Liteminer Extra Shapes
If you have ever used Liteminer to carve through a mountain, you already know how satisfying a good mining pattern can be. Liteminer Extra Shapes takes that foundation and expands it with three new mining modes, full in-game configuration, and a safety feature that might save your life more than once. This add-on is built for players who want precision, speed, and control without memorizing a wall of commands.
What Liteminer Extra Shapes Adds to the Game
This add-on is an extension for Liteminer by iamkaf, which means the base mod is required for everything to work. Once installed, you get three distinct mining patterns, each designed for a different job. Whether you are hunting diamonds, digging a highway, or clearing a build site, there is a pattern here that fits.
Flat Layer: Perfect for Ore Veins and Clearing
The Flat Layer pattern mines a horizontal circle around your target block at the same Y level. The radius is configurable, with a default of 10 blocks. You can run it in two modes: same block only, which breaks connected blocks of the same type and is ideal for following ore veins, or all blocks, which clears everything non-air in the radius and is great for flattening terrain. It uses circular BFS, so it always mines the closest blocks first.
Wide Tunnel: Branch Mining Made Simple
Wide Tunnel digs a rectangular tunnel forward in the direction you are facing. Width, height, and length are all configurable, though values must be odd numbers since the tunnel centers on the player. One clever touch: the pattern automatically stops when a full cross-section is air, so you never waste your block limit in open caves. This makes it excellent for branch mining, road building, and large excavations.
Selection: Mine an Entire Zone at Once
Selection lets you mark two points and mine the whole rectangular zone between them. Set points with the R key, which is rebindable, while looking at a block. This pattern ignores the block limit entirely and mines the full zone in one go. The in-game GUI shows your coordinates, the zone size, and a reset button, so you always know exactly what you are about to dig.
Floor Protection Keeps You Safe
Floor Protection is a newer addition, and it is the kind of feature you do not appreciate until you need it. When enabled, the mod will never break the block directly under your feet, even if it falls inside the mining pattern. That means no accidental drops into lava or deep pits while you are focused on the blocks in front of you. To toggle it, open the main menu with G and click the Protect Floor button.
Configuration and Keybinds
Press G, which is rebindable, to open the in-game config menu. From there you can adjust all three patterns, toggle Floor Protection, and change the block break limit. The limit is also controllable on the fly with the comma and period keys. Every keybind can be reassigned in Options, then Controls, so the add-on fits your existing setup instead of forcing you to adapt.
Players who prefer a streamlined setup often turn to the foxygame.net launcher, which handles version compatibility automatically and keeps Liteminer Extra Shapes updated without any manual file juggling.
Supported Versions and Loader
Liteminer Extra Shapes for Minecraft supports versions 1.21.11 and 26.1 and beyond. It is designed around the Fabric ecosystem that Liteminer uses, so make sure your base mod matches the same game version before you install the add-on. Running mismatched versions is the most common cause of crashes or missing patterns.
How to Install
- Install the required Liteminer mod first, matching your Minecraft version.
- Download Liteminer Extra Shapes from a trusted source and place the jar file in your mods folder.
- Launch the game with your Fabric profile and confirm both mods load correctly.
- Enter a world, press G, and configure your patterns and keybinds.
If something does not work, double-check that both mods target the same version. The add-on also includes English and Russian localization, so a wider group of players can jump straight in.
Final Thoughts
Liteminer Extra Shapes is a focused, well-built add-on that respects your time. The three patterns cover most mining situations you will run into, the configuration menu is genuinely convenient, and Floor Protection removes a lot of unnecessary risk. If you already rely on Liteminer, this is a natural next step that makes every mining trip faster and safer.
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