⛰ Workhand Tools

Upgraded pickaxes, shovels, axes, and hoes across 3 materials and 4 grades, unlocking 3×3 to 5×5 area mining. Kennestroyer ultimate tools with 5 modes. Durability, speed, and enchants always match vanilla.

✨ Overview

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Workhand Tools adds a full line of upgraded tools — 12 pickaxes and 12 shovels across Stone, Iron, and Diamond materials — with 4 progressive grades per material. Each grade unlocks larger mining areas, from basic 3×3 flat excavation to professional 5×5×5 cubic mining.

All tools match their vanilla equivalents in durability, mining speed, enchantability, and combat stats. Advanced and Professional grades feature a Cubic / Flat mode toggle (right-click), and a real-time area preview highlight shows exactly which blocks will be affected. Hold Shift at any time for vanilla single-block behavior.

10 languages supported: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and Korean.

In-game Guide Book (via Vellumli): craftable (book + iron ingot + diamond) or auto-given on first join. Documents every tool with controls, mechanics, and crafting recipes.

🔧 Tools

| | Stone |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel | | Iron |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel | | Diamond |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel |Pickaxe + Shovel |

Area Mining Progression

| | Basic |3×3×1 |— | | Advanced |3×3×3 (Cubic) / 3×3×1 (Flat) |Right-click | | Expert |5×5×1 |— | | Professional |5×5×5 (Cubic) / 5×5×1 (Flat) |Right-click |

📋 Full Item Catalog — Durability & Purpose

Pickaxes & Shovels (24)

| | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/stone_workhand_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Stone Workhand Pickaxe |Stone |655 |Area mining 3×3×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/stone_workhand_advanced_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Stone Workhand Advanced Pickaxe |Stone |655 |Area mining 3×3×3 cubic / 3×3×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/stone_workhand_expert_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Stone Workhand Expert Pickaxe |Stone |655 |Area mining 5×5×1 (single layer) | | 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toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_expert_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Expert Pickaxe |Iron |1250 |Area mining 5×5×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_professional_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Professional Pickaxe |Iron |1250 |Area mining 5×5×5 cubic / 5×5×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Pickaxe |Diamond |7805 |Area mining 3×3×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_advanced_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Advanced Pickaxe |Diamond |7805 |Area mining 3×3×3 cubic / 3×3×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_expert_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Expert Pickaxe |Diamond |7805 |Area mining 5×5×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_professional_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Professional Pickaxe |Diamond |7805 |Area mining 5×5×5 cubic / 5×5×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/stone_workhand_shovel.png" width="32"> |Stone Workhand Shovel |Stone |655 |Area digging 3×3×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/stone_workhand_advanced_shovel.png" width="32"> |Stone Workhand Advanced Shovel |Stone |655 |Area digging 3×3×3 cubic / 3×3×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/stone_workhand_expert_shovel.png" width="32"> |Stone Workhand Expert Shovel |Stone |655 |Area digging 5×5×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/stone_workhand_professional_shovel.png" width="32"> |Stone Workhand Professional Shovel |Stone |655 |Area digging 5×5×5 cubic / 5×5×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_shovel.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Shovel |Iron |1250 |Area digging 3×3×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_advanced_shovel.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Advanced Shovel |Iron |1250 |Area digging 3×3×3 cubic / 3×3×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_expert_shovel.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Expert Shovel |Iron |1250 |Area digging 5×5×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_professional_shovel.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Professional Shovel |Iron |1250 |Area digging 5×5×5 cubic / 5×5×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_shovel.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Shovel |Diamond |7805 |Area digging 3×3×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_advanced_shovel.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Advanced Shovel |Diamond |7805 |Area digging 3×3×3 cubic / 3×3×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_expert_shovel.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Expert Shovel |Diamond |7805 |Area digging 5×5×1 (single layer) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_professional_shovel.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Professional Shovel |Diamond |7805 |Area digging 5×5×5 cubic / 5×5×1 flat (right-click toggles mode) |

Kennestroyer Ultimate Tools (2)

| | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/kennestroyer_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Kennestroyer Pickaxe |Kennestroyer |50,000 |5 modes (right-click cycles): Disabled / 3×3×1 / 3×3×3 / 5×5×1 / 5×5×5 + Vein Mining (auto-mines up to 128 connected ores) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/kennestroyer_shovel.png" width="32"> |Kennestroyer Shovel |Kennestroyer |50,000 |5 modes (right-click cycles): Disabled / 3×3×1 / 3×3×3 / 5×5×1 / 5×5×5 |

