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This datapack adds an ore scanner item that can be thrown like a grenade to highlight nearby ores through walls.<\/p>\n

Four scanners can be crafted using 4 iron ingots, 2 glowstone dust, 2 redstone dust, and an eye of ender:
\n![The crafting recipe for 4 ore scanners.](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/3387f96622ed600af0ef118420bb516507e96993.png)<\/p>\n

Once crafted, the ore scanner can be thrown by right clicking. It will be thrown about as far as a splash potion:
\n![An ore scanner after being thrown](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/ade76486367a215f21ff4871382d99713cbdbae2_0.webp)<\/p>\n

After the ore scanner lands, a bright light will flash, then all ores within an 8 block radius of where the scanner landed will be highlighted for 15 seconds:
\n![Animated gif of the ore scanner being used](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/10907ba820e271baefd61791aa3b809f9156ef5f.gif)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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