Deep Drilling

Deep Drilling is an addon for Create that adds Ore Nodes to the world. Each node holds a resource, and a node type appears only in specific biomes. Extracting from a node requires a specialised Drill, the only tool in the mod strong enough to work an Ore Node. Players assemble oversized drills, fit them with extra modules and drill heads, and power the setup with kinetic energy. Resources come out from the center of the earth as the drill runs.

Drill Heads wear out over time, and each head differs in durability, speed, resource quality and production cost. Replacing heads is the main upkeep cost, so the mod aims to keep that cost low by letting players obtain heads from building blocks. Boulders in crimsite, iron, veridium, copper, ochrum, gold, asurine and zinc mark where each resource sits, and the mod encourages exploration as players set up several outposts to exploit different node types.

Deep Drilling requires Create, Create Fabric and Fabric API. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Files are published for Fabric and Forge, both for 1.20.1, and the mod is open source under the MIT License.