Utilityful Ores
by nexonerr
Utilityful Ores is a Forge world generation mod that adds ores for resources that vanilla Minecraft does not provide, plus a few extra ores for fun.
What it does
The mod generates additional ore blocks in the world for materials that are usually absent from a standard survival map. Among them are Graceful Miner's Ore, which gives mining equipment a haste effect, Ender Ore, which yields ender shards that can be turned into ender pearls, and Sharded Shulker Ore, which yields shulker shards that can be used to obtain shulker shells. The author describes it as a simple project aimed at adding ores the player does not otherwise get, and none of the extra ores explode.
Installation requires Forge for Minecraft 1.18.2, the only game version the mod is published for. The server and every player need the mod installed. The code is released under the MIT License and is open source, and the author has public links to the source code, issue tracker and wiki.
Key features
Graceful Miner's Ore
An ore that gives mining equipment a haste effect when the player mines with it.
Ender Ore
Ender shards come out of this ore and can be processed into ender pearls.
Sharded Shulker Ore
An ore that yields shulker shards, used to obtain shulker shells.
Extra ores for fun
Along with the resource ores, the mod includes a few additional ores that do not explode.
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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.
Use cases
Adding resources to a survival world
Players who run out of common materials can find ores that the vanilla world does not generate.
Ender pearl supply
Ender Ore offers another source of ender pearls through shards, which can be useful on a server with limited access to endermen.
How it compares
Extra_Ores is a Forge mod for 1.16.5 – 1.20.1, client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source. Ender Pearl Recipe is a Forge mod for 1.12.2 that also works client and server, released under CC0 1.0 Universal and not open source. Utilityful Ores covers only 1.18.2 and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utilityful Ores | Forge | 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2023-01-31 |
| Extra_Ores | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-03 |
| Ender Pearl Recipe | Forge | 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2025-03-16 |
Questions
Does Utilityful Ores need another mod to run?
Does the server need Utilityful Ores?
Which Minecraft version does Utilityful Ores support?
In the catalog
Utilityful Ores is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.
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What the author says
Utilityful Ores is a simple Forge mod that aims to add ores for resources that usually don't have one, along with some extra fun ones, none of them will explode, don't worry about it. Some of these include: - Graceful Miner's Ore: Gives you some mining equipment, and haste! - Ender Ore: Gives you ender shards, which…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/utilityful_ores
- Owner
- nexonerr
- Published
- 2022-12-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-01-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15