VeinMiner Mod Download for Minecraft 26.3 NeoForge: Mine Whole Ore Veins in One Swing
Quick answer: VeinMiner is a free mod that lets you mine a whole ore vein with one block break. The latest release is VeinMiner 2.13.0 for Minecraft 26.3, and the download below is the NeoForge build, verified on Modrinth today. Hold sneak, break one ore block, and the entire vein comes with it, with your enchantments still applying. Install NeoForge for 26.3, drop the .jar into your mods folder, and launch the game. It works in singleplayer out of the box; on a server it must be installed server-side too.
Every Minecraft player knows the chore. You find a diamond vein, and you spend the next minute chipping away at each block, one at a time, in a dark cave, while your pickaxe loses durability and your patience runs out. VeinMiner removes that chore. Break one block of a vein while holding sneak, and the whole vein breaks at once. The ores drop, your enchantments apply, and you move on to the next vein.
The mod comes from developer PortableJimmy and has more than 100 million downloads on Modrinth, which makes it one of the most installed mining mods in the game. It adds no new blocks and no new items. It only changes how mining works, and it does it with a config menu that lets you decide exactly which blocks it applies to.
Minecraft 26.3 · NeoForge · v2.13.0 · Official download
What VeinMiner actually does
Hold the sneak key, usually Shift, and mine any block that belongs to a vein. The mod finds every connected block of the same type, up to a limit you can change, and breaks them all in one go. The drops land in your inventory as if you had mined each block by hand, one at a time. Fortune still multiplies the drops. Silk Touch still gives you the ore block itself. The only difference is that you spent one swing instead of twenty.
The default settings are sensible. VeinMiner works on ores by default: coal, iron, gold, diamond, emerald, redstone, lapis, copper, and nether quartz, plus logs and a few other blocks that come in connected groups. It does not work on stone or dirt, so you cannot accidentally clear a whole hillside. The block limit defaults to 64 connected blocks, which keeps the mod from turning into a strip-mining machine. Every one of those defaults can be changed in the config.
Tool damage works the way you would expect. Each block in the vein costs one point of tool durability, as if you had mined it by hand. VeinMiner saves you time, not pickaxes. It also respects the tool you are holding. Mine a vein with the wrong tool and it will not work, just like vanilla. Mine it with the right pickaxe and the whole vein comes down.
How to use it in the game
Using VeinMiner takes about ten seconds to learn. Hold sneak and break a block. That is the whole mechanic. The mod shows a short message the first time it triggers, and after that it becomes second nature: sneak for veins, release sneak for single blocks. The sneak requirement is what keeps the mod from firing when you do not want it to. Dig a tunnel without holding sneak and nothing changes. Hold sneak at an ore vein and the vein comes down.
The config menu is where the mod gets useful. Open it with the /veinminer command in chat, or from the mod list screen if you have Mod Menu installed. From there you can add blocks to the vein list, remove blocks you never want mined, change the block limit, and change the activation key. Players who want VeinMiner to work on logs will add logs here. Players who only want it on ores will leave the list as it is.
The block limit is worth thinking about. A limit of 64 keeps mining honest and keeps servers fast. Raise it to 256 and a big coal vein comes down in one swing, but the server has to process 256 block breaks at once. On a shared server, leave the limit alone. On your own singleplayer world, set it to whatever feels right.
Compatibility: versions, loaders, and what it needs
| Minecraft version | Latest VeinMiner | Loaders |
|---|---|---|
| 26.3 | 2.13.0 (release) | NeoForge, Fabric |
| 26.2 | 2.12.3 | NeoForge, Fabric |
| 1.21.1 | 2.0.7 | Fabric, Forge |
The download on this page is VeinMiner 2.13.0 for Minecraft 26.3 on NeoForge. A Fabric build of the same version is on the same Modrinth project page if you play on Fabric instead. The mod has no dependencies and no config library to install.
Multiplayer is where the rules change. VeinMiner must be installed on the server to work in multiplayer. A client-side install alone will not do anything on a server that does not have the mod, because the server decides which blocks break. If you run your own server, install the mod in the server’s mods folder and set the rules there. If you play on someone else’s server, ask the owner before assuming the mod will work. In singleplayer, the client install is all you need.
