Outstanding Ores
Outstanding Ores adds nine ore-based materials for weapons and armor, placed in deeper and more distant parts of the world, from dripstone caves to the End.
What it does
Each of the nine materials sits at a tier, from Iron at Level 2 up to Moissanite at Level 8, and is found in a particular biome or depth. Iron appears in Dripstone Caves, Diamond at Level 3, and the deepest material lies at Level -44. Materials are made from combinations of ore and crafted reinforcement, and the mod notes that a few are made through boss drops. Its gems can be crafted into sets of weapons and armor, with eight of the nine materials covering armor.
The materials carry their own properties, applied to both weapons and armor sets. Some are poisonous, some regenerate or aid mending, one gives clarity at the cost of hunger, and one guards against fire. Bonus boss drops are added for the materials. The added items are meant to stay close to vanilla progression, so they suit a survival world that keeps its original feel.
Outstanding Ores is for Fabric and Forge, and the Fabric and Forge files target 1.20.1 only. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is published under All rights reserved, and the mod is not open source. Public links are a wiki only.
Key features
Nine scaling materials
Nine materials scale strongly in the late game, each tied to a depth or biome.
Shared material properties
Each material's own properties apply to its weapons and its armor sets alike.
Boss drop materials
Bonus boss drops and one material created from boss drops and three gems extend the progression.
Explosive and fire-resistant traits
Some materials carry explosive or fire-preventing properties, useful in combat or in the Nether.
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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
Late-game progression
Players past the early game move from iron toward the higher tiers, reaching the deepest and most distant materials in the End.
Who it’s for: Players who want more tiers of ore-based gear in a vanilla-style survival world, and server owners who run a Forge or Fabric 1.20.1 server.
How it compares
More Ores! is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, on Forge with files for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4, so it covers a longer version range. Armando's Better Material is Forge-only for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, and More Armor! is Forge-only for 1.20.1 as well, with the same client and server environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Ores | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-24 |
| More Ores! | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-03-19 |
| Armando's Better Material | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-18 |
| More Armor! | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-06 |
Questions
Does Outstanding Ores need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Outstanding Ores support?
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In the catalog
Outstanding Ores is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Graphite: Found Anywhere from level 55 and below. [Iron Tier] Level 2 Arsenic: Found in Dripstone caves, very poisonous. [Diamond Tier] Level 3
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/outstandingores
- Owner
- peenielinguine
- Published
- 2024-09-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-09-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15