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WHAT'S INSIDE?
This mod offers 5 types of Opal Ores: Common Opal, Noble Opal, Fire Opal, Hyalite Opal and Black Opal.
These are found in desert type biomes (desert, badlands...)
Using a trim template and 8 Opal Gems you can craft 2 opal upgrades.
You can use these in a smithing table with a netherite tool or with a netherite armor piece to transform it into an opal one.
You can craft a Gem Trader Stall to transform a villager into a Gem Trader to whom you can sell and buy Opals
SPECIAL ITEMS
There are 5 different rings, crafted using 3 gold ingots and one specific type of Opal:
Common Opal Ring: gives speed effect when used
Noble Opal Ring: gives slow falling effect when used
Fire Opal Ring: gives fire resistance effect when used
Hyalite Opal Ring: gives jump boost effect when used
Black Opal Ring: gives strength and resistance effect when used
Advice
It's advised to install the Just Enough Item mod (https://modrinth.com/mod/jei) or anything that shows the recipes of the mod.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 opalminer-1.0.0-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 172 KB
- Download link checked 7 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.