Spelunker's Palette
by armet06
Spelunker's Palette overhauls the mineral block options in Minecraft, adding consistent building blocks for minerals and metals across the game.
What it does
Natural rocks that have a cobbled variant in vanilla drop it when mined, with the same recipes applied to cobblestone, such as smelting or using Silk Touch to reach the polished, brick and cracked forms. Chiseled versions come complete with stairs, slabs and walls, while Andesite, Diorite and Granite stay without cobbled variants to keep the inventory from growing.
Iron, gold and copper storage blocks are crafted from 32 plating blocks, which makes large builds easier to assemble. Plating blocks also offer cut variants with stairs and slabs, like vanilla copper and chiseled versions. The mod adds gold doors and trapdoors crafted like their iron and copper counterparts, and new iron blocks including doors and trapdoors that rust over time. Copper ore's loot table now matches other metal ores, dropping one raw copper by default with more from Fortune. The author plans an option to drop regular cobblestone by default for consistency.
The mod is client and server, so the server and every player need it. Spelunker's Palette is released under the MIT License and is open source, with the source code public. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge across seven release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, with 1.4.4 for 1.21.1 as the latest NeoForge file.
Key features
Consistent mineral blocks
Minerals and metals receive matching block sets, so each resource offers the same forms of building block.
Cobbled variants from natural rocks
Natural rocks that have a cobbled form in vanilla drop it when mined, with the same smelting and Silk Touch recipes applied.
Chiseled sets with stairs and slabs
Chiseled blocks come complete with stairs, slabs and walls, matching the full sets found in vanilla.
Metal storage and plating
Iron, gold and copper storage blocks are crafted from 32 plating blocks, and plating offers cut variants with stairs and slabs.
Raw copper loot
Copper ore drops raw copper by default, in line with other metal ores, and more with Fortune.
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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.
How it compares
Brick Variety is another option that adds brick blocks, with loaders Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, for 1.16.5 – 26.2, under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Copper Door Cutting targets 1.21 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with server required and client optional, under a custom license and not open source. Spelunker's Palette is Fabric and NeoForge only, for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, client and server, under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spelunker's Palette | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-18 |
| Brick Variety | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-31 |
| Copper Door Cutting | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does Spelunker's Palette need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does Spelunker's Palette support?
Will the mod change how copper ore drops?
In the catalog
Spelunker's Palette is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
update 4 now available on Neoforge 1.21.1!!! Ever wondered why you can't polish dripstone, or cut iron? Spelunker's Palette overhauls Minecraft's mineral options with careful additions to make their blocksets consistent!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spelunkers-palette
- Owner
- armet06
- Published
- 2025-01-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15