OREBOUND: The World Below — Modpack 0.1.8

Modded Mining Tool Compatibility Update

OREBOUND 0.1.8 focuses on making the pack's large selection of mining tools properly interact with OREBOUND's Mining Power progression.

Players reported that several expensive modded tools could be crafted and used normally but still showed Tool: 0 when attempting to mine OREBOUND strata.

This update fixes that compatibility issue across the major mining mods included in the pack.

Modded Mining Tools Now Work With OREBOUND

Supported tools from the following mods can now receive appropriate Mining Power:

• Mekanism Tools
• Mekanism
• Actually Additions
• Immersive Engineering
• PneumaticCraft
• Industrial Foregoing
• Applied Energistics 2
• Mystical Agriculture
• Mystical Agradditions
• Twilight Forest
• Occultism
• Draconic Evolution
• ProjectE
• Avaritia
• Oritech
• Cataclysm

This includes many:

• Pickaxes
• Paxels
• Drills
• Jackhammers
• Hammers
• Powered mining tools
• AIOT-style tools

Immersive Engineering Drill Support

The IE Mining Drill now uses its installed Drill Head to determine Mining Power.

• Iron Drill Head — Power 2
• Steel Drill Head — Power 3

This fixes the issue where a completed IE Mining Drill could previously show Mining Power 0.

Mekanism Tools Support

Mekanism mining tools now properly participate in OREBOUND progression.

Examples:

• Steel Pickaxe / Paxel — Power 3
• Osmium Pickaxe / Paxel — Power 3
• Refined Glowstone Pickaxe / Paxel — Power 4
• Refined Obsidian Pickaxe / Paxel — Power 5
• Atomic Disassembler — Power 5
• Meka-Tool — Power 5

PneumaticCraft Jackhammer Support

The Jackhammer now scales according to its installed bit:

• Iron — Power 2
• Compressed Iron — Power 3
• Diamond — Power 4
• Netherite — Power 5

Infinity Drill & Hammer Support

Industrial Foregoing's Infinity Drill and Infinity Hammer now increase in Mining Power as their Infinity tier improves.

Their highest tiers reach Mining Power 5.

Actually Additions Tool Support

Actually Additions mining tools, including its powered drills, now properly interact with OREBOUND Mining Power progression instead of falling back to Tool 0.

External Tools Cannot Skip Endgame Progression

Even extremely powerful tools from other mods are capped at:

Mining Power 5

Mining Power 6 remains exclusive to OREBOUND's own late-game mining equipment.

This keeps powerful side-mod progression useful without allowing it to bypass the intended route into OREBOUND's deepest strata.

Create Mechanical Drill

OREBOUND's existing Create Mechanical Drill progression integration remains unchanged.

Updated Tooltips & Guidance

Dynamic tools now provide clearer Mining Power information based on their:

• installed head
• installed bit
• current tier

The Field Manual and Armor, Tools & Weapons guidance have also been updated to explain how modded mining tools interact with OREBOUND.

Update Notes

• Includes OREBOUND Core 0.1.8
• Minecraft 1.21.1
• NeoForge
• Java 21
• Existing 0.1.7 worlds can continue
• No new world required