Ore Fragments changes how resource collection works in Minecraft by introducing a fragment-based drop system. Instead of dropping full raw materials or gems, ores drop fragments of the resource. These fragments must be gathered to recreate the original item. This adds an extra step to the resource gathering process, making mining slightly more challenging and rewarding. Fragments can replace resources not only from mined ores but also from other loot sources depending on the configuration. This mod was originally created mostly out of boredom and as an experiment.

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Features

Fragment-based ore drops

Ores drop fragments instead of full raw materials or gems.

Inventory Auto-Assembly (New!)

Forget the crafting table! Once you collect enough fragments, they will automatically assemble into the full resource directly inside your inventory (can be toggled in config).  

"Pure Extraction" Enchantment

A brand new enchantment for pickaxes (Max Level 3). It gives a 33% / 66% / 100% chance to bypass the fragment system and drop full ores directly. However, it is mutually exclusive with Mending!

Handcrafted Textures & Fallback Generator

As of the 1.21.11 update, the mod uses handcrafted, built-in textures for specific ores to ensure the best visual quality. Because of this, the dynamic auto-generator is DISABLED by default.If you want the mod to work with unknown modded ores automatically, you can enable AUTO_GENERATE_FRAGMENTS in the config. However, please note that the auto-generator applies dynamic color tinting to create temporary textures, which might look basic, repetitive, or simply not as good as the handcrafted ones.

Currently Supported Ores (Built-in Textures)

The mod currently features official handcrafted textures for the following materials: undefined

• Minecraft: Raw Iron, Raw Gold, Raw Copper, Diamond, Emerald, Coal  

Dedicated Creative Tab

All registered and dynamically generated fragments from the game and your installed mods are neatly organized in a custom "Ore Fragments" creative tab.

Clean JEI integration

Instead of spamming hundreds of recipes, JEI displays one clean example recipe along with a dedicated information tab explaining the fragment mechanics.  

Highly Configurable Settings

The configuration file allows changing: undefined

• minimum and maximum fragments dropped
• number of fragments required for assembly
• toggling inventory auto-assembly
• toggling the auto-generation system for unsupported mods
• whitelist and blacklist of resources
• enabling or disabling fragment drops from: mined blocks, chest loot, and mob drops

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Beta Notice

If you encounter incorrect drops, strange items turning into fragments, or want to suggest adding official textures for a specific mod, please report them so they can be included in future updates.

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Have a question or found a bug? Write in a comment or on the official Discord

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AI Assistance Disclaimer

This mod was developed with the help of AI assistants. They were used for brainstorming, code generation, troubleshooting, updating rendering engines, and creating this description.