StrataWorks 1.4.0 — Advanced Digital Miner Upgrades

The Digital Miner just got a major upgrade!

StrataWorks 1.4.0 introduces advanced machine assemblies, customizable performance upgrades, Fortune and Silk Touch mining, and automated XP collection.

Build a Digital Miner that fits your operation, whether you're focused on faster extraction, improved energy efficiency, or maximizing valuable ore drops.

New Features

Advanced & Industrial Assemblies

The Digital Miner now supports three progression tiers for its internal components:

• Basic — Entry-level mining capabilities.

• Advanced — Improved performance and customization.

• Industrial — High-end mining capabilities and maximum customization.

Scanner, Extraction, and Processing Assemblies can be upgraded independently, allowing you to customize your machine without replacing the entire Digital Miner.

Customization Modules

New upgrade modules let you specialize your Digital Miner:

• Speed Modules — Increase mining performance.

• Efficiency Modules — Improve energy efficiency.

• Range Modules — Expand scanning capabilities.

• Fortune I, II & III — Improve eligible ore drops.

• Silk Touch Module — Collect eligible blocks using Silk Touch behavior.

• XP Collection Module — Capture experience from eligible mining operations.

Compatible performance modules can be stacked up to three times, with diminishing returns to maintain balanced progression.

Expanded Module Capacity

Processing Assemblies determine how many customization modules your Digital Miner can use.

Upgrading your Processing Assembly unlocks additional customization options.

Fortune & Silk Touch Mining

Your Digital Miner can now use Fortune or Silk Touch during automated extraction.

• Fortune I, II, and III support progressive mining upgrades.

• Silk Touch allows eligible blocks to be collected intact.

• Fortune and Silk Touch cannot operate simultaneously.

• Mining results follow supported Minecraft loot behavior.

XP Collection & Storage

Install an XP Collection Module to capture experience from eligible mined blocks.

New XP features include:

• Internal experience storage.

• Larger XP capacity with higher-tier Processing Assemblies.

• Direct XP withdrawal through the Digital Miner GUI.

• Experience bottle production.

• Configurable behavior when the XP buffer is full.

Choose whether your Digital Miner pauses when XP storage is full or continues mining while discarding excess XP.

Smarter Module Management

Upgrading and downgrading your Digital Miner is now more flexible.

• Modules automatically activate when compatible assemblies are installed.

• Incompatible modules become inactive rather than being destroyed.

• Previously installed modules reactivate when compatible hardware is restored.

• Module configurations and stored resources persist across world saves and restarts.

Compatibility & Improvements

• Existing Digital Miners can be upgraded without replacing their chassis.

• Existing mining configurations, filters, surveying, and backfilling remain supported.

• Preserves compatibility with existing StrataWorks worlds.

• Digital Miner, Compact Quarry, and Industrial Framed Quarry functionality retained.

• Reinforced Pickaxe, Powered Mining Drill, and Advanced Mining Drill remain supported.

• No automatic chunk forcing.

• Server-authoritative mining and multiplayer support.

• Additional safeguards for item handling, module persistence, energy accounting, and interrupted operations.

Testing & Stability

StrataWorks 1.4.0 completed its release-candidate validation with:

• 52 unit tests passed.

• 325 GameTests passed.

• 19 of 19 mandatory release gates passed.

• 11 native Minecraft GUI checks passed.

• Production graphical-client and dedicated-server validation.

• Two-client multiplayer testing.

• Saved-world compatibility and restart recovery testing.

• Machine-break and resource recovery validation.

Requirements

• Minecraft: 26.3

• Mod Loader: NeoForge 26.3.0.92

• Java: 25

What's Next?

Development will continue with more advanced industrial mining systems, including the planned Modular Quarry Complex.

Future features are not included in this release.

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