Super Vanilla Tools

Super Vanilla Tools is a lightweight Fabric mod that adds area-based mining tools while keeping a vanilla-friendly experience.

Overview

This mod adds special pickaxes and shovels that break blocks in a 3x3 area based on the face of the block you mine.
It is designed to reduce repetitive mining and digging without changing Minecraft's core gameplay style.

Features

• Adds Area Pickaxes and Area Shovels.
• Breaks blocks in a 3x3 pattern depending on mining direction.
• Hold Shift (crouch) to mine normally in 1x1 mode.
• Works as a quality-of-life extension of vanilla progression.

How It Works

When you break a block with an area tool:

• Looking at top/bottom faces breaks a horizontal 3x3.
• Looking at north/south faces breaks a vertical 3x3 (X-Y).
• Looking at east/west faces breaks a vertical 3x3 (Y-Z).

If you crouch, area breaking is disabled and only the targeted block is mined.

Included Tool Types

Area tool variants are available across the common vanilla material tiers:

• Wood
• Stone
• Iron
• Gold
• Diamond
• Netherite

Installation

1. Install the correct version of Fabric Loader for your Minecraft version.
2. Install Fabric API.
3. Place this mod .jar in your Minecraft mods folder.
4. Launch the game with the Fabric profile.

Compatibility

• Minecraft: 1.21.11 (based on this project setup)
• Mod loader: Fabric

If you use additional gameplay mods, behavior may vary depending on how they modify block breaking events.

Development

This project is a Fabric mod built with Gradle.

Typical local workflow:

• Import as a Gradle project.
• Use the provided run configuration/tasks for client testing.
• Build with Gradle to generate release jars.

Project Goals

• Keep vanilla gameplay feel.
• Improve mining and digging efficiency.
• Stay simple and intuitive for survival play.

Future Plans

Potential future updates may include:

• More area tool types
• Additional quality-of-life options
• Extra balancing and configuration improvements

License

See LICENSE for licensing details.