Surface Geodes
by Boxic Studio
Surface Geodes adds crystal geodes to the surface of generated worlds, which players break open with special hammers to collect shards and crystals.
What it does
Geodes of several kinds generate across the overworld surface, including Frosted, Magma and Water variants, and each one holds crystals that are gathered by breaking it with a hammer. Two hammers are included, and the Reinforced Hammer is the sturdier of the pair.
Collected materials feed a Geode Crusher, which turns crystals into Crystal Powder. That powder is the input for the Crystal Dusted tool set, where stronger iron tools and weaker diamond tools are traded off against each other. Decorative crystal blocks and crystal-themed structures are added for building, and they are meant to sit naturally among vanilla terrain. Installation needs Forge or NeoForge for 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need the mod. It is published for Forge and NeoForge, and the license is All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.
Key features
Surface geodes
Crystal geodes generate naturally on the surface, with Frosted, Magma and Water variants alongside the standard kind.
Hammers for breaking geodes
A basic hammer and a Reinforced Hammer are used to break geodes open and collect the valuable crystals and shards inside.
Geode Crusher
A crusher converts collected crystals into Crystal Powder, which is used as a crafting input for the tool set.
Crystal Dusted tools
A tool set crafted from Crystal Powder, with stronger iron tools and weaker diamond tools than in vanilla.
Decorative crystal blocks
Crystal-themed blocks and structures give builders decorative materials that fit the surrounding world.
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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
Geodes Expanded is a NeoForge-only mod for 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. RemoveGeodo is open source under the MIT License and covers Forge and NeoForge 1.20.1 – 1.21.11, so it reaches more versions than Surface Geodes. Geode Mania works on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, the same range and license as this mod.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Geodes | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-13 |
| Geodes Expanded | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-09 |
| RemoveGeodo | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-06-09 |
| Geode Mania | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Which loaders does Surface Geodes support?
Does Surface Geodes need to be installed on the server?
Does Surface Geodes change how crystals are crafted?
In the catalog
Surface Geodes is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Crystal geodes generate naturally across the world and can be broken using special hammers to obtain valuable crystals, shards, and crafting materials. These materials can be processed into Crystal Powder using the Geode Crusher and used to craft Crystal Dusted tools that are stronger than iron tools but weaker than…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/surface-geodes
- Owner
- Boxic Studio
- Published
- 2026-05-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15