Miner’s Market

⛏️ Miner’s Market – Competitive Mining Challenge

A competitive mining mod for Minecraft

Compete to strike it rich — mine ores, sell to the merchant, and be the first to earn 10,000 gold! By default, the first player to reach the goal wins!

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✨ Features

🏪 Market at Spawn

• Auto-Generated Market: A market structure spawns automatically at the world spawn point
• NPC Merchant: A merchant NPC stands ready to buy your ores and ingots
• Starter Equipment: Each player receives a powerful Miner’s Pickaxe and supplies from a chest

⛏️ Miner’s Pickaxe

• Fortune III: Built-in Fortune III enchantment for maximum ore drops
• High Durability: 4096 durability — lasts through long mining sessions
• Fast Mining: Mining speed of 12.0 — faster than diamond tools

💰 Ore Trading

Sell your mined items to the merchant for gold:

| Item | Price | Item | Price |
|——|——-|——|——-|
| Coal | 1 | Raw Copper | 1 |
| Copper Ingot | 2 | Lapis Lazuli | 3 |
| Raw Iron | 5 | Iron Ingot | 10 |
| Raw Gold | 7 | Gold Ingot | 15 |
| Redstone | 5 | Diamond | 30 |
| Emerald | 10 | Amethyst Shard | 10 |
| Netherite Ingot | 100 | | |

📈 Price Events

• Dynamic Pricing: Every 10 minutes, a random price event occurs — ore prices go up or down!
• Timed Events: Each event lasts 3–5 minutes, keeping the game exciting
• HUD Indicator: Active price events are shown on your HUD with the current multiplier
• Title Announcements: Price changes are announced with on-screen titles so you never miss them
• Strategy Element: Decide whether to sell now or wait for better prices
• Fully Configurable: Server admins can tune the interval, duration, and price change magnitude

📊 Real-Time HUD

• Earnings Display: Track your current gold with a coin icon
• Play Time: See your elapsed time in MM:SS format
• Rankings: View finished players and their times
• Floating Notifications: Sale amounts pop up when you sell items
• Market Direction Marker: Always know which way to the market
• Price Event Status: See when a price event is active and the current price multiplier

🎮 Game Flow

• Game Start Block: Press to begin a 5-second countdown, then the game starts
• Two Game Modes: Race to a target amount, or play to a time limit where the highest earner when the clock runs out wins
• Game Reset Block: Double-click within 5 seconds to reset the game
• Night Vision: All players receive permanent night vision for mining
• Victory Notifications: Announcements when players reach the goal (target mode) or when time runs out (time-limit mode)

🛠️ Server Configuration

• TOML Config: Tune gameplay in config/minersmarket.toml (server-side only — no client setup needed)
• Live Reload: Apply changes on a running server with /minersmarket config reload
• In-Game Config Screen: Edit all settings from a built-in screen (Mods list, ModMenu, or a key binding) — applies to the world you host
• Tunable Values: Game mode and win target or time limit, score display visibility, start countdown, price event timing and magnitude, and starter items

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📖 How to Play

1. Create a New World: Start a new world with the mod installed
2. Find the Market: A market structure is generated at the spawn point
3. Grab Your Gear: Take a Miner’s Pickaxe and bread from the chest
4. Start the Game: Press the Game Start block to begin the countdown
5. Mine Ores: Head underground and mine as many ores as you can
6. Sell to Merchant: Return to the market and right-click the merchant while holding items
7. Reach 10,000 Gold: By default, the first player to earn 10,000 gold wins!

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🛠️ Technical Details

Multi-Loader Support

This mod supports multiple mod loaders!

• 26.1.1–26.3: Fabric and NeoForge (requires Java 25)
• 26.1: NeoForge only (requires Java 25)
• 1.21.1–1.21.11: Fabric and NeoForge
• 1.20.1: Fabric and Forge
• Download the correct version for your mod loader
• Shared codebase ensures consistent experience across loaders

Requirements

Minecraft 26.x requires a Java 25 runtime.

Minecraft 26.3

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.19.3+ with Fabric API 0.165.0+26.3, OR NeoForge 26.3.0.100+

Minecraft 26.2

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.5+ with Fabric API 0.152.2+26.2, OR NeoForge 26.2.0.6-beta+

Minecraft 26.1.2

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.5+ with Fabric API 0.145.4+26.1.2, OR NeoForge 26.1.2.4-beta+

Minecraft 26.1.1

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.5+ with Fabric API 0.145.4+26.1.1, OR NeoForge 26.1.1.15-beta+

Minecraft 26.1

• Mod Loader: NeoForge 26.1.0.1-beta+ (NeoForge only)

Minecraft 1.21.11

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.141.3+1.21.11, OR NeoForge 21.11.38-beta+

Minecraft 1.21.10

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.138.4+1.21.10, OR NeoForge 21.10.64+

Minecraft 1.21.9

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.134.1+1.21.9, OR NeoForge 21.9.16-beta+

Minecraft 1.21.8

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.136.0+1.21.8, OR NeoForge 21.8.52+

Minecraft 1.21.7

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.129.0+1.21.7, OR NeoForge 21.7.25-beta+

Minecraft 1.21.6

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.128.2+1.21.6, OR NeoForge 21.6.20-beta+

Minecraft 1.21.5

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.126.0+1.21.5, OR NeoForge 21.5.96+

Minecraft 1.21.4

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.18.4+ with Fabric API 0.119.3+1.21.4, OR NeoForge 21.4.156+

Minecraft 1.21.3

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.16.10+ with Fabric API 0.107.3+1.21.3, OR NeoForge 21.3.95+

Minecraft 1.21.1

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.17.3+ with Fabric API 0.116.7+1.21.1, OR NeoForge 21.1.209+

Minecraft 1.20.1

• Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.16.10+ with Fabric API 0.92.2+1.20.1, OR Forge 47.3.0+

Compatibility

• Works alongside other mods
• Compatible with performance mods (Sodium, Starlight, etc.)
• Designed for multiplayer but also works in singleplayer

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🐛 Bug Reports & Suggestions

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Report it on our GitHub Issues page!

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📷 Screenshots

Check out the Gallery above for screenshots showcasing:

• The market structure at spawn
• NPC merchant trading
• HUD overlay with earnings and rankings
• Miner’s Pickaxe in action

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🤝 Credits

• Built with Fabric Loom and ModDevGradle (build tooling)

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📜 License & Permissions

License: LGPL-3.0 – Copyright (C) 2025 Soichiro Kashima

Source Code: Available on GitHub

Freedom to Use: ✅ Free to use, modify, and redistribute under LGPL-3.0 terms

Modpack Inclusion: ✅ Allowed – You may include this mod in modpacks

Redistribution: ✅ Allowed – You may redistribute this mod (must remain LGPL-3.0)

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🔗 Links

• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/ksoichiro/MinersMarket
• CurseForge: [Link to CurseForge page]

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Developed for Minecraft Java Edition 1.20.1–26.3

Race to riches! ⛏️