Sparks Hammers
ModVanilla-style hammers which work similarly to the Tinkers Construct ones.
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Maintenance
27 points lost0 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.8.2 years ago (17 Aug 2018) 0 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.Newest supported: 1.12.2. About 9 years behind popular modding versions. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. Abandoned: no release for 8.2 years; no file for a popular modding version; no recent human commit.0 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.No release in the last 24 months 0 / 6Stability
Full points15 / 15Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.13 of the 143 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (9%) 10 / 10Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
Full points7 / 7Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.GitHub · thebrightspark/SparksHammers 7 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.Does not apply. CurseForge links are not in our data.Popularity
Full points4 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.1,350,814 4 / 4Track record
8 points lost0 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.11.0 years, 59 releases 0 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in all 8 latest files. See Security
25.7 of the 61 points that apply = 42 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Sparks Hammers adds vanilla-style hammers and excavators that extend familiar pickaxe and shovel-like tools with area mining. Regular wooden, stone, iron, gold, and diamond hammers mine a 3×3 area of stone-like blocks, while excavators clear a 3×3 area of dirt-like blocks; surrounding blocks are mined only when they are no harder than the block first struck. The Mini Hammer mines a vertical 1×3 strip, or a horizontal 3×1 strip when crouching, while the Giant Hammer clears a 9×9 area and has greater durability than a regular hammer. The Nether Star Hammer can bore a 3×3 tunnel 16 blocks deep per use, consuming one durability for each tunnel. The Powered Hammer runs on Forge Energy or Redstone Flux, falling back to durability when its energy is depleted, and can be upgraded for mining area, speed, attack damage, harvest level, and energy capacity. Mjolnir is a special hammer found in shrines rather than crafted, and the mod also adds a Hammer Crafting Table for making more advanced hammers and excavators. Tool material traits, including durability, efficiency, harvest level, damage, appearance, and crafting ingredients, can be customized or extended with the custom-tools JSON configuration; CraftTweaker integration is also available for recipe changes.
Written from CurseForge and the GitHub README . How we write it
In-game changes
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.7.10 to 1.12.2.
Adds 2 blocks, 9 items and 6 advancements.
Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.
Keeps all of vanilla Minecraft's textures, models and sounds.
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- Creator
- bright_spark
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 1.4M
- Created
- 22 Oct 2015
- Official page
- CurseForge
- Links
- Source code
Security
No harmful code found
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.7.10 to 1.12.2.
We checked its files and read their code, without running it.
Why we show this: a mod runs on your computer like any program, so harmful code in it can take your accounts or files. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade, and a Warning in a latest file for a recent Minecraft version lowers it.
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- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.8 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version, so the answer above is about all of them. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
- Their codeWe turn the code of the files back into readable code and follow what it does, without running it. This shows what it downloads, what it sends and where your login goes.Read without running it
- Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.The internet, folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.
Privacy
We found nothing it sends
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.7.10 to 1.12.2.
We read its code without running it: it contacts no web address while you play.
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- Files readWe read the code without running it. We list each web address the code contacts while you play, and what it sends. Code that is never used is left out.The code of all 8 files, for Minecraft 1.7.10 to 1.12.2. See each file in Releases
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its description, files, images and code history and found none.
We have not read its changelogs yet.
No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
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- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.Not on Modrinth.
- Code historyThe public code on GitHub: who made each change, credit lines such as "Co-authored-by", and its files.Nothing found
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- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found23 images read
- Code of the modThe code and files of the mod, read without running it: addresses of AI services, AI libraries, AI model files and a place for your own AI key.No AI service, AI library or AI model file87 code files read
Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
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Mods that modpacks often add together with Sparks Hammers. Share: how many of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers also have that mod.
Inventory Tweaks [1.12 only]-Modin 71% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
ChiselCModin 71% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
BetterFpsCModin 58% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
BiblioCraftDModin 52% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
Pams HarvestCraftDModin 51% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
Better Builders WandsDModin 46% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
Waila HarvestabilityDModin 43% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
Chisels & Bits - For ForgeBModin 43% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
Extra UtilitiesDModin 40% of the modpacks with Sparks Hammers
Immersive EngineeringCModin 40% of the modpacks with Sparks HammersLatest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.