Fortunate Ores
by Narotiza
Fortunate Ores changes how Iron, Copper and Gold ore blocks drop when mined, so the enchantment still applies when they break.
What it does
Mined Iron, Copper and Gold ore blocks seemingly drop themselves while still allowing the enchantment to add extra items. The mod effectively replaces the Raw Iron, Raw Copper and Raw Gold blocks with new ones that resemble the ores and drop extra items when enchanted.
Naturally generating ore blocks are renamed Untouched Ore so they can be told apart from ores obtained through the mod. Silk Touch still returns the ore blocks as they spawned in. Removing the mod is possible, but modded ore blocks named fortunateores are left behind and any resources they hold are lost.
The server and every player need the mod installed. Fortunate Ores is open source under the MIT License and publishes its source code and issue tracker. Files are published for Fabric only, with 1.1 for 1.18.2 as the latest file, dated July 25, 2022.
Key features
Enchanted ore drops
Iron, Copper and Gold ores drop themselves when mined, and the enchantment still increases the number of items they yield.
Replaced raw ore blocks
The new blocks stand in for Raw Iron, Raw Copper and Raw Gold, so the vanilla raw ore items are no longer the drop.
Untouched Ore naming
Naturally generating ores are renamed Untouched Ore, which separates world ore from ore obtained through the mod.
Silk Touch preserved
Silk Touch still collects the ore blocks exactly as they were spawned in the world.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Enchanted ore gathering
Players who gather ore with an enchanted pickaxe get more output from Iron, Copper and Gold ores without a separate processing step.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric who want the enchantment to affect ore drops, and server owners who want the same behavior on a multiplayer server.
How it compares
Fortune For Netherite is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 that runs on client and server and is released under the MIT License, so it targets a different version and ore set. Alex's Fortunate Immersive Ores is MIT licensed and published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt on 1.20.1, and it is server required with client optional, so players may leave it out. Fortunate Ores covers only Iron, Copper and Gold ore drops on the 1.18 line.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortunate Ores | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2022-07-25 |
| Fortune For Netherite | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-04-27 |
| Alex's Fortunate Immersive Ores | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-11-15 |
Questions
Does Fortunate Ores need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does Fortunate Ores support?
What happens to ore blocks if the mod is removed?
In the catalog
Fortunate Ores is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.
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What the author says
This mod effectively replaces Raw Iron, Raw Copper and Raw Gold with new blocks that resemble the ores they came from, but do not drop any extra when mined with fortune. Naturally generating ore blocks are not changed at all, and are simply renamed to "Untouched Ore" to distinguish them as ores obtained via silk…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fortunate-ores
- Owner
- Narotiza
- Published
- 2022-07-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-07-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15