Stone: Cheap but cost-efficient. A Minecraft staple.
Copper: Faster than stone, quite low durability.
Tin: Slower than copper, but much better durability. Better armor than copper.
Iron: Strong and fast, with pretty good durability.
Lead: Slightly better than iron in every way, but significantly rarer to find. Can replace iron in any crafting recipe.
Tungsten: Better than lead, only slightly worse than diamond and platinum.
Silver: The opposite of gold. Lots of durability, and pretty decent damage and defense. Very slow to mine and attack with.
Gold: Very fast, low durability, you know the drill.
Platinum: The best armor and durability, and very good weapons and tools.
Diamond: The best weapons and tools, and very good armor and durability.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- 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 essential_ores.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 363 KB
- Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.