Villages Alive The Miner

Quickstart

1. Switch to Creative Mode (the Miner House Marker is a Creative-only item)
2. Open your inventory and search for Miner House Marker in the Items category
3. Find a flat area and use the marker on the ground where you want the mining compound
4. Watch as the house, eight quarries, and connecting paths instantly generate
5. After 5 seconds, Pickaxe Pete spawns and begins automated mining

The entire compound rotates to face the nearest cardinal direction based on where you place the marker.

Overview

Villages Alive The Miner adds an automated mining system to your world. Place a single marker item to instantly generate a complete mining compound featuring a miner's house, eight surrounding quarries, and a dedicated worker named Pickaxe Pete who mines resources and deposits them into storage chests.

What It Adds

Items

Entities

Structures

• Miner's House — A brick building with stone brick flooring, torches, a stocked chest full of diamond pickaxes, and a red bed
• Eight Quarries — 14×14 mining shafts arranged in a square ring around the house
• Cobblestone Pathways — Continuous paths connecting the house to every quarry

How To Use

Placing the Compound

Use the Miner House Marker on any block to generate the mining compound. The placement process:

1. Clears a large squared work zone up to 20 blocks high above ground level
2. Builds the miner's house with foundation, walls, torches, and furnishings
3. Creates eight identical 14×14 quarries in a balanced ring around the house
4. Lays cobblestone paths connecting all structures
5. Snaps the entire layout to the nearest cardinal direction

Pickaxe Pete's Behavior

Five seconds after the house finishes building, Pickaxe Pete appears and begins work:

• Mining Speed — Works approximately 25% faster than normal mining
• Work Pattern — Mines one quarry at a time in clockwise order
• Depth Limit — Stops each quarry at Y = -58
• Loot Storage — Deposits mined resources into the chests beside the house
• Ladder Access — Maintains ladder columns in each quarry for player access
• Invulnerability — Cannot be damaged or killed
• Persistence — Remembers his current mine and progress through chunk unloads and world reloads

Quarry Features

Each quarry includes:

• Surface and exterior torch lighting that remains in place
• Automatic ladder placement as levels are completed
• Sealing of exposed openings and hazards
• Interior shaft torches are removed as mining progresses

Pete focuses purely on quarry work rather than exploring caves—he seals hazards and continues his systematic mining pattern.

Crafting And Obtaining

The Miner House Marker cannot be crafted and is only available in Creative Mode. Find it in the Items category of the Creative inventory.

Abilities And Mechanics

Pete's Mining System

• Pete locks onto a single quarry until it is completely finished before moving to the next
• His assignment survives leaving the area, unloading chunks, or relogging
• Each quarry maintains the same size, shape, and depth regardless of underground features
• The clockwise mining order is locked to the house's orientation

House Contents

The miner's house spawns with:

• A chest fully stocked with 27 diamond pickaxes
• A usable red bed
• Torch lighting throughout
• A solid foundation and brick walls

Progression And Strategy

1. Site Selection — Choose a relatively flat area; the mod clears 20 blocks vertically but works best on level terrain
2. Orientation Planning — Position yourself to influence the cardinal direction the compound faces
3. Resource Collection — Check the storage chests periodically to collect Pete's mining haul
4. Multiple Compounds — Place additional markers elsewhere to establish more mining operations with their own dedicated Petes
5. Quarry Access — Use the auto-generated ladders to explore completed quarry levels yourself