0.4.4 – Worldgen Cleanup & Recipes

This update cleans up ore spawning and adds recipes for machines that dont have them yet.

📦 The Great Expansion – Patch 0.4.4

World Generation & Tool Update

Hey everyone! This update focuses on tweaking how ores and underground resources spawn, plus a few quality-of-life and progression changes. No world restart is needed, but you’ll need to generate new chunks to see the worldgen updates.

🌍 World Generation Tweaks

We’ve adjusted veins, spawn rates, and heights for all custom ores so they feel more natural while keeping exploration rewarding.

• Bauxite

7 veins per chunk

9 ores per vein

Y -16 to Y 128

• Cassiterite (Tin)

6 veins per chunk

7 ores per vein

Y -32 to Y 96

• Galena (Lead)

4 veins per chunk

6 ores per vein

Y -48 to Y 48

• Ilmenite (Titanium)

2 veins per chunk

5 ores per vein

Y -64 to Y 16

• Cinnabar

3 veins per chunk

4 ores per vein

Y -64 to Y -8

Underground Resource Pockets

We’ve added underground resources that can’t just be picked up—you’ll need proper extraction setups.

• Nitrogen Gas Pockets

3 pockets per chunk

4 blocks per pocket

Y -64 to Y -8

Cannot be picked up — must be extracted underground

Used for advanced fertilizers and agricultural systems

• Natural Gas Pockets

3 pockets per chunk

4 blocks per pocket

Y -64 to Y -8

Cannot be picked up — must be extracted underground

Can be processed and packaged for use as fuel

Tools, Machines & Recipes

• Diamond Hammer

1. Higher durability and better performance than previous tiers

• Hammer Recipe Change

1. All hammers now require 5 ingots instead of 4

• Filler

1. Filler now has a crafting recipe

• Pressure Cooker

1. Pressure cooker now has a crafting recipe

• Induction Furnace

1. Induction furnace now has a crafting recipe

No world restart required

Existing worlds are fully compatible New chunks are required to see updated ore and gas generation

📝 Developer Note

Thank you all so much for over 200 downloads. It has been so amazing working on this mod, and I can’t wait to continue this project alongside Lumineer and Buildineer in 2026.

Merry Christmas to everyone, and to everyone a good night 🎄

— Hyper, founder of Hyper Mods