Slow Mining
A fully customizable datapack that reduces mining speed, making progression slower and more realistic.
- Loaders
- FabricNeoForgeForgeQuilt
- Downloads on Modrinth
- 2.7K
- Followers on Modrinth
- 3
- versions
- 8
- Updated
- October 17, 2026Oct 17
- Published
- in 2026
At a glance
Needed on the server; optional in the game
Slow Mining
Overview
This datapack reduces the mining speed of players by 75% (minecraft:block_break_speed = 0.25).
Slow Mining makes the early game and late game of a world or server more realistic.
Configuration
To configure how fast players break blocks, unzip the datapack, open the folder, and navigate to:
data/slowmining/function/tick.mcfunction
Open the file and edit the value on the 2nd line of code to customize the mining speed.
⚠️ IMPORTANT
If you want to disable or remove the datapack, run:
/function slowmining:disable,
otherwise the datapack will not disable correctly.
Help
Run /function slowmining:help for help, or join our Discord:
FAQ
How to install Slow Mining?
Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Slow Mining for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.
Which Minecraft versions does Slow Mining support?
Slow Mining has builds for Minecraft 1.21–26.3.
Is Slow Mining needed on the server?
Needed on the server; optional in the game
