MiningTop — Server-Side Mining Counter

Counts every block every player breaks.

MiningTop is a server-side Forge mod (clients don't need to install anything): every block a player breaks adds +1 to their counter, the data is saved with the world automatically, and the counts are synced live to the vanilla scoreboard so they can be shown above a player's head, in the sidebar, or in the Tab list. Perfect for mining competitions and survival-server leaderboards.

• Supported versions: Minecraft 1.7.10 and 1.12.2 (same features on both)

• Dependencies: None. No required mods, and nothing to install on the client.

Installation

1. Download the jar that matches your game version (the version is in the file name — don't grab the wrong one)

1. Drop it into the mods/ folder of your server and restart

1. Single player / LAN: put it in .minecraft/mods/ instead, works the same

No configuration needed. It starts counting for every online player — and every player who joins later — right away.

Features

• Counts everything: survival, creative, any dimension, vanilla and modded blocks alike (blocks destroyed by explosions or fire are not counted)

• Purely server-side: clients install nothing, players don't need to sync anything

• Reliable data: counts are stored in the overworld at data/miningtop_data.dat and keyed by UUID — survives restarts, unaffected by name changes

• Per-block breakdown: besides the total, it records how many of each block type were mined (e.g. Stone ×1234)

• Vanilla scoreboard integration: counts are mirrored into a dummy objective named mined, so you can use the vanilla /scoreboard command on it directly

• Near-zero overhead: each break is handled in microseconds, no log spam, no extra disk writes — no noticeable impact on TPS

• Bilingual: command output follows each player's client language (English / Chinese)

Display

Counts show below the player's name tag by default (belowName mode); OPs can switch this at any time with /mset:

Commands

Examples:

Use cases

• Mining contests: /mset sidebar plus a custom /mname title for a live ranking

• Survival servers: keep it on belowName, and run /mreset all weekly for a new season

• Single player: single-player worlds run an integrated server, so everything works identically; open to LAN and it counts everyone who joins

Known limitations

• Nicknames (/mnick) only apply to the sidebar: belowName and the Tab list are matched by the client against the real player ID and can't be replaced (client-side limitation)

• Only blocks broken by a player's own hands count. Blocks destroyed by TNT, pistons, or fire don't (so the leaderboard can't be farmed with TNT)

• In 1.7.10 each dimension has its own scoreboard instance; the mod syncs all of them. 1.12.2 shares a single server-side scoreboard, so this is a non-issue there