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Mining Hardness

Experimental
Makes blocks harder to mine the deeper you go.

Description

Makes mining more difficult by adding depth-based hardness.

By default, blocks go from normal hardness at sea level to about 8x harder at the bottom.

Note: the mod has to be installed on both the client and server with matching configurations.

Features

  • Deeper blocks get progressively harder to mine:
    • It takes longer
    • It's more exhausting (hunger)
    • Tools lose durability faster
  • Many configuration options, including:
    • Depth thresholds
    • Multipliers for time, hunger, and durability
    • Whitelist/blacklist for specific blocks (using regular expressions)

The intent is to make mining a more strategic activity. The deeper you go, the more incentivized you are to explore caves instead of digging in safety.