Create: Molten Vents
by Apothicon
With Molten Vents installed, Create players can find underground vents that turn lava into orestones, a renewable source for Create resources.
What it does
Vents are generated across the surface and are easier to spot underwater, where the search can be tuned in the config. A vent begins dormant: digging through its blocks reveals one that looks like an orestone with magma on top. Exploding that dormant block by any means turns it active, and the magma glows brighter. Pouring lava onto the active vent, ideally through an automated setup, converts the lava into the matching orestone, which can then be processed into materials or used in building.
Molten Vents requires Create and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Forge and NeoForge builds cover 1.18.2 – 1.21.8, with the latest Forge file for 1.21.4 and the latest NeoForge file for 1.21.8. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the project lists its source code publicly. Resource packs can add name translations, blockstates, models and textures for the two vent blocks.
Key features
Dormant and active vents
Each vent starts as a dormant block that must be exploded before lava can produce orestones.
Lava to orestone conversion
Lava poured onto an active vent becomes the matching orestone, so automated lava supply keeps output running.
Vent search
Vents appear across the surface, and the search rate for underwater vents can be adjusted in the configuration.
Veridium and Asurine vents
Two vent types are included, each producing its own orestone for processing into Create resources.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x9 of 9 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Renewable orestones
Players who run out of orestones in a Create world can keep supplying them from vents instead of mining deeper for each batch.
Automated resource lines
Lava pumped through pipes or fluid handling onto a vent lets a factory produce orestones without manual work.
Who it’s for: Create players who want a steady supply of orestones and servers that want vents as an extra resource source. Pack makers can add the mod to any modpack.
How it compares
Create: Resource Vents is a Forge-only mod for 1.20.1, released under the MIT License and open source, while Molten Vents covers Forge and NeoForge across 1.18.2 – 1.21.8. Create: Rock & Stone works on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later. Both are client and server mods like Molten Vents.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create: Molten Vents | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-07-23 |
| Create: Resource Vents | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-22 |
| Create: Rock & Stone | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-25 |
Questions
Does Molten Vents need Create?
Which loaders does Molten Vents support?
Does a server need Molten Vents if players have it?
In the catalog
Create: Molten Vents is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Molten Vents is a mod which adds a renewable source of the orestones found in the Create mod, and by extension the many resources that can be processed from them. Make a datapack that adds these two jsons: data/molten_vents/molten_vents/blocks/conductive/exampleblock.json (You can add whatever blocks you want here…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/create-molten-vents
- Owner
- Apothicon
- Published
- 2023-05-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15