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Useful Ores

by neutrinodust

Useful Ores adds more than 17 ore types, each with its own tools, armour and items, and some of those items add wireless redstone logic gates and magic staffs.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverApache License 2.0Open source1.20.1 – 26.3

What it does

The new ores are generated in the world and are used to craft gear with unique effects, including wireless redstone logic gates and magic staffs. The mod is built to sit on top of the base game and keeps its own textures and mechanics for each ore. Geckolib is required, so it has to be installed next to Useful Ores on every loader. The code is released under the Apache License 2.0, and the mod is open source. It runs on the client and the server, and the server and every player need it. Builds cover 1.20.1 – 26.3 across Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Key features

  1. Seventeen or more ores

    Over 17 ore types are added to world generation, each with its own texture and use in crafting.

  2. Tools, armour and weapons

    Each ore yields tools, armour and weapons with gameplay effects beyond the vanilla materials.

  3. Redstone and magic items

    Logic gates that carry signals without wires and magic staffs give the ores a role in automation and combat.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
26.32.1.9-26.3Not available2.1.9-26.3
26.22.1.9-26.2Not available2.1.9-26.2
26.1.22.1.9-26.1.2Not available2.1.9-26.1.2
1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds
1.21.112.1.9-1.21.11Not available2.1.9-1.21.11
1.21.102.1.7-1.21.10Not available2.1.7-1.21.10
1.21.82.1.9-1.21.8-1.21.7Not available2.1.9-1.21.8-1.21.7
1.21.72.1.9-1.21.8-1.21.7Not available2.1.9-1.21.8-1.21.7
1.21.62.1.9-1.21.6Not available2.1.9-1.21.6
1.21.52.1.9-1.21.5Not available2.1.9-1.21.5
1.21.42.1.9-1.21.4Not available2.1.9-1.21.4
1.21.32.1.9-1.21.3Not available2.1.9-1.21.3
1.21.12.1.9-1.21-1.21.1Not available2.1.9-1.21-1.21.1
1.212.1.9-1.21-1.21.1Not available2.1.9-1.21-1.21.1
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

GeckolibA 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Required

In the catalog

Useful Ores is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Magic mods7,216Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Useful ores is more than just ores mod that not only just add armour and tools of new ore with different texture but also adds unique, useful and interesting to use items that adds different mechanics of their own to the base game. This mod is also optimized well to run on low end systems also.
neutrinodust, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
neutrinodust
Published
2026-08-06
Updated on Modrinth
2026-10-15
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

MagicTechnologyWorld generationAdventureUtility
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