Scarcity
by NotYelk
Scarcity makes diamonds, ancient debris and other high-tier resources far harder to obtain by lowering their drop chances, yields and loot in the vanilla survival economy.
What it does
Scarcity is a lightweight server-side Fabric mod that rebalances Minecraft's survival economy by severely restricting how high-tier resources are gained. Ore drop chances are cut sharply: diamond ore drops at a small fraction of its usual rate, ancient debris is cut to a few percent per block, and lapis lazuli yields are reduced 45 times, with block drop yields halved for other ores. Fortune stops multiplying gems from the affected ore blocks, and some ore block drops are disabled entirely.
Structure loot changes too. Stables, bridge and generic chests, buried treasure, shipwrecks, desert pyramids, jungle temples, nether fortresses, woodland mansions, strongholds and blacksmith or weaponsmith chests are stripped of diamonds and high-tier equipment.
The mod runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. Fabric API is required, and the single release version is 1.21.11, with the latest Fabric file 1.0.1 for 1.21.11 published on 2026-08-18. The code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Reduced ore drops
Diamond, ancient debris and lapis lazuli drops are cut sharply, so each block yields far fewer high-tier resources.
Fortune disabled on ores
Fortune pickaxes stop adding bonus gems from the affected ore blocks, closing a common shortcut.
Trimmed structure loot
Netherite gear, diamond armor and enchanted books are removed from bastion, trial chamber and many other structure chests.
Restricted trial vaults
Heavy weapons, bows and golden apples leave the trial vaults, and ominous bottles are locked behind the vault level.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Back's Economy is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 released under All rights reserved and is not open source. Personal Treasure Loot is a server-side only Fabric mod for 1.21.10 – 1.21.11, licensed under the Apache License 2.0, so it is not open source either. Both alternatives are closed to modification in the same way as Scarcity.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarcity | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-08-18 |
| Back's Economy | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Not published | 2025-02-21 |
| Personal Treasure Loot | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-12 |
Questions
Does Scarcity need Fabric API?
Do players need Scarcity installed?
Which game version does Scarcity support?
In the catalog
Scarcity is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,159 Economy mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
⛏️ Ores & Mining Diamonds: Drop chance heavily reduced to ~1.8% per block (55× rarer). Ancient Debris: Drop chance reduced to 2% per block (50× rarer).
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/scarcity-smp
- Owner
- NotYelk
- Published
- 2026-08-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15