Better Minerals Mod
Better Minerals Mod, a Forge mod for 1.7.10, adds eight new ore blocks and sixteen new mineral items, plus tool and armor sets built around a hardness scale.
What it does
The mod adds eight ores, each with its own gem or crystal block, and sixteen matching items. Its main idea is an educational one: a hardness scale called Mohs, with talc at the lowest value and diamond at the highest, is shown through tools that each cut or scratch different minerals. Players can compare how each mineral resists a tool and see the scale in use while mining.
The mod also adds nine tool sets and nine armor sets, so quartz and diamond, which already exist in the vanilla game with few uses, are joined by new materials. Corundum is grouped as a mineral type that includes sapphires, which come in every color except red, and red sapphire is counted as ruby. Better Minerals runs on Forge only, and both the server and every player need it. Files cover 1.6.4, 1.7.2 and 1.7.10, with 1.5 for 1.7.10 as the latest file, released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Eight new ores
Eight ore blocks are added, each with a gem or crystal drop that can be mined and used in crafting.
Sixteen new mineral items
Sixteen mineral items accompany the ores, giving players more material types to collect.
Mohs hardness tools
Tool sets are arranged along a Mohs hardness scale, so each tool can scratch only the minerals softer than it.
Nine tool and armor sets
Nine tool sets and nine armor sets are added, extending the equipment beyond the vanilla quartz and diamond options.
Corundum and sapphires
Corundum is treated as a mineral type that groups sapphires, which come in every color except red, and red sapphire is named ruby.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players of Minecraft 1.7.10 who want more minerals and equipment, and server owners who want an educational mining mod on Forge.
How it compares
Minerals & Such is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server, under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, and is not open source. Multiple Gems is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with the same environment, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Better Minerals covers 1.6.4 – 1.7.10, so it targets an older version than either.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Minerals Mod | Forge | 1.6.4 – 1.7.10 | Client and server | 2026-01-23 |
| Minerals & Such | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-16 |
| Multiple Gems | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-26 |
Questions
Does Better Minerals need any other mod?
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Can players install Better Minerals on the client alone?
In the catalog
Better Minerals Mod is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 1,013 mods support Minecraft 1.7.10.
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What the author says
The Better Minerals mod adds 8 new Ores and items for them along with 16 new tool sets that show off the MOH's hardness scale. The Moh's hardness scale says that minerals can scratch minerals that are softer than them. With 1 (talc) as the lowest and 10(diamond) as the hardest, you can use different minerals to see…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-minerals-mod
- Owner
- QueenOfSquiggles
- Published
- 2026-01-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15