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ViOres

by Vo1odyamorT

ViOres replaces vanilla smelting with a system built around campfires and cauldrons, where the combination of stations sets the result of each recipe.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalMIT License1.21.9 – 26.2

What it does

ViOres switches off vanilla smelting. Furnaces, blast furnaces and smokers stay craftable as furniture, but none of their smelting recipes remain. Items that used to pass through a furnace now pass through a campfire instead, and the mod handles the default furnace recipes for raw iron, raw copper, coal, charcoal and similar materials. Dropping an item on a campfire's cooking slot returns the finished material after a short wait.

Results depend on which station is built. A plain campfire with a cauldron covers the basic cases. Placing an empty cauldron above a lit regular campfire, then dropping ingredients underneath, yields a finished alloy after about 10 seconds, with a sound cue and particles. Gold needs ordinary fire underneath, and a soul campfire will not trigger the basic alloy station. The mod adds metallurgy stations for bronze, iron-copper composite, steel and other alloys, and the setup needs five stations, exactly what is needed to build one.

Key features

  1. Campfire smelting

    Ores and raw materials are processed on a lit campfire, replacing the furnace step of vanilla recipes.

  2. Cauldron stations

    An empty cauldron placed over a lit campfire becomes a station, and the fire type decides which alloy it produces.

  3. Alloys

    Bronze, steel, titanium and other alloys are made from combinations of ingredients on the stations.

  4. Sounds and particles

    Each finished process adds a sound cue and particles, along with custom mechanics for the stations.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.21.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
26.1.21.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
26.1.11.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
26.11.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.111.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.101.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.91.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

How it compares

Full comparison

Age Of Metallurgy runs on Fabric and NeoForge only, requires client and server, is released under All rights reserved and is not open source, covering 1.21.1 – 26.3. Nice Campfires is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later and covers 1.21.4 – 1.21.5 on the four loaders.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
ViOresFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.9 – 26.2Server required, client optional2026-08-28
Age Of MetallurgyFabric and NeoForge1.21.1 – 26.3Client and server2026-10-12
Nice CampfiresFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.4 – 1.21.5Server required, client optional2025-04-08

Questions

Does ViOres need to be installed on the server?

Yes. Server owners install it, and players can join with or without it.

Which game versions does ViOres cover?

Builds exist for 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 and 26.2, with 1.0+mod for 26.2 as the latest file.

Is ViOres available for Fabric and NeoForge?

Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the mod is also available as a data pack for server platforms.

In the catalog

ViOres is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

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What the author says

Furnaces don't do much around here anymore. Need an ingot? Go find a campfire and a cauldron. ViOres switches off vanilla smelting entirely and replaces it with its own system built around campfires and cauldrons. The furnace, blast furnace and smoker are all still in the game and still craftable, but they're…
Vo1odyamorT, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Vo1odyamorT
Published
2026-07-19
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-28
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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