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Gleamcraft adds a beautiful new material to Minecraft - Glimmerstone. These rare, luminescent crystals can be crafted into tools and weapons that emit light when held, providing both practical functionality and aesthetic appeal to your Minecraft experience.

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Finding Glimmerstone

Glimmerstone ore spawns in small veins below Y-level 32, making it a rare find during your mining expeditions. The ore emits a faint glow, making it easier to spot in dark caves.

Screenshot of Glimmerstone ore in a cave

Glimmerstone ore has the following generation properties:

Spawn rate: Similar to diamond ore but slightly more common
Vein size: 1-8 blocks
Y-level: Below 32, with higher concentration between Y-levels 5-15

Materials and Crafting

Glimmerstone Crystals

Mining Glimmerstone ore with any pickaxe (iron or better needed) will drop Glimmerstone crystals. These crystals are the base material for crafting all Gleamcraft items.

Crystal in minecraft inventory slot called "Glimerstone Crystal"

Crafting Recipes

Block of Glimmerstone Crystal

Create decorative light-emitting crystalline blocks by combining 9 Glimmerstone crystals in a crafting table.

9 Glimmerstone Crystals in a crafting table to create a glimmerstone crystal block

Glimmerstone

Create decorative crystal infused calcite blocks by combining 2 Glimmerstone crystals and 2 Calcite in a crafting table.

2 calcite and 2 glimmerstone crystals arranged in a criss-cross pattern to create 2 glimmerstone

Tools and Weapons

Craft Glimmerstone tools and weapons using the standard Minecraft tool recipes, using Glimmerstone Crystals as the material!

Features

Light Emission

All Glimmerstone tools and weapons emit light when held in either your main hand or off-hand. This creates a moving light source around the player, making exploration of dark caves and nighttime adventures much easier.

With the tool in hand
Without the tool in hand

Sunlight Recharging

Glimmerstone tools slowly recharge when exposed to sunlight. The recharging mechanism works as follows:

Tools gradually lose durability through normal use
When in direct sunlight (no weather), tools will slowly regain durability
A fully depleted tool will require approximately five full Minecraft days to fully recharge

Tool Stats

Glimmerstone tools have stats that position them between iron and diamond:

Tool Type	Attack Speed	Durability	Damage
Pickaxe	1.2	750	4.25
Axe	0.95	750	8.5
Shovel	1	750	4.75
Hoe	4	750	0.25
Sword	1.6	750	6.25

Known issues:

None currently identified