read the archaeology warning below | Shovel |
| Wool | All wool colors | Shears |
| Vines | Vines, weeping vines, twisting vines, and cave vines | Shears |
| Glow Lichen | Glow lichen | Shears |
| Cobwebs | Web and cobweb blocks | Shears |
| Sponges | Dry and wet sponges | Hoe |
| Hay Bales | Hay bales | Hoe |
| Dried Kelp Blocks | Dried kelp blocks | Hoe |
| Nether Roots + Sprouts | Crimson roots, warped roots, and Nether sprouts | Hoe |
Important archaeology warning
The Suspicious Sand + Gravel setting is off by default. Vein mining is not brushing: hidden archaeology contents can be destroyed, and Silk Touch does not preserve an unbrushed suspicious block's hidden item. Brush valuable suspicious blocks normally before enabling this setting around an archaeology site.
How connected mining works
| Target | Connection rule | Matching rule |
|---|---|---|
| Ores | Faces, edges, and corners | Same normalized ore family; related stone/deepslate and lit/unlit forms can join |
| Individual materials | Faces, edges, and corners | Same runtime block identifier |
| Logs | Faces, edges, and corners | Exact type by default; same family when Combine Stripped + Normal Logs is on |
| Leaves started with shears | Faces only | Exact leaf type |
| Leaves attached to a felled tree | Faces only, within a bounded canopy depth | Exact leaf type |
One setting can include several related block identifiers without allowing those identifiers to spread into one another. For example, blue ice does not spread into packed ice. Legacy Bedrock variants stored only as block states under one identifier can connect across those states.
Processing limits
| Limit | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Maximum operation size | 512 additional blocks |
| Global processing ceiling | 8 additional blocks per game tick |
| First visible wave | Normally begins within 2–4 game ticks |
| Branch pacing | Weighted 1–3 game-tick delay |
| Falling blocks | Live positions are refreshed and briefly retried while blocks settle |
Release crouch, switch the held tool, move to another dimension, or let the tool break to stop the remaining operation.
Durability, drops, enchantments, and experience
Minecraft handles the manually broken first block. Each additional durability-consuming block has one tool-use opportunity.
- Unbreaking is rolled separately for every additional block.
- Unbreakable custom tools remain unbreakable.
- The operation stops when the held tool breaks.
- Protect Tools at 3% preserves a small reserve during the additional wave.
- Tool protection cannot prevent Minecraft from consuming durability on the manually broken first block.
- Attached leaves cleared while felling a tree do not consume additional axe durability.
- Additional drops use Minecraft's block loot table and the current main-hand tool.
- Fortune, Silk Touch, custom drops, and tool conditions remain available where Minecraft exposes them.
- Known vanilla ore and sculk experience is granted when Silk Touch is absent.
- Additional drops gather at the first broken block.
- Creative mode creates no Survival drops or add-on durability loss.
- The doTileDrops game rule is respected.
Compatibility
| Environment | Support |
|---|---|
| Minimum game version | Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.26.30 |
| Standard graphics | Yes |
| Vibrant Visuals | Yes; the add-on contains no custom rendering |
| Single-player and local multiplayer | Yes |
| Realms | Yes, when the Realm supports the pack and Script API version |
| Dedicated Bedrock servers | Yes; operators can configure all settings in-game or from the hosted console |
| Dimensions | Overworld, Nether, and End |
| Experiments | None required |
| Required external dependencies | None |
| World settings | The same enabled options apply to all players |
Unknown third-party content is ignored safely rather than mined with an incorrect tool. Custom-block support depends on that add-on's identifiers and published Bedrock tags.
All In One Tool
Recognized All In One Tool items act as pickaxes, axes, shovels, and hoes while retaining their own durability and enchantments. AIOTs do not replace shears.
Core Craft
Core Craft 1.2.1 support includes recognized ores, mud, tree blocks, leaves, moss, and tools using standard Bedrock tool tags.
All In One Tool and Core Craft are optional, are not bundled, and are not required for vanilla functionality.
Installation
Windows and mobile
- Download Andys Configurable Vein Miner and Tree Capacitor 2.2.3.mcaddon.
- Do not extract, rename to ZIP, or recompress the file.
- Open it with Minecraft and wait for the behavior pack to import successfully.
- Create a world or edit an existing world.
- Open Behavior Packs → My Packs.
- Activate Andy's Configurable Vein Miner and Tree Capacitor.
- Enter the world and rename a vanilla stick exactly
MiningControlin an anvil. - Crouch-use it on any block, enable the desired groups, and save.
