Grow ores like sugarcane!
Note: The 1.16.3 version also works on 1.16.4 and 1.16.5!
News update: I will not be updating this mod further due to a lack of time and interest on my part. Anyone who wants to take over updates and maintenance is certainly welcome to do so.
Ore reeds allow you to get ores renewably, without endless mining. They can't grow on just any old block, but must be planted on ore essence (the black one) or gem essence (the white one). They also need to be planted next to lava to get all the nutrients they need to grow. Diamonds, emeralds, lapis, gold, ender pearls, and blaze rods are all planted on gem essence. Coal, iron, redstone, nether quartz, glowstone, obsidian and clay can all grow on either ore essence or gem essence. An ore reed takes on average 36 minutes to grow, twice as long as sugarcane.
It does take quite a bit of time and resources to set up an ore farm. This is Minecraft after all, so you should expect to have to do some mining in the beginning. The main benefit of the reeds comes in the late game, when you've gotten bored of mining but still need to repair your equipment. It takes a while to grow the ores, so start early.
So how do you make these blocks and reeds?
For the essences, shapeless crafting like so:
Ore essence must be made with coal and not charcoal.
To make the reeds, use shaped crafting like so:
Finally, when you've grown your reeds and want to turn them back into something useful, use these (shaped crafting) patterns:
Diamond, emerald, iron, gold, ender pearls and blaze rods all take 8 reeds to make, in the pattern shown above. Coal, lapis, obsidian, and nether quartz need 4, and redstone, glowstone dust, and a clay ball can each be crafted from a single reed.
If you want a similar but easier mod, consider Ore Canes instead.
This mod was inspired by B0bGary's Growable Ores, which sadly was never updated past 1.7.
Why don't they make the mod compatible with galacticraft and those like B0bGary's Growable Ores for updated versions with 1.12.2Hello,
"Translated into English with google.com".
i would want to ask you if there is any way to automate it? It's a very good idea, but I think automation is very difficult when there is automation. I don't know my way around Minecraft, but I'm not a newbie.
See You
In reply to MrFreakZero:
The automation for this mod is exactly the same as regular sugar cane, except a bit more expensive and geared more toward the mid-game to late-game area. Observers are placed facing the top(third) piece of the reed, so when it grows that high the observer should see it and output a redstone signal. Place a piston underneath the observer facing the reed, if activated it should push against, and thus break, the reed. Finally, put a block behind the piston with some redstone dust on top, and you should have an almost fully automated farm! From there, the collection is the easiest part, place some chests and hook them to hoppers running 2 blocks below the blocks the reeds are growing on(there should be one block of air between the hoppers and the ore/gem essence). Place some rails and powered rails on top of the hoppers, making sure to NOT power the hoppers, that would cause them to lock and not push the items inside into the next hopper. Lastly, it's just a matter of placing a minecart with hopper onto the rails, and getting the minecart rolling. Once that's done, it should be working! If not, I apologize profusely and hope you can find a good tutorial that suits your needs.
Was it intentional that there is no config? I see the code for it on github, but no folder/ file generates that I see
In reply to Goldenlion5648:
Yes, the 1.13 update broke some fundamental assumptions the config was making (namely, that it would be loaded before block registration) and it's been removed.
In reply to sekelsta:
Are you planning to make updates to the mod? If not, would it be possible for me to potentially continue it/ (submit code to the github via pull request)?
In reply to Goldenlion5648:
For the 1.17 update, I'm planning to add copper and amethyst reeds and remove the blaze and ender reeds (those are already renewable, after all). I'm also thinking about some rebalancing, but haven't made concrete decisions yet.Update, it's not looking like I'm going to find time for this mod any time soon.Help would absolutely be welcome, if you're interested in making a pull request :). I've got so little time for ore reeds in between working a full-time job and improving my horse genetics mod.
In reply to sekelsta:
Hello,
"Translated into English with google.com".
i apologize for answering very late, but work, family and so on. Thanks for your answer, I think it's a shame that it can't be automated. Your mod is okay.
See You.
is this for fabric
In reply to real_Kylo_Plays:
Nope, just Forge
Would be nice if we had support for botany pots, reducing the number of entities required for big automations.
That would make the plants on the pots not require lava anymore, so would be nice if the botany pot is present, add a new "lava gem essence", that would be used as a soil for the botany pot
Can u maybe add Yellorium/Yellorite from "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/extreme-reactors"
or do an Addon for it?
Hello, in 1.16.2 no ores are generated in the world.
In reply to 1xlilix1:
Ok, two things:
1. Did you have any other mods installed when you had that problem? If so, it is probably one of the other mods.
2. You do mean ores, right, and aren't looking for natural spawned ore reeds? The ore reeds are crafted, not found.
В ответ sekelsta :
Yes, these are ores, a conflict with some mod, I have 200 of them)))) Too lazy to figure it out, no matter how I figure it out.)
In reply to 1xlilix1:
I don't think it is a conflict between this mod and another, I think it is simply a different mod. This one doesn't touch world generation at all.
How do I harvest the reeds?
It doesn't work with a diamond pickaxe. Not a simple blow either.
In reply to Forge_User_85825016:
It was a bug but it's fixed now. Try the new version.
great mod! lots of potential. make sure to update this mod for 1.12.2 just because a lot of people are using that version <3 anyways other than that keep up the work. for any1 who is wondering I RECOMMEND GETTING <3
In reply to bruhitsmarc:
Thanks! There already is a 1.12 and it has all the same features as the later versions.