Description
(Check the gallery for a video demonstration [v2.0.3])
Last release
V3.0.5
2026-04-15
-Upgrades of remaining v3.0.1 to v3.0.5
-Added Forge 1.21.1
2026-04-10
-Added Fabric, Forge and Neoforge 26.1.2
2026-04-02
-Added fabric, forge and neoforge 26.1 + 26.1.1
-Fixed and adjusted rotation of drill heads
-Fixed commands using item ID's on fabric 26.1
-Fixed all "missing texture" warnings (for particles) appearing in the log when lauching minecraft (maybe one or two survived concerning "air blocks" but it's minor)
-Added solidification of sand and gravel into sandstone and stone + a cleaning on the drill layer to definitively block all fluids infiltration into the drilled tunnel
-Drills now emit light (like a vanilla light block)
V3.0.1
-New double-block textures introducing a rotating drill head as drilling progresses.
What this mod does
- Adds drilling machines
- Automatically mines large straight tunnels
- Controlled mining in all directions
How to use?
- Place a drill
- Fill the tank with right click + redstone in hand
- ON/OFF with right click without nothing in hand
- Repair with right click + diamants in hand
- Retrieve your drill with Shift + right click without nothing in hand (or "mine" it)
- Limited of 1 drill active per player configurable with command (1-64)
- A drill placed with fuel in the tank is active and follow UUID of the last player who filled the tank
Drills
- Drill prototype: mines 3x3 with normal drops (t1)
- Advanced excavator: mines 5x5 and only whitelisted blocks drop (t2)
- Mountain piercer: mines 7x7 with the same whitelist logic and higher durability (t3)
- Can be upgrade with somes Enchanted Books (Unbreaking, Fortune, Silk touch, Mending)
- All the drills get now fire immunity
Drill behavior
- Moves forward in the direction it is facing
- One step equals one block forward and one full layer mined
- One step every 2 seconds
- Various visual and sound effects
Fuel and durability
- Powered by redstones, use them directly on the block to fill the tank
- Fuel is consumed with each step directly from an integrated tank
- A fuel gauje has been added and visible on the textures
- Durability is consumed every step
- Repairable with diamants, use them directly on the block (33%, 20% and 12.5% respectively, depending on drill efficiency)
Block and terrain handling
- Unbreakable blocks stop the drill
- Whitelisted blocks drop normally
- Other blocks will be deleted
- Fluids are solidified before mining
- Drill stop and drop when open air is detected ahead (3 "air" blocks in a raw)
Configuration
- Recipes can be modified in a .jar data/mountainpiercer/recipes
- You need to use correct item IDs if you do any change! (ex: minecraft:diamond)
- The .jar can be opened by any decompression software (7zip, WinRAR, etc.)
Command prompt (use /reload to validate any change):
/drill recipes on|off
/drill recipes status
/drill keep add|remove ………………………………….… (whitelist, add|remove parent blocks; ex: to keep emerald, add emerald_ore_block; also you can edit the config file manually)
/drill unbreakable add|remove ……………………….. (same logic)
/drill config status
/drill config set max_active <1-64> ………………… (1 by default)
/drill config set fuel_per_redstone <1-1024> … (5)
/drill config set fuel_capacity t1 ……………………. (15)
/drill config set fuel_capacity t2 ……………………. (30)
/drill config set fuel_capacity t3 ……………………. (45)
⚠️Some functions may vary slightly depending on the version.
⚠️Although the drills are designed to withstand micro-lags, reactions in the event of prolonged lags are unknows.
⚠️If you notice any bugs, please let me know in the comments section.
