Copper and Caverns
Adds copper (replaces stone tools) to slightly slow down game progression, and makes the underground more dangerous.
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Stone tools are replaced with copper tools, slowing down early-game progression and requiring you to hold onto wooden tools for a bit longer. This also means "stone" (now copper) and iron have been pushed further underground, making them more of a challenge to get and making each tool stage more rewarding.
Beneath the surface is a thin crust of vanilla underground generation with coal and copper ore. Beneath that is a large, dangerous cavern with iron, diamonds, and other valuables.
Cherry trees spawn in forest biomes.
I made this mod because 1) I don't like stripmining and 2) I don't like how in the first 5 minutes of the game, you can immediately jump right from wood to stone to iron tools without even going underground.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: b1.7.3
- 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.
- Ships as copper-and-caverns-2.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 39 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.