This datapack adds an ore scanner item that can be thrown like a grenade to highlight nearby ores through walls.
Four scanners can be crafted using 4 iron ingots, 2 glowstone dust, 2 redstone dust, and an eye of ender:
Once crafted, the ore scanner can be thrown by right clicking. It will be thrown about as far as a splash potion:
After the ore scanner lands, a bright light will flash, then all ores within an 8 block radius of where the scanner landed will be highlighted for 15 seconds:
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as ore-scanner-26.2.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 47 KB
- Download link checked 1 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.