VeinMiner also works with our other quality-of-life picks. It pairs well with a good minimap for finding caves, and with a performance mod if your world runs slow while mining. See our best quality-of-life mods for 2026 and our Sodium Mod download for the rest of the setup.
Is VeinMiner cheating
That depends on the server. In singleplayer, VeinMiner is a time saver, not a cheat: it gives you nothing you could not get by mining each block by hand, and it costs the same tool durability. In multiplayer, it is a server decision. Some servers allow it. Some ban it. The mod has a server-side config that lets owners disable it entirely, and the server’s word is final.
Speedrun players should know that VeinMiner is not allowed in speedrun categories, and it will not help you there anyway. Achievement hunters should know that it does not disable achievements, because it does not change what you earn, only how fast you mine it. If you play on a strict server, check the rules before you install it. Getting banned over a mining mod is a bad trade.
How to install VeinMiner
- Install a mod loader for Minecraft 26.3. This download is the NeoForge build, so install NeoForge for 26.3 from the official NeoForge site. If you play on Fabric, grab the Fabric build of VeinMiner 2.13.0 from Modrinth instead. Our NeoForge install guide walks through the setup.
- Download VeinMiner 2.13.0 using the button above. The file is veinminer-neoforge-2.13.0.jar, about 0.9 MB.
- Open the Minecraft launcher, select the NeoForge 26.3 profile, and click Play once so the game creates its folders. Close the game.
- Press Windows + R, type %appdata%\.minecraft\mods, and press Enter. On Mac, open Finder, press Cmd + Shift + G, and enter ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/mods.
- Move the veinminer .jar file into the mods folder. Do not unzip it.
- Launch the game with the NeoForge profile. Join a world, find an ore vein, hold Shift, and break one block. If the whole vein comes down, the mod is running.
If the game crashes on launch, the usual cause is a version mismatch: a Fabric VeinMiner jar in a NeoForge mods folder, or a 26.2 jar on 26.3. Check the file name first. If the mod loads but does nothing in multiplayer, it is not installed on the server. Our mod crash troubleshooting guide covers the rest of the common cases.
Is VeinMiner safe to download
Yes, when you get it from Modrinth. VeinMiner is open source, its code is public, and the Modrinth listing is maintained by the developer. Download counts and version history are visible on the project page, which is how you confirm a file is genuine. Never download VeinMiner from a re-upload site or a “free mods” aggregator. Those copies are where malware hides, and they are often outdated versions with the version number changed.
The download button on this page points directly at the Modrinth CDN file for VeinMiner 2.13.0, NeoForge, Minecraft 26.3. It starts the .jar download immediately, with no installer, no extra software, and no account needed.
Frequently asked questions
Is VeinMiner free?
Yes. VeinMiner is free and open source. The developer accepts donations, but no feature is locked behind a payment.
Does VeinMiner work with Fortune and Silk Touch?
Yes. Enchantments apply to every block in the vein, exactly as if you had mined each block by hand. Fortune multiplies the drops. Silk Touch gives you the ore blocks.
Does VeinMiner work on servers?
Only if the server has it installed. VeinMiner is server-side in multiplayer. A client install alone does nothing on a server without the mod. Check the server rules before you install it, because some servers ban it.
Can I change which blocks VeinMiner works on?
Yes. Open the config with /veinminer in chat or from the mod list screen. You can add blocks, remove blocks, change the block limit, and change the activation key.
Does VeinMiner use extra pickaxe durability?
Yes, one point per block in the vein, the same as mining each block by hand. It saves you time, not durability. A big vein will still wear down your pickaxe.
Verdict
VeinMiner is the mod for players who mine a lot and hate the repetitive part of it. It will not find ores for you, it will not make you rich faster than the game allows, and it will not work on a server that does not want it. What it does is remove the dullest minute of every mining trip: break one block, take the whole vein, move on. It is a single file, it takes two minutes to install, and it is free. If you spend your evenings in caves, install it. If you play on a server, check the rules first, then install it.