Improved Pickaxes — Vein Mining (4)

| | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_advanced_improved_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Advanced Improved Pickaxe |Improved Iron |3750 |3×3×3/3×3×1 area mining + vein mining: breaking an ore chain-breaks all connected blocks of the same ore (up to 128) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_professional_improved_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Professional Improved Pickaxe |Improved Iron |3750 |5×5×5/5×5×1 area mining + vein mining | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_advanced_improved_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Advanced Improved Pickaxe |Improved Diamond |23415 |3×3×3/3×3×1 area mining + vein mining | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_professional_improved_pickaxe.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Professional Improved Pickaxe |Improved Diamond |23415 |5×5×5/5×5×1 area mining + vein mining |

Workhand Axes — Tree Felling (2)

| | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_axe.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Axe |Improved Iron |3750 |Toggleable tree felling (right-click cycles Disabled / Simple / Compound): breaking a log fells the whole connected tree (up to 256 blocks) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_axe.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Axe |Improved Diamond |23415 |Toggleable tree felling (right-click cycles Disabled / Simple / Compound) |

Workhand Hoes — Crop Harvesting (2)

| | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/iron_workhand_hoe.png" width="32"> |Iron Workhand Hoe |Improved Iron |3750 |Right-click toggles Till / Harvest mode. Till: single block. Harvest: 3×3 area harvest & replant of mature crops/cocoa/nether wart | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/diamond_workhand_hoe.png" width="32"> |Diamond Workhand Hoe |Improved Diamond |23415 |Right-click toggles Till / Harvest mode. Till: single block. Harvest: 5×5 area harvest & replant of mature crops/cocoa/nether wart |

Utility Items (2)

| | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/robust_stick.png" width="32"> |Robust Stick |— |No durability (ingredient) |Crafting ingredient for Expert and Professional grade tools (3-4) | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/tape_measure.png" width="32"> |Tape Measure |— |No durability (unbreakable) |Measures the area between two points: right-click sets the start, right-click again sets the end and draws a box with X/Y/Z lengths. Shift+right-click undoes the last measurement |

📖 Chunk Anchor & Anchor Tome — Forced Chunk Loading

A pedestal-and-tome pair, separate from the tool line, that keeps a chunk permanently loaded — no player needed nearby.

| | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/chunk_anchor.png" width="32"> |Chunk Anchor |Block |Placed on the ground. Right-click with an Anchor Tome to insert it and force-load the chunk it stands in, the same mechanism behind vanilla's /forceload. Right-click empty-handed (or sneaking) to extract the tome and release the chunk. Breaking it with a tome inserted drops both items and releases the chunk immediately | | //node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://node-files.skdragons.com/uploads/MINECRAFT/Codex/Mods/Workhand Tools/Items/anchor_tome.png" width="32"> |Anchor Tome |Item |Inserted into a Chunk Anchor, keeps its chunk force-loaded permanently with no fuel or cost. Floats open above the pedestal, spinning and turning pages, with green particles orbiting around it |

The chunk being force-loaded is outlined at its four vertical corners while a tome is inserted — configurable to show always, only while sneaking and looking at the anchor, or only when nearby. The Chunk Anchor's block model/texture and the Anchor Tome's item texture are adapted, with permission, from klikli-dev's Occultism mod.

📋 Requirements

| Minecraft / NeoForge / Java |see Available Versions below | | Vellumli |required (in-game guide book) | | Side |Client and Server |

📦 Available Versions

| | 1.21.1 |21.1.249+ |21 |1.21.1 1.0.0+ |1.0.0 |Stable | | 26.2 |26.2.0.37-beta+ |25 |1.2.0+ |1.23.2 |Stable |

🙏 Credits & License

Workhand Tools is an original mod by Stalking Dragons — not a port or fork. The mod as a whole is All Rights Reserved. Some parts come from other projects and keep their own terms — see the LICENSE file:

• The Tape Measure tool (wireframe-box math, length-label placement) and its tape_measure.png texture are adapted from Measurements by Mrbysco (MIT); that class in turn credits BlockMeter.
• The Chunk Anchor block model/texture and the Anchor Tome item texture are adapted, with permission, from Occultism by klikli-dev (originally otherstone_pedestal and book_of_binding_djinni). Not affiliated with or endorsed by klikli-dev.
• The in-game guide book is delivered through Vellumli (required dependency), licensed separately.

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