Netherrocks

The Netherrocks mod expands the Minecraft world with six exclusive ores that can only be found in the Nether: Argonite, Ashstone, Dragonstone, Fyrite, Illumenite, and Malachite. Each of these ores has unique characteristics, from which custom armor sets and tools with special properties are crafted.

Dragonstone, ashstone, and argonite ores feature increased durability, with argonite being one of the hardest. Fyrite is a metal of fire and heat: tools made from it set enemies on fire and cook food, while armor protects the wearer from lava. Illumenite emits bright light, and a sword made from this material temporarily improves vision in darkness when attacking and can blind opponents. Malachite armor is very lightweight, allowing higher jumps, while swords poison targets.

Compatibility and Requirements

For Netherrocks versions 1.16.3 and newer, installation of SimpleCoreLib is REQUIRED. Earlier versions for Minecraft 1.14.4-1.16.1 do not require SimpleOres API.

Peaceful Mode Features

Starting from version 4.1.3.0 for Minecraft 1.18.2, the mod received a special option for peaceful mode. If you set the "EnableAshstoneGhastOre" parameter = true in the configuration file (default is false), instead of regular Ashstone ore, its evil copy - Ghast Ore - will generate in the Nether. Externally it's identical to Ashstone Ore and also drops Ashstone gems when mined. However, when mined near lava, Ghast Ore drops ghast tears. If you obtain blocks of this ore using the "Silk Touch" enchantment, 8 Ghast Ore blocks can be combined with a lava bucket on a crafting table to create ghast tears.

In version 1.18.2, existing Ashstone Ore will not transform into Ghast Ore when settings are changed - the conversion only affects newly generated ore. In versions 1.19 and newer, this limitation is removed. This feature was inspired by the old Peaceful Pack mod by Wuppy29.

Visual Improvements

Netherrocks Aesthetics textures have been completely overhauled - the old "metal brick" textures have been replaced with more suitable options: cut metal, stone bricks, and small stone bricks.

Special Furnaces

Netherrocks adds to the game a furnace, smoker, and blast furnace that operate on Nether fuels: netherrack, blaze rods, or fyrite.

Nether Furnaces have unique properties that distinguish them from regular furnaces. The main difference is that they don't work on standard furnace fuels, but use special fuel types:

• Netherrack: smelts 2 items each
• Fyrite Ingot: smelts 80 items each
• Fyrite Dust: smelts 40 items each
• Blaze Rod: smelts 24 items each
• Blaze Powder: smelts 8 items each
• Fyrite Tools: smelt 26-27 items each

In addition to special fuel, Nether Furnaces operate twice as fast as corresponding regular furnaces.

Compatibility with Other Mods

The mod has been ported to version 1.15.2 and back-ported to 1.14.4. The source code is distributed under the LGPL 3.0 license, allowing free use in mod packs.

Silent's Mechanisms - in version 1.16.4, crusher recipes have been added for argonite, fyrite, Illumenite, and malachite ores. Ashstone and Dragonstone gems cannot be processed in the crusher due to their extreme hardness.