Excavation 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 funnelled into the player's inventory like with some plugins.) The mcMMO Excavation Skill Level is maxed at level 1000 on United Factions. Abilities EXCAVATION HAS NEW ABILITIES. LIST THEM HERE! Increasing skill level 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. It can also be automated with dispensers and a timer, and shovels can be gained through a mob grinder if you're lucky, or in the newest update of Minecraft, automatically crafted from iron ore, coal, and wood through hoppers and recipe selection. 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) 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 Giga Drill Breaker is in use continuously. * It's calculated without receiving drops other than dirt from it. Times may vary depending on the shovel used or other variables, such as accuracy. These variables can be negated using client-side bots. Trivia The 'Giga Drill Breaker' ability is a reference to the move 'Giga Drill Breaker' from the anime "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann". The original name of the move was "Giga Drill Break" but "Giga Drill Breaker" stuck with the public due to Japanese pronunciation of English. It also was not used to harvest materials, instead being relegated to combat.