Primitive Quarry

Primitive Quarry adds an early-game, fuel-powered quarry that gathers underground resources while you remain on the surface. It reduces repeated mining at the start of a new world so you can reach building, automation, exploration, and the other mod content you want to play sooner.

Build and start it early

The controller is crafted from one furnace and eight iron nuggets, then deployed as a visible timber-framed multiblock. Add ordinary furnace fuel, start it from the GUI, and collect excavated blocks in its 30-slot internal storage.

Watch the early-game setup and mining demonstration

Grow the same machine

The upgrade system lets the same quarry develop as your resource needs increase, including improvements to mining capability, depth, storage, efficiency, fluid handling, lighting, heat resistance, surface filling, and its hoisting mechanism.

Watch the upgrade progression demonstration

Built to fit Minecraft

Timber supports, fencing, pulley, chain, suspended drill, and working movement remain visible in the world instead of being hidden inside a single abstract block. Multiple wood appearances help the structure fit different builds while preserving a vanilla-friendly style.

Watch the wood variations demonstration

Main features

• Early-game controller recipe: one furnace and eight iron nuggets.
• Fuel-powered excavation with 30 internal storage slots.
• A visible multiblock structure with moving machinery.
• Upgrade paths that keep one quarry useful as the world progresses.
• Recovery and relocation while preserving stored items and upgrades.
• Multiple wood appearances.
• English and Japanese localization.
• Multiplayer support.

How to use

1. Craft the Primitive Quarry controller.
2. Place it and deploy the timber-framed structure.
3. Open the machine GUI and add ordinary furnace fuel.
4. Start the quarry and retrieve mined blocks from its internal storage.
5. Install upgrades when you need greater depth, capacity, or capability.

The quarry pauses when fuel, storage, or another required condition needs attention instead of silently deleting recovered resources.

Requirements

• Minecraft Java Edition 1.20.1
• Minecraft Forge 47.4.0 or later for Minecraft 1.20.1
• The same Primitive Quarry version on the server and every player's client
• No required dependency mod

Installation

1. Install Forge for Minecraft 1.20.1.
2. Place the Primitive Quarry Jar in the mods folder on the server and on each player's client.
3. Start the game or server.

Back up important worlds before adding or updating any mod.

Bug reports

Bug reports are welcome in the CurseForge comments. Reports will be reviewed when possible, but an immediate response or fix cannot be guaranteed.

The project avatar is an original AI-generated stylized illustration created for this project and is not an in-game screenshot. Gallery images and videos show the mod in Minecraft.