Mineral Chance is a mod created to make mining a little bit more exciting. It adds a chance to find a random mineral after mining a stone-type block. In the overworld these stone blocks are stone, andesite, diorite, granite, tuff and deepslate. In the nether it's netherrack, basalt and blackstone. More blocks can be added in the config.
By default there is a 1/50 chance to find a mineral. The overworld minerals consist of diamonds, iron nuggets, gold nuggets, copper nuggets, lapis lazuli, redstone and emeralds. The nether minerals consist of quartz, golden nuggets and netherite scraps(1.16+). Mining with Silk Touch will disable mineral drops.
Each mineral has its own weight, so diamonds, emeralds and netherite scraps are a lot rarer than nuggets. Which minerals can drop and how often can be changed in the config, modded items included. Fortune increases the chance to find one, and modded mining tools such as hammers work as well. The message when finding a random mineral can be changed and turned off in the config.
All available config options:
extraMineralChanceOnOverworldStoneBreak default 0.02, min 0, max 1.0
The chance a mineral is dropped when an overworld stone block is broken. By default 1/50.
extraMineralChanceOnNetherStoneBreak default 0.01, min 0, max 1.0
The chance a mineral is dropped when a nether stone block is broken. By default 1/100.
enableOverworldMinerals default true
If enabled, mining overworld stone blocks has a chance to drop an overworld mineral.
enableNetherMinerals default true
If enabled, mining nether stone blocks has a chance to drop a nether mineral.
overworldMineralDrops default "minecraft:iron_nugget=10,minecraft:gold_nugget=8,minecraft:copper_nugget=8,minecraft:redstone=6,minecraft:lapis_lazuli=6,minecraft:emerald=2,minecraft:diamond=1"
The minerals overworld stone can drop. A higher weight drops more often. Item tags work too, starting with a '#'.
netherMineralDrops default "minecraft:quartz=10,minecraft:gold_nugget=10,minecraft:netherite_scrap=1"
The minerals nether stone can drop. A higher weight drops more often. Item tags work too, starting with a '#'.
extraOverworldMineralBlocks default ""
Extra blocks that can drop overworld minerals. Block tags work too, starting with a '#'.
extraNetherMineralBlocks default ""
Extra blocks that can drop nether minerals. Block tags work too, starting with a '#'.
enableMineralsInOtherDimensions default true
If enabled, stone blocks in other dimensions, such as the end, can drop minerals too.
dimensionsWithoutMinerals default ""
Dimensions in which no minerals are dropped.
fortuneChanceMultiplierPerLevel default 0.5, min 0, max 10.0
How much each Fortune level increases the mineral chance. 0.5 means +50% per level.
explosionsCanDropMinerals default false
If enabled, stone blocks destroyed by explosions can drop minerals too.
extraMiningTools default ""
Extra items that count as a pickaxe, such as mining lasers. Item tags work too, starting with a '#'.
disableMineralDropsWithSilkTouch default true
If enabled, minerals won't drop from stone mined with the silk touch enchantment.
sendMessageOnMineralFind default true
If enabled, sends a message when a mineral is found to the player who broke the stone block.
foundMineralMessage default "You've found a mineral hidden in the block!"
The message sent to the player who found a hidden mineral when 'sendMessageOnMineralFind' is enabled.
ignoreFakePlayers default true
If enabled, minerals won't be dropped if the player is a fake. For example when a mod breaks a block as a simulated player.
The effect in action in the overworld with 'extraMineralChanceOnOverworldStoneBreak' set to 0.5:
The effect in action in the nether with 'extraMineralChanceOnNetherStoneBreak' set to 0.5:
You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge or Modrinth ecosystem.
Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.
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Mineral Chance Team
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