Ore Detector | Find Diamonds & Rare Ores

Ore Detector helps you locate nearby ores without turning your world into a permanent X-ray view.

Craft the handheld detector, choose the resource you want, and scan the surrounding cave. The detector reports the nearest matching ore within 16 blocks and creates a colorful holographic display showing its direction, distance, and relative height.

Features

• Scans for the nearest matching ore within a 16-block radius
• Shows the ore type, distance, relative direction, and whether it is above or below you
• Creates a colorful holographic radar ring, arrow, height indicator, and directional trail
• Uses ore-specific colors so diamonds, gold, redstone, emeralds, and other resources are easy to recognize
• Sneak and use the detector to open the ore selection menu
• Includes filters for every supported ore plus Any Ore and Valuable and Rare Ores
• Valuable and Rare Ores searches for diamond, gold, emerald, and ancient debris
• Supports Overworld and Nether ores, including deepslate variants, Nether Quartz, Nether Gold, and Ancient Debris
• Stores the selected filter in each individual detector
• Works in multiplayer and remains lightweight by spreading scans across game ticks
• Compatible with Vibrant Visuals

How to use

1. Craft an Ore Detector.
2. Hold it and use it to scan for the nearest selected ore within 16 blocks.
3. Follow the holographic arrow and directional trail. The message above the hotbar also shows the distance and whether the ore is above or below you.
4. Sneak and use the detector to open the target menu.
5. Select Any Ore, Valuable and Rare Ores, or a specific resource.

Crafting

Craft 1 Ore Detector using:

• 4 Iron Ingots
• 2 Redstone Dust
• 2 Amethyst Shards
• 1 Compass

Notes

• The detector searches loaded terrain around the player and does not load distant chunks.
• The nearest matching ore is reported first.
• Different Ore Detectors can remember different selected targets.
• The add-on does not replace ore textures, alter world generation, or increase ore drops.

Requirements

• Minecraft Bedrock Edition 26.30 or newer
• No experimental toggles required
• No external add-ons required