Automatic mining in Minecraft allows you to gather resources efficiently without manual digging. Using redstone contraptions, command blocks, and mods like BuildCraft or Create Mod, you can set up auto-miners to extract ores, stone, and more on autopilot. This guide walks you through different approaches to auto-mining for survival, creative, or modded gameplay.
Using machines or systems to extract resources without manual digging.
Partially. Redstone-based cobblestone generators and TNT dupers can help.
BuildCraft, Create, IndustrialCraft, Mekanism, and QuarryPlus.
A machine that automatically mines blocks in a set area.
Yes, but it's mostly for creative mode or maps.
Depends on server rules. Always check before using automation mods.
They use pistons and observers to push and break blocks automatically.
Yes, large-scale machines or mods can cause performance issues.
Furnace carts with coal or mods using solar or RF energy.
Yes, several community-made datapacks add this feature.
In survival, it depends on rules and personal challenge level.
Limited. Most automation features exist in Java with mods.
Craft a quarry, power it with engines, and mark boundaries with landmarks.
Not efficiently; it’s still better done manually.
Create offers more visual machines, but BuildCraft is more industrial.
A redstone machine that moves through terrain breaking blocks as it goes.
Only in creative or with special mods like LaserIO.
From ComputerCraft mod: programmable robot that mines by command.
Yes, many. Start with the one above for basics.
Use CurseForge, Modrinth, or official mod dev pages.