Balanced Ore Detector

Balanced Ore Detector adds ore detectors that print the type and coordinates of ores they find. Each detector works like an echo locator: it emits a sound that bounces off solid surfaces, and the pitch, volume and return time depend on the block and its distance. Particles show which blocks reflected the sound, which helps identify the material. The mod is meant to make prospecting a little faster without hollowing out caves and underground layers, which older worlds often show as a swiss cheese pattern around level 10.

The detectors come in a basic and a focused variant. Focused detectors use a narrower beam, which reads ores more precisely but costs more to craft. The Coal Detector responds to galena, tin, lead, ruby and sapphire, while the Iron Detector also picks up silver and bauxite; the Gold Detector covers silver and iridium, and the Diamond Detector reads a longer list that takes in pyrite, cinnabar and tungsten. The Void Detector reacts to non-solid blocks such as air, water and lava.

The mod requires Cloth Config API and Fabric API, and Mod Menu is optional for the settings screen. Balanced Ore Detector runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Builds are published for Fabric and NeoForge across 20 release versions, 1.20.2 – 26.2, and the code is licensed under the MIT License.