Ultimate Pickaxes

Transform your mining experience with 12 unique and powerful pickaxes!

Ultimate Pickaxes adds a collection of specialized pickaxes to Minecraft, each with unique abilities that go far beyond simple mining. From automatic ore smelting to vein mining, from item magnetism to time manipulation - there's a pickaxe for every playstyle!

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✨ Features

12 Unique Pickaxes

🔥 Fire Pickaxe

• Automatically smelts ores as you mine them
• Grants Fire Resistance while mining
• Melts snow and ice in a radius around you
• Leaves a trail of fire behind
• Burns enemies on hit
• Extra fast on Netherrack and Magma blocks

🌀 Void Pickaxe

• Toggleable void filter (Shift + Right Click)
• Automatically destroys unwanted blocks (stone, cobblestone, etc.)
• Customizable filtered blocks via config
• Bonus XP from valuable ores
• Perfect for clean mining without inventory clutter!

💣 TNT Pickaxe

• Creates explosions when mining ores
• Automatically grants Damage Resistance and Fire Resistance
• Larger explosions for coal blocks
• Super fast mining on ores, TNT, and Obsidian
• All drops are preserved!

👤 Shadow Pickaxe

• Grants Speed, Haste, and Night Vision while mining
• Invisibility when mining ores
• Chance to teleport when mining rare ores (Diamond, Emerald, Ancient Debris)
• Brief levitation effect
• Blinds hostile mobs and removes their aggression when hit

🦴 Bone Pickaxe

• Drops bones and bone meal when mining ores
• Grants Regeneration effect
• Chance for Absorption hearts
• Perfect for skeleton farm alternatives!

⛏️ Vein Pickaxe

• Automatically mines entire ore veins in one go!
• Mines up to 64 connected ore blocks
• Shows progress message
• Crouch to disable vein mining for precise control
• Works with diagonal blocks

⚫ Coal Pickaxe

• Night Vision in dark areas
• Extra coal drops when mining coal ore
• Bonus XP for all ores
• Super fast on coal ore
• Enhanced mining speed on all ores

🌿 Natural Pickaxe

• Converts Cobblestone to Mossy Cobblestone
• Converts Stone Bricks to Mossy Stone Bricks
• Works on stairs, slabs, and walls
• Preserves Grass Blocks (drops grass block instead of dirt)
• Perfect for builders!

⏰ Time Pickaxe

• 15% chance to mine instantly without durability loss
• Self-repairs while mining (5% chance)
• Accelerates plant growth nearby
• Slows hostile mobs in radius
• Grants Speed and Haste effects

💰 Fortune Pickaxe

• Permanent Luck V effect while mining
• 30% chance for extra ore drops
• 10% JACKPOT chance for massive drops (3x items!)
• Extra XP based on ore rarity
• Ancient Debris gives 20 XP per block!

🧲 Magnet Pickaxe

• Automatically attracts items and XP in 10 block radius
• Works while holding the pickaxe
• 5% chance to self-repair while mining
• Configurable attraction range and speed

⚡ Laser Pickaxe

• Mines in a straight line through multiple blocks
• Breaks 6 blocks in the direction you're facing
• Works up, down, and sideways
• Grants Haste III and Speed II while using
• Customizable laser-compatible blocks

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⚙️ Extensive Configuration System

Every aspect of every pickaxe is fully configurable! Over 120 configuration options allow you to:

• Adjust effect durations and amplifiers
• Modify drop chances and quantities
• Configure explosion sizes and ranges
• Set mining speeds for different blocks
• Enable/disable specific features
• Customize block lists (void filter, laser blocks)
• Balance for multiplayer servers
• Optimize for performance

Configuration Examples

[firePickaxe]
    # Enable automatic ore smelting when mining with Fire Pickaxe
    enableSmeltOres = true
    # Duration in ticks for fire resistance effect (20 ticks = 1 second)
    fireResistanceDuration = 400
    # Chance to create fire on nearby blocks (0.0 = never, 1.0 = always)
    fireTrailChance = 0.15

[veinPickaxe]
    # Maximum number of blocks that can be mined in one vein
    maxVeinSize = 64
    # Whether to check diagonal blocks when searching for vein
    checkDiagonals = true
    # Whether crouching disables vein mining
    crouchToDisable = true

[fortunePickaxe]
    # Chance to trigger jackpot (massive extra drops)
    jackpotChance = 0.1
    # Number of extra items dropped during jackpot
    jackpotMultiplier = 3
    # Extra XP for diamond ore
    diamondXP = 10
    # Extra XP for ancient debris
    ancientDebrisXP = 20

See CONFIG_ANALYSIS.md for complete configuration documentation!

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🎮 How to Use

1. Craft your pickaxe using the recipes (check JEI/REI for recipes)
2. Mine blocks to experience unique effects
3. Void Pickaxe: Shift + Right Click to toggle the void filter
4. Vein Pickaxe: Crouch while mining to disable vein mining temporarily
5. Laser Pickaxe: Look in any direction (including up/down) to control laser direction

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🛠️ For Server Admins

Ultimate Pickaxes is highly configurable for multiplayer environments:

• Balance settings for competitive servers
• Disable features that may be too powerful
• Adjust ranges to reduce server load
• Customize drop rates to match your economy
• Performance optimizations available (adjust vein sizes, attraction ranges, etc.)

Configuration file location: config/ultimatepickaxes-common.toml

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🎨 Perfect For

• ⛏️ Miners who want efficient ore collection
• 🏗️ Builders who need mossy variants (Natural Pickaxe)
• ⚡ Speed runners who value efficiency
• 🎮 Modpack creators looking for balanced mining upgrades
• 🖥️ Server owners wanting customizable content

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💝 Support the Developer

If you enjoy Ultimate Pickaxes, please:

• ⭐ Leave a review on CurseForge/Modrinth
• 📢 Share with friends
• 💬 Join our community
• ☕ Buy me a coffee

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