Console through a Realm
Consoles do not provide a general-purpose local .mcaddon importer. Import and configure the add-on on a supported Windows or mobile device, upload or apply that world through a Realm, and then join the Realm from the console. Platform and Realm support can vary.
Hosted Bedrock Dedicated Server
After the single behavior pack is active, an in-game operator can open the complete paged menu without cheats:
Rename a vanilla stick to MiningControl, then crouch-use it on any block.Hosting panels and dedicated-server consoles can configure settings directly:
scriptevent andy_vmtc:help
scriptevent andy_vmtc:status
scriptevent andy_vmtc:list
scriptevent andy_vmtc:set ores on
scriptevent andy_vmtc:set tree_logs on
scriptevent andy_vmtc:set leaves on
scriptevent andy_vmtc:get ores
scriptevent andy_vmtc:disable_all
scriptevent andy_vmtc:resetset <setting> <on|off>changes one option.get <setting>displays one option's current value.listdisplays every available setting and its value.statusreports whether a persistent world configuration is active.disable_allswitches all 72 options off while retaining the saved world configuration.resetdeletes the saved world configuration and restores all 72 defaults to off.
Server settings are saved with the world, survive normal restarts and complete world transfers, and apply to every player. Configuration changes are accepted only from the dedicated-server console or an in-game operator.
Updating from an older version
- Back up important worlds and close Minecraft.
- Import version 2.2.3.
- Confirm the active behavior pack shows version 2.2.3.
- If updating from 2.2.2 or earlier, deactivate the obsolete Required Block Settings (2 of 2) entry.
- Open
MiningControland review the world settings. Persistent menu/server settings remain saved; worlds that only used gear settings begin with all options off.
If Minecraft keeps an older copy cached, remove the installed entries under Settings → Storage → Behavior Packs, restart Minecraft, and import the untouched .mcaddon again.
Troubleshooting
Minecraft still shows the old Required Block Settings pack
Version 2.2.3 no longer needs it. Deactivate the old Required Block Settings (2 of 2) entry from the world. You may also remove its cached copy under Settings → Storage → Behavior Packs after confirming no older world still needs it.
Nothing happens
- Confirm the 2.2.3 behavior pack is active.
- Open
MiningControland confirm the exact setting is enabled and saved. - Crouch before the first block breaks and remain crouched.
- Hold the correct tool for that group.
- Confirm neighboring blocks satisfy the connection and matching rules.
Leaves or another shears group does not work
Use ordinary shears and enable the exact setting. AIOTs are not treated as shears. Leaves must be the exact same type and touch face-to-face.
A tree leaves branches or foliage
Stay crouched and keep the same axe equipped until the wave finishes. Enable Combine Stripped + Normal Logs for mixed log variants. Enable Leaves separately for attached foliage.
The MiningControl menu does not open
Confirm it is a vanilla stick renamed exactly MiningControl, then crouch-use it on a block. Only the world owner or an operator can open the menu. Dedicated-server hosts can run scriptevent andy_vmtc:help from the server console instead.
The tool loses durability quickly
Each additional block costs one durability opportunity unless Unbreaking prevents it. Enable Protect Tools at 3% to preserve a reserve.
Import reports invalid ZIP, invalid pack, or unknown pack
- Confirm the filename ends in .mcaddon, not .zip or .mcaddon.zip.
- Download the file again if it may be incomplete.
- Do not extract or recompress it.
- Fully restart Minecraft.
- Remove incomplete cached copies before importing the untouched download again.
For additional help, use the complete GitHub Wiki or visit AndyTheMakerMC.xyz.
When reporting an issue, include the Minecraft version, add-on version, platform, enabled settings, held tool and enchantments, exact block, game mode, and whether the issue reproduces in a new world with only this add-on active.
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Player, server, Realm, and creator permissions
You may use the unmodified add-on in personal worlds, multiplayer worlds, Realms, and servers. You may feature it in videos, livestreams, reviews, tutorials, and showcases, including monetized creator content, provided you do not redistribute the add-on file itself.
Ownership and license
Copyright © AndyTheMaker 2026. All rights reserved.
You may not redistribute or mirror the .mcaddon, scripts, artwork, or modified versions; sell, repackage, or bundle the project; publish derivative versions; or claim the work as your own without prior written permission.
Minecraft is a trademark of Microsoft. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft or Mojang.
The promotional artwork is AI-assisted illustrative art. It is not an in-game screenshot and does not add custom tools, ores, blocks, trees, or textures.
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