Mineral Chance (Legacy Fabric)
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.17. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Requires the library mod Collective (Fabric) and the Fabric API.
This mod is part of The Vanilla Experience.
Mineral Chance is a mod created to make mining a little bit more exciting. It adds a chance to find a random mineral after mining a stone-type block. In the overworld these stone blocks are stone, andesite, diorite, granite, tuff and deepslate. In the nether it's netherrack, basalt and blackstone.
By default there is a 1/50 chance to find a mineral. The overworld minerals consist of diamonds, iron nuggets, gold nuggets, lapis lazuli, redstone and emeralds. The nether minerals consist of quartz, golden nuggets and netherite scraps(1.16+).
All minerals have the same chance of dropping. The message when finding a random mineral can be changed and turned off in the config.
Configurable: ( how do I configure? )
extraMineralChanceOnOverworldStoneBreak (default = 0.02, min 0, max 1.0): The chance a mineral is dropped when an overworld stone block is broken. By default 1/50.
extraMineralChanceOnNetherStoneBreak (default = 0.01, min 0, max 1.0): The chance a mineral is dropped when a nether stone block is broken. By default 1/100.
enableOverworldMinerals (default = true): If enabled, mining overworld stone blocks in the overworld has a chance to drop an overworld mineral. These consist of diamonds, gold nuggets, iron nuggets, lapis lazuli, redstone and emeralds.
enableNetherMinerals (default = true): If enabled, mining nether stone blocks in the nether has a chance to drop a nether mineral. These consist of quartz, gold nuggets and netherite scraps(1.16+).
sendMessageOnMineralFind (default = true): If enabled, sends a message when a mineral is found to the player who broke the stone block.
foundMineralMessage (default = "You've found a mineral hidden in the block!"): The message sent to the player who found a hidden mineral when 'sendMessageOnMineralFind' is enabled.
ignoreFakePlayers (default = true): If enabled, minerals won't be dropped if the player is a fake. For example when a mod breaks a block as a simulated player.
The effect in action in the overworld with 'extraMineralChanceOnOverworldStoneBreak' set to 0.5:
The effect in action in the nether with 'extraMineralChanceOnNetherStoneBreak' set to 0.5:
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.17.1, 1.17
- 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 CurseForge — 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 mineralchance-fabric_1.16.5-2.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 21 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
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