Special Pickaxe Miner
Special Pickaxe Miner is a Minecraft Paper server plugin that adds custom netherite pickaxes for area mining. It lets server owners give players special pickaxes that can mine blocks normally in 1x1 mode or mine larger areas like 3x3, 5x5, and 9x9.
This plugin is made for servers that want powerful custom mining tools without requiring players to install any client-side mods. It works completely server-side on Paper and is designed to support both Java Edition players and Bedrock Edition players using Geyser/Floodgate.
What does this plugin do?
Special Pickaxe Miner adds a simple command that gives players custom netherite mining pickaxes. Each pickaxe has a different mining size.
You can give a player:
- 1x1 pickaxe for normal mining
- 3x3 pickaxe for small area mining
- 5x5 pickaxe for medium area mining
- 9x9 pickaxe for large area mining
The pickaxes are useful for mining tunnels, clearing stone, gathering resources, prison servers, survival SMP servers, economy servers, and custom Minecraft servers.
Features
- Custom netherite pickaxes
- 1x1 normal mining
- 3x3 area mining
- 5x5 area mining
- 9x9 area mining
- Server-side only
- Works with PaperMC
- Works with Java Edition players
- Works with Bedrock Edition players through Geyser/Floodgate
- No client-side mods required
- No resource pack required
- Custom pickaxe names
- Custom lore
- Permission support
- Configurable settings
- Configurable block blacklist
- Configurable max blocks per break
- Safe area mining system
- Useful for SMP, survival, prison, economy, and mining servers
Commands
Main command:
/givepickaxe <player> <size>
Examples:
/givepickaxe @s 1x1
/givepickaxe @s 3x3
/givepickaxe @s 5x5
/givepickaxe @s 9x9
/givepickaxe Steve 9x9
For Bedrock players using Geyser or Floodgate, use the exact player name shown on your server.
Examples:
/givepickaxe .BedrockName 9x9
/givepickaxe *BedrockName 9x9
The Bedrock name prefix depends on your Floodgate configuration.
Permissions
specialpickaxe.give
Allows a player to use the /givepickaxe command.
specialpickaxe.use
Allows a player to use the special area mining effect.
specialpickaxe.size.1x1
Allows use of 1x1 pickaxes.
specialpickaxe.size.3x3
Allows use of 3x3 pickaxes.
specialpickaxe.size.5x5
Allows use of 5x5 pickaxes.
specialpickaxe.size.9x9
Allows use of 9x9 pickaxes.
OP players should normally have permission automatically.
Geyser and Floodgate Support
Special Pickaxe Miner works with servers that use GeyserMC and Floodgate. Bedrock players can use the special pickaxes because the plugin uses normal Paper server-side behavior.
Players do not need to install anything on their device. The plugin runs only on the server.
This makes it useful for Java and Bedrock crossplay servers.
Installation
- Download the plugin jar file.
- Put the jar file into your Paper server's
pluginsfolder. - Restart the server.
- Give yourself OP or the required permissions.
- Use
/givepickaxe @s 9x9to test the plugin.
Do not use /reload on production servers. A full restart is recommended.
Example Setup
After installing the plugin, run:
/givepickaxe @s 1x1
/givepickaxe @s 3x3
/givepickaxe @s 5x5
/givepickaxe @s 9x9
Then test each pickaxe in a safe area before using it near important builds.
Good For
Special Pickaxe Miner is good for:
- Paper servers
- Minecraft SMP servers
- Survival servers
- Prison servers
- Mining servers
- Economy servers
- Custom tool servers
- Java and Bedrock crossplay servers
- GeyserMC servers
- Floodgate servers
- Servers that want 3x3 mining
- Servers that want 5x5 mining
- Servers that want 9x9 mining
- Servers that want custom netherite pickaxes
- Servers that want area mining without client mods
Important Notes
This plugin is server-side only. Players do not need Forge, Fabric, Quilt, NeoForge, mods, or resource packs.
Just install it on your Paper server, restart, and use the command to give yourself a special pickaxe.
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