Pyrite(Fool's Gold)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold) adds a fake gold material, Pyrite, that looks almost identical to gold but is much worse to use, and it spawns as ore in the overworld.
What it does
Pyrite generates as regular deep shale ore in the overworld, in the same way gold does, so players meet it while digging. Its ingots, chunks and blocks are textured to resemble gold, with only a few pixels changed to tell them apart, and the items share names with the gold versions. Pyrite gold items stack with the real ones, so a mixed pile can hide the difference until it is inspected.
Pyrite tools and armor are built from the material, along with Pyrite horse armor, Pyrite ore blocks and golden carrots and golden apples made from the fake metal. The mod is published for Forge only, for 1.20.1, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is released under the MIT License, and the code is not open source. The mod was created with the MCreator mod maker, and the author notes that more items are planned.
Key features
Overworld ore
Pyrite ore spawns in deep shale in the overworld, alongside the regular gold ore it imitates.
Gold-like items
Ingots, chunks, blocks and other items share names with their gold counterparts and differ only by a few changed pixels.
Pyrite tools and armor
Tools, armor and horse armor are made from Pyrite, giving it a use beyond decoration.
Golden food
Golden carrots and golden apples are part of the mod, so the fake metal also appears in food recipes.
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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
Playing a survival world
Players who gather Pyrite by accident may mix it into their gold stock, since the two stack together.
Server with a gold economy
Server owners can use Pyrite as a look-alike material when the server setup calls for a deceptive or prank item.
How it compares
LolCraft is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is client and server and under All rights reserved. Diamond Apples is also a Forge mod for 1.20.1, client and server, under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Craftable Items is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is server-side only, released under the MIT License, and not open source, so players need nothing installed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyrite(Fool's Gold) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-14 |
| LolCraft | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-02 |
| Diamond Apples | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-05-30 |
| Craftable Items | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-06-04 |
Questions
Does Pyrite need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version does Pyrite support?
How can Pyrite be told apart from gold?
In the catalog
Pyrite(Fool's Gold) is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod adds Pyrite/Fool's Gold, which will generate in the overworld and be very similar to regular gold. Currently, this mod adds: - Generates regular and deep shale pyrite - Pyrite ingots - Golden carrots and golden apples - Pyrite tools - Pyrite chunks
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pyrite_fools-gold
- Owner
- Brick_Official
- Published
- 2026-07-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15