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Ore Empire

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Ore Empire

By NicoModder

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Adds 60 new ores to the Overworld – from Zinc and Tin to Tanzanite and Alexandrite – each with its own tools, weapons and armor. The rarer the ore, the stronger the gear.

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Erzreich – 60 New Ores, Tools & Armor

Erzreich

Erzreich (German for "Realm of Ores") adds 60 new ores to the Overworld: from common metals like Zinc and Tin up to precious gems like Tanzanite and Alexandrite. Every single ore comes with its own full set of tools, weapons and armor, so there is always something new to hunt for underground.

The rarer the ore, the deeper it hides, and the stronger the gear you can craft from it.

✨ Features

  • 60 new ores, each in a Stone and a Deepslate variant
  • Metals drop raw ore, which you smelt into ingots in a Furnace or Blast Furnace
  • Gems & crystals drop directly and give experience
  • Fortune and Silk Touch work like on vanilla ores
  • Storage blocks for every material (can be used as a Beacon base; ingots and gems work as Beacon payment)
  • 540 pieces of equipment: Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, Hoe, Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings and Boots for every material
  • Armor designed in the style of vanilla iron armor, and compatible with Armor Trims
  • 4 rarity tiers with their own stats and colored item names
  • 4 creative tabs: Ores & Blocks, Materials, Weapons & Tools, Armor
  • Vanilla-style crafting recipes, so there is nothing new to learn
  • Forge tags (forge:ores/…, forge:ingots/…, forge:gems/…, forge:raw_materials/…, forge:storage_blocks/…) for compatibility with other mods
  • Available in English and German

💎 Rarity Tiers

Rarity Tool Level Durability Mining Speed Damage Bonus Armor (Helmet / Chest / Legs / Boots) Toughness Required Pickaxe
🟢 Common Iron ~280 6 +2 2 / 6 / 5 / 2 0 Stone
🟡 Uncommon Iron ~550 7 +2.5 2 / 7 / 5 / 2 1 Iron
🟠 Rare Diamond ~1100 8 +3 3 / 8 / 6 / 3 2 Iron
🔴 Very Rare Netherite ~1900 9 +4 3 / 8 / 6 / 3 3 (+10% knockback resistance) Diamond

Durability varies slightly between materials of the same tier (±10%), so every material feels a little different.

⛏️ Where to Find Them

All ores generate in every Overworld biome, in both Stone and Deepslate.

Rarity Height (Y) Frequency Vein Size
🟢 Common −48 to 96 3 veins per chunk up to 7
🟡 Uncommon −64 to 48 2 veins per chunk up to 6
🟠 Rare −64 to 24 1 vein per chunk up to 5
🔴 Very Rare −64 to 0 1 vein every 2 chunks up to 4

Note: Ores only generate in newly generated chunks. For the best experience, start a new world.

📜 All 60 Materials

(💎 = gem/crystal, drops directly)

🟢 Common (12) Zinc, Tin, Lead, Nickel, Bauxite, Sphalerite, Galena, Sylvite 💎, Fluorite 💎, Sapphire 💎, Ruby 💎, Garnet 💎

🟡 Uncommon (17) Chromite, Manganese, Cobalt, Titanium, Pentlandite, Cassiterite, Ilmenite, Rutile, Chalcopyrite, Zircon 💎, Spodumene 💎, Carnallite 💎, Apatite 💎, Amethyst 💎, Topaz 💎, Aquamarine 💎, Spinel 💎

🟠 Rare (18) Wolframite, Molybdenite, Monazite, Columbite, Scheelite, Stibnite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Bismuthinite, Bastnasite, Cinnabar 💎, Lepidolite 💎, Petalite 💎, Beryl 💎, Tourmaline 💎, Opal 💎, Jadeite 💎, Morganite 💎

🔴 Very Rare (13) Tantalite, Tellurite, Acanthite, Pyrargyrite, Euxenite, Xenotime, Loparite, Pyrochlore, Realgar 💎, Orpiment 💎, Proustite 💎, Tanzanite 💎, Alexandrite 💎

🔨 Crafting

All recipes follow the vanilla patterns. Just replace iron with any Erzreich ingot or gem:

  • Sword: 2 ingots/gems + 1 stick
  • Pickaxe: 3 ingots/gems + 2 sticks
  • Axe: 3 ingots/gems + 2 sticks
  • Shovel: 1 ingot/gem + 2 sticks
  • Hoe: 2 ingots/gems + 2 sticks
  • Helmet / Chestplate / Leggings / Boots: 5 / 8 / 7 / 4 ingots/gems
  • Storage Block: 9 ingots/gems (and back again)

Tools and armor can be repaired in an Anvil with their matching ingot or gem.

📦 Requirements

  • Minecraft: 1.20.1
  • Mod Loader: Forge 47.x
  • Required on both client and server

❓ FAQ

Can I use this mod in my modpack? Yes! Feel free to include it in your modpack.

Will there be a Fabric / NeoForge version? Not planned at the moment.

I can't find any ores! Make sure you are exploring new chunks. Ores do not appear in chunks that were generated before the mod was installed.

Made by Nico