Miner's Minerals
Tired of the same old iron, gold, and diamond grind? Miner's Minerals is a content-rich add-on that injects more than 50 new metals and gems into your world, each one ready to be crafted into tools, armor, and weapons. Whether you are a builder hunting for exotic decorative blocks or a fighter chasing the next tier of gear, this mod gives you a reason to pick up the pickaxe again.
What Miner's Minerals Adds to Your World
The headline feature is the sheer variety of materials. Every mineral in Miner's Minerals can be turned into a full crafting line, including tools, armor, and weapons. On top of the usual sword-and-pickaxe combos, the add-on introduces three new weapon types: shurikens, spears, and greatswords. That means new combat options and new reasons to chase rare ores deep underground.
Ore generation is where this mod really stands apart from vanilla. Instead of spawning as chunky, scattered blobs, ores appear in connected veins. Each block in a vein always touches the sides of the neighboring ore blocks, with no diagonal corner connections. The practical result is simple: when you stop seeing ore, the vein is fully mined. No more digging through stacks of stone hoping to find that one stray block you missed.
Smart Base Blocks and Placement Rules
Some ores in Miner's Minerals only appear in specific places. You might find certain minerals embedded in gravel, or tucked away beneath a jungle biome. To keep everything visually consistent, ores that spawn inside blocks like gravel use that block as their base texture, so nothing ever looks out of place in your world.
If you already have a long-running save, you do not need to start over. Miner's Minerals generates ores in existing chunks, so your current world benefits right away. Just note that new stone types added by the mod will not spawn in chunks that were already generated.
Configuring Ore Base Blocks
The mod ships with a flexible config system that accepts resource locations, with every entry written on a single line. The dimension_blacklist.txt file lets you block ore generation in specific dimensions. For example, adding the lines for the Overworld and the Twilight Forest keeps ores out of both, leaving them to spawn only in the Nether, the End, and elsewhere.
Separate config files handle base block lists, including base_stones.txt and base_sands.txt. Adding entries such as marble, limestone, or soapstone from other mods allows Miner's Minerals ores to generate inside those blocks too. This makes the add-on a strong team player in modpacks.
Versions and Loaders
Miner's Minerals for Minecraft is built for modern versions of the game and runs on the Forge loader. It requires Ez Mod Lib to function, so make sure that library is installed alongside it. Compatibility with popular hammer and excavator mods is also included, letting those tools mine every new mineral in the pack.
If you want the smoothest setup, the foxygame.net launcher handles the heavy lifting: it can install Miner's Minerals with a single click and keep the add-on updated automatically whenever a new build drops. That saves you from manually matching loader versions or hunting down dependencies.
How to Install Miner's Minerals
- Install the Forge loader for your chosen Minecraft version.
- Add Ez Mod Lib to your mods folder first, since Miner's Minerals depends on it.
- Place the Miner's Minerals file into the same mods folder.
- Launch the game and confirm the mod appears in your mod list.
- Optionally edit the config files to fine-tune ore spawning before you explore.
When you are ready to download Miner's Minerals, always grab it from a trusted source and double-check that the build matches your game version and loader.
Final Thoughts
Miner's Minerals earns its place in any mining-focused modpack. The connected vein system removes the frustration of vanilla ore hunting, the base block rules keep every generation looking natural, and the crafting depth across 50+ materials gives long-term goals for every playstyle. Add the three new weapon types and existing-world support, and you have an add-on that respects your time while expanding your world. Grab your pickaxe and see what is hiding under the gravel.