Dust & Ores
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Adds a new ore crushing system using hammers — ores now drop dusts instead of raw items.
Themed around heavy machinery, factories, and automation reminiscent of the Industrial Revolution.
Introduces new enchantments and/or changes the vanilla enchantment system.
Adds new ores or other raw resources.
Introduces new tools, which may add enhanced capabilities.
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🪓 Dust & Ore
Dust & Ore introduces a brand-new way to process your ores — using Crushing Hammers!
Turn raw materials into dust with just your hands and some brute force!

⚙️ How It Works
🖐️ Right Hand: Hold one of the Crushing Hammers (Copper, Iron, Gold, Diamond, or Netherite).
🤚 Left Hand: Hold a raw ore item (like Raw Iron, Raw Copper, Raw Gold, etc.).
🪄 Right-click to crush and obtain dust.
✨ New in v1.0.1
-🧩 Expansion Ready: Raw Diamond & Netherite content moved to Dust & Ore: Raw Ore Expansion
- 💥 Ore Shatter Enchantment: Crush multiple adjacent ores simultaneously!
- 📊 Smart Tooltips: See exact fortune outputs and crushing requirements
- 🛡️ Block Placement Safety: Prevents accidental placements while crushing
- 📦 Data-Driven System: Fully customizable via datapacks
🔨 Hammer Tiers & Compatibility
- Copper Crushing Hammer: Basic ores (Copper, Zinc)
- Iron Crushing Hammer: Copper, Iron, Zinc
- Golden Crushing Hammer: Copper, Iron, Gold, Zinc
- Diamond Crushing Hammer: Copper, Iron, Gold, Diamond, Zinc, Obsidian (for create)
- Netherite Crushing Hammer: All previous raw materials
💎 Supported Recipes
- Raw Copper → Copper Dust
- Raw Iron → Iron Dust
- Raw Gold → Gold Dust
- Raw Zinc → Zinc Dust (Create Mod compatible)
- Obsidian → Powdered Obsidian (Create Mod compatible)
⚡ Enchantments
- Efficiency: Faster crushing
- Fortune: More dust per crush
- Unbreaking: Reduced durability loss (now fixed!)
- Mending: XP-based repairs
- Ore Shatter: Crush multiple ores at once!
Looking for Diamond & Netherite content? Check out our companion mod Dust & Ore: Raw Ore Expansion!

🪓 Dust & Ores
introduces a brand-new way to process your ores — using Crushing Hammers!... Turn raw materials into dust with just your hands and some brute force!

⚙️ How It Works
🖐️ Right Hand: Hold one of the Crushing Hammers (Copper, Iron, Gold, Diamond, or Netherite).
🤚 Left Hand: Hold a raw ore item (like Raw Iron, Raw Copper, Raw Gold, etc.).
🪄 Right-click to crush and obtain the corresponding dust.
✨ New in v1.0.1
- 🧩Expansion Ready: Raw Diamond & Netherite content moved to Dust & Ore: Raw Ore Expansion
- 💥Ore Shatter Enchantment: Crush multiple adjacent ores simultaneously!
- 📊Smart Tooltips: See exact fortune outputs and crushing requirements
- 🛡️Block Placement Safety: Prevents accidental placements while crushing
- 📦Data-Driven System: Fully customizable via datapacks
🔨 Hammer Tiers & Compatibility
- Copper Crushing Hammer: Basic ores (Copper, Zinc)
- Iron Crushing Hammer: Copper, Iron, Zinc
- Golden Crushing Hammer: Copper, Iron, Gold, Zinc
- Diamond Crushing Hammer: Copper, Iron, Gold, Zinc, Obsidian (for Create mod)
- Netherite Crushing Hammer: All previous raw materials
💎 Supported Recipes
- Raw Copper → Copper Dust
- Raw Iron → Iron Dust
- Raw Gold → Gold Dust
- Raw Zinc → Zinc Dust (Create Mod compatible)
- Obsidian → Powdered Obsidian (Create Mod compatible)
⚡ Enchantments
- Efficiency: Faster crushing
- Fortune: More dust per crush
- Unbreaking: Reduced durability loss (now fixed!)
- Mending: XP-based repairs
- Ore Shatter: Crush multiple ores at once!
Looking for Diamond & Netherite content? Check out our companion mod Dust & Ore: Raw Ore Expansion!
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