Sulfur and Potassium
Two new ores, Sulfur and Potassium, are added to the world, giving players a vanilla-compatible route to more gunpowder.
What it does
Sulfur Ore and Potassium Ore are both found in the overworld, and sulfur also appears in the nether. Sulfur ore drops raw sulfur, while potassium ore drops raw potassium, and other minerals can be smelted into potassium. Potassium spawns between y=6 and y=56 and again from y=70 up to the build limit. Overworld sulfur spawns between y=5 and the bottom of the world, only in deepslate, and nether sulfur spawns everywhere in that dimension. Larger ore veins appear in the highest part of the nether.
The ores feed a crafting recipe: one sulfur and one potassium make two gunpowder, so players who run short of gunpowder can produce more without relying on other mods. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Files are published for Fabric and Forge across seven release versions, 1.18.2 – 1.21.1, and the code is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, so it is open source.
Key features
Sulfur ore
Sulfur ore generates in the overworld deepslate and throughout the nether, and drops raw sulfur when mined.
Potassium ore
Potassium ore spawns in two height bands in the overworld and drops raw potassium, which can also be smelted from other minerals.
Gunpowder recipe
A crafting recipe turns one sulfur and one potassium into two gunpowder, giving players a vanilla-style source of the item.
Larger nether veins
Sulfur veins in the nether are larger, and the highest part of the dimension holds bigger ore veins.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who run short of gunpowder in survival worlds, and server owners who want an additional mining route for it without adding other content.
How it compares
Simple Sulfur is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.21 with all rights reserved, so it is not open source. Sulfured GunPowder is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 under all rights reserved, also not open source. Larger Ore Veins: Nether runs as a server-required, client-optional mod across Fabric, Forge and Quilt for 1.19 – 1.21, under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfur and Potassium | Fabric and Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-06-18 |
| Simple Sulfur | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21 | Client and server | 2024-08-05 |
| Sulfured GunPowder | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-23 |
| Larger Ore Veins: Nether | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.19 – 1.21 | Server required, client optional | 2024-06-13 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Sulfur and Potassium is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sulfur-and-potassium
- Owner
- andersblomqvist
- Published
- 2022-03-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-06-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15