## Overview<\/p>\n
Ore Veins overhauls vanilla ore generation to encourage exploration and transportation. Instead of common small deposits, you’ll find rare but massive veins that require establishing mining outposts and transport routes.<\/p>\n
## Features<\/p>\n
– Massive Veins: Rare but enormous ore deposits
\n– Exploration Focus: Incentive to explore caves and mountains
\n– Transport Systems: Makes railways and roads meaningful
\n– Six Distinct Shapes:
\n – Cloud:<\/p>\n
A sphere filled with scattered, uneven pockets. Density varies randomly, creating ore-rich zones and empty voids within the same body.
\n (copper,…)<\/p>\n
– Disk:<\/p>\n
A wide, gently undulating horizontal sheet. Follows the ancient landscape, forming curved, nearly flat layers that can be traced across terrain.
\n (andesite, diorite,…)<\/p>\n
– Falloff:<\/p>\n
A sphere with smooth density gradient\u2014richest at the core, fading toward the edges. Creates a clear \u201cbullseye\u201d pattern underground.
\n (gold,…)<\/p>\n
– Kimberlite:<\/p>\n
A tall, narrow, twisting vertical pipe. Often bends or branches, cutting through multiple rock layers from deep bedrock to near surface.
\n (diamond,coal,…)<\/p>\n
– Sphere:<\/p>\n
A large, nearly uniform spherical deposit. Consistent density throughout, forming predictable, rounded ore bodies.
\n (iron,…)<\/p>\n
– Lens:<\/p>\n
A flattened, oval-shaped lenticular deposit. Thickens in the center and tapers toward the edges, like a flattened lens or pillow.
\n (coal,…)<\/p>\n
## Fully Customizable Generation<\/p>\n
Beyond the preset vein types, Ore Veins provides a complete configuration system that lets you:<\/p>\n
– Build custom shapes \u2013 bend, stretch, and distort spheres and cylinders with radial, surface, and volume noise<\/p>\n
– Control size distributions with different random generators<\/p>\n
– Create complex ore mixtures using the ChanceMapping system<\/p>\n
– Set up templates (Specs) and override any parameter in specific placements<\/p>\n
– Disable vanilla ore generation entirely with Removals<\/p>\n
All configuration is done through JSON files in config\/ore_veins\/worldgen\/, making it ideal for modpack creators and server admins.<\/p>\n
## Mining Philosophy<\/p>\n
Ore Veins replaces common ore deposits with rare mineral formations, ranging from compact seams to colossal treasures up to 96 blocks in diameter \u2014 true underground vaults of wealth.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfd4 “Harsh Survival” Style (without helper mods):
\nHere, you’ll truly learn to value every scrap of iron from a chest or a fight without a shield. The “Stone Age” may last several play sessions. Your strategy shifts from digging to exploration: seek out rocky outcrops where ore is exposed, and delve into the deepest cave systems.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd0d “Industrial Logistics” Style (with prospecting mods):
\nThe intended experience for builders. We recommend reducing vein frequency in the world config \u2014 this makes each discovery a strategic prize, justifying the construction of roads and rails for hundreds of blocks. The core gameplay becomes about developing infrastructure, not endless searching.<\/p>\n
The total ore in the world remains close to vanilla, but now it requires systematic exploration and thoughtful logistics.<\/p>\n
## Gameplay Impact<\/p>\n
– Early game: Harder to find initial resources, encourages exploration
\n– Mid\/late game: Rewards systematic exploration and infrastructure planning
\n– Infrastructure: Creates need for transport networks between mining outposts<\/p>\n
## Configuration
\nFiles created automatically, after first game launch.<\/p>\n
1.3.0 and above:
\n– config\/ore_veins\/server.toml – Server settings
\n– config\/ore_veins\/client.toml – Client settings
\n– config\/ore_veins\/worldgen\/*.json – Detailed world generation settings
\n– config\/ore_veins\/docs\/readme.md – Detailed documentation on modifying world generation<\/p>\n
1.2.2 and below (legacy):
\n– config\/ore_veins.json5 – World generation settings
\n– config\/ore_veins_client.json5 – Client-side options<\/p>\n
## Compatibility<\/p>\n
– Works alongside vanilla ore generation
\n– Compatible with most biome mods
\n– Client config for performance optimization<\/p>\n
## Requirements<\/p>\n
– Fabric API
\n– Fabric Language Kotlin
\n– Cloth Config API<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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