Bukkit

This plugin adds 2 new item types to the game: Hammer and Excavator
These were inspired by mDiyo's Tinker's Construct items of the same name
Source is included in the jar file and can also be found here.

Items

Both the Hammer and Excavator will dig in a 3x3 area around the target block
They take the block face in consideration to determine the breaking direction/pattern
You can sneak while breaking the block to make it work like a normal pickaxe/shovel
The Base Item determines what can be mined/dug and they won't break blocks if they are going to be destroyed and not drop anything

Hammer

• The Hammer is a mining tool much like the Pickaxe, and uses that as a base item for it's crafting
  

Excavator

• The Excavator is a digging tool much like the Shovel, and uses that as a base item for it's crafting
  
  

Crafting Recipes

Basic Shape:

 M
MIM
 M

Where:
M = Material
I = Base Item

Commands

At this moment, there are no available commands for this plugin

Permissions

As of version 2.6.2, the permissions were rewritten to give a much deeper control over what can/can't be done.

• powermining.* : Grants all permissions (default: op)
  • powermining.highdurability: Allows player's Hammers/Excavators to use only 1 durability per use (default: true)
  • powermining.craft.* : Allows players to craft the Hammer and Excavator tools (default: op)
    • powermining.craft.hammer.* : Allows players to craft all hammers (default: op)
      • powermining.craft.hammer.wood: Allows players to craft the Wooden Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.craft.hammer.stone: Allows players to craft the Stone Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.craft.hammer.iron: Allows players to craft the Iron Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.craft.hammer.gold: Allows players to craft the Golden Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.craft.hammer.diamond: Allows players to craft the Diamond Hammer (default: false)
    • powermining.craft.excavator.* : Allows players to craft all excavators (default: op)
      • powermining.craft.excavator.wood: Allows players to craft the Wooden Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.craft.excavator.stone: Allows players to craft the Stone Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.craft.excavator.iron: Allows players to craft the Iron Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.craft.excavator.gold: Allows players to craft the Golden Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.craft.excavator.diamond: Allows players to craft the Diamond Excavator (default: false)
  • powermining.use.* : Allows players to use the Hammer and Excavator tools (default: op)
    • powermining.use.hammer.* : Allows players to use all hammers (default: op)
      • powermining.use.hammer.wood: Allows players to use the Wooden Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.use.hammer.stone: Allows players to use the Stone Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.use.hammer.iron: Allows players to use the Iron Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.use.hammer.gold: Allows players to use the Golden Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.use.hammer.diamond: Allows players to use the Diamond Hammer (default: false)
    • powermining.use.excavator.* : Allows players to use all excavators (default: op)
      • powermining.use.excavator.wood: Allows players to use the Wooden Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.use.excavator.stone: Allows players to use the Stone Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.use.excavator.iron: Allows players to use the Iron Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.use.excavator.gold: Allows players to use the Golden Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.use.excavator.diamond: Allows players to use the Diamond Excavator (default: false)
  • powermining.enchant.* : Allows players to enchant the Hammer and Excavator tools (default: op)
    • powermining.enchant.hammer.* : Allows players to enchant all hammers (default: op)
      • powermining.enchant.hammer.wood: Allows players to enchant the Wooden Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.enchant.hammer.stone: Allows players to enchant the Stone Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.enchant.hammer.iron: Allows players to enchant the Iron Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.enchant.hammer.gold: Allows players to enchant the Golden Hammer (default: false)
      • powermining.enchant.hammer.diamond: Allows players to enchant the Diamond Hammer (default: false)
    • powermining.enchant.excavator.* : Allows players to enchant all excavators (default: op)
      • powermining.enchant.excavator.wood: Allows players to enchant the Wooden Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.enchant.excavator.stone: Allows players to enchant the Stone Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.enchant.excavator.iron: Allows players to enchant the Iron Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.enchant.excavator.gold: Allows players to enchant the Golden Excavator (default: false)
      • powermining.enchant.excavator.diamond: Allows players to enchant the Diamond Excavator (default: false)

The group nodes also have alternate names:

• powermining.craft.all
• powermining.craft.hammer.all
• powermining.craft.excavator.all
• powermining.use.all
• powermining.use.hammer.all
• powermining.use.excavator.all
• powermining.enchant.all
• powermining.enchant.hammer.all
• powermining.enchant.excavator.all

Please note that the enchant permission affects both enchantment tables and anvils (when applying books or trying to combine 2 power tools)

Installation

Simply put the jar file into your plugins folder

Configuration

Right now the config.yml file has the following values that can be changed:

• useDurabilityPerBlock
  • Description: Determines if durability is reduced with each broken block
  • Default: False
  • Version: 2.2

• Minable
  • Description: Define the blocks that can be mined by the hammer, and which quality of base pickaxe is needed (these are set according to the information on the minecraft wiki)
  • Version: 2.7.5
  • Type: Nested list

• Diggable
  • Description: Define the blocks that can be dug by the excavator
  • Version: 2.7.5
  • Type: Simple list

To add something to the Diggable list, just add a new list row to the existing list:

Diggable:
 - NEW_BLOCK

To add something to the Minable list, you need to add the target block as a new list row, but you also need to specify a list of pickaxes that can mine it:

Minable:
- IRON_BLOCK: [STONE_PICKAXE, IRON_PICKAXE, DIAMOND_PICKAXE]

In case you want all hammers to be able to mine the specific block, use [any]
It's important to note that even if you only want one pickaxe to be able to mine it, it needs to be inside the list (look at the obsidian definition)

Anti-Grief

This plugin accounts for terrains protected by:

• Version 2.4
  • GriefPrevention (tested on v7.8-beta)
  • WorldGuard (tested on v5.8)
• Version 2.6
  • Towny (tested on v0.84.0.7)
    
    
    

Spotlights

Quick spotlight showing the basic crafting and usage of the tools by VariationVault

Well explained spotlight by FeerBreezy (Spanish)

Spotlight by AbsintoJ (Brazilian Portuguese)

Observations

I've contacted mDiyo on minecraftforum and he has no problem with this plugin being inspired by his tools.
This is my first plugin/mod as well as my first Java program, there might be bugs in the code. Let me know if you find any.