Excavation Steve in the dirt Tool Used Shovel Interacts With Clay Block

Clay Block Dirt

Dirt Grass

Grass Mycelium

Mycelium Gravel

Gravel Sand

Sand Soul Sand

Soul Sand Snow Abilities Giga Drill Breaker (Active)

Treasure Hunt (Passive)

Excavation is the ability in McMMO related to using a shovel to dig anything on the soil chart, including exotic materials like Soul Sand. High-level Excavators can produce diamonds from dirt easily. (Like most McMMO abilities, it will only work if McMMO drops can spawn on the blocks, and not if they are funneled into the player's inventory like with some plugins.)

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Increasing skill level [ edit | edit source ]

You level up by digging materials that are mined faster with a shovel.

Scouring the entire surface, or at least large hills, is the fastest way to level Excavation.

Another good way is to stock up on shovels and make a trapped snowman. This will allow you to dig the snow underneath it which is constantly refreshed. As the snow is fast to break, it will wear out your tools very quickly, but it will also help you to level very quickly in the comfort of your own home without having to worry about finding stuff to excavate. Keep an iron block nearby and use an iron shovel to clear the snow. When you are running low on durability, just repair the shovel and keep on digging. This method trains up Excavation and Repair at the same time. Stone can also be used at the cost of maintanance and XP. With the right scripting tools and settings, this can be automated as a client-side bot.

You can also use Giga Drill Breaker in bursts to speed up digging, at the expense of extra durability wear on your shovel. To counteract this, use diamond shovels. Past level 350, it is more common than not to get at least 1 diamond from a single Giga Drill Breaker, allowing you to repair the shovel whenever durability starts to drop.

Drops Block Skill Req. XP Rewarded Chance Dirt Grass 0 40 10000 100% .00 Dirt Mycelium 0 40 10000 100% .00 Dirt Dirt 0 40 10000 100% .00 Snow Snow Layer 0 20 100% Gravel Gravel 0 40 09000 0 90% .00 Flint Gravel 0 40 01000 0 10% .00 Sand Sand 0 40 10000 100% .00 Soul Sand Soul Sand 0 40 10000 100% .00 Clay (x4) Clay Block 0 40 10000 100% .00 Empty Map Clay Block 25 200 00200 00 2% .00 Glowstone Dust Grass 25 80 00500 00 5% .00 Glowstone Dust Mycelium 25 80 00500 00 5% .00 Glowstone Dust Dirt 25 80 00500 00 5% .00 Glowstone Dust Sand 25 80 00500 00 5% .00 Gunpowder Gravel 75 30 01000 0 10% .00 Slimeball Clay block 150 10 00100 00 1% .00 Bone Gravel 175 30 01000 0 10% .00 Egg Grass 250 100 00100 00 1% .00 Music Disc (13) Any 250 3000 00005 00 0.05% Apple Grass 250 100 00010 00 0.1% 0 Apple Please add this back [The previous content broke the entire chart.] 100 00010 00 0.1% 0 Soul Sand Sand 650 80 00050 00 0.5% 0 Spider web Clay block 750 150 00500 00 5% .00 Cake Any 750 3000 00005 00 0.05% Netherrack Gravel 850 3000 00050 00 0.5% 0 Nether Quartz Any 850 3000 0.5%

Block Average XP/block Dirt 80.33 Gravel 95.account6for \4

*Calculated with assuming you can receive every drop and your excavation level is over 900. XP/block can vary between servers as it's configurable by server admins.

Leveling Table (Theoretical Time) [ edit | edit source ]

Level Total Blocks Total XP Total Time (seconds) 1 107.5 4300 10 695 27800 500 25 1970 78800 900 50 4290 171600 1400 75 7500 300000 1900 100 11422.5 456900 3000 150 21392.5 855700 3500 175 27445 1097800 9300 250 49860 1994400 16300 350 80537.5 3221500 28100 500 149355 5974200 36100 650 187812.5 7512500 45600 750 224747.5 8989900 78886 850 293855 15260000 64100 1000 350245 19731200 71900

This table does not account for earning bonus items or dirt, or for breaking blocks besides dirt for more XP or different drops. Times may also vary based on the player's focus and efficiency at aiming and mining new blocks continuously, what enchants are used, , on tick lag, block lag, and latency, the player's skill level, and whether or not Giga Drill Breaker is in use continuously.

*It's calculated without receiving drops other than dirt from it. Times may vy depending on the shovel used or other variables, such as aiming