A simple mod to make the early game just that more tedious.
Iron and gold ore now drops 1 to 9 raw nuggets, which need to be smelted to normal nuggets or crafted to their raw variant.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.5
- 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 ironightmares-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 30 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.