Nobility's Ore Rebalance
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Download on the author's site.
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Ever since the minecraft caves got bigger its gotten far too easy to progress to the point where you only need to find one large cave, go in, and go back up with all the resources you could ever need. Wheres the fun in that?
Well this mod intends to fix that by making ores drop ore chunks.
9 ore chunks can be combined together to craft the original drop.
This small change forces you to explore more than one cave and significantly slows early game progression as each cave will now have less overall resources, while not actually reducing the number of resource blocks meaning mining and cave exploring is still fun.
During the late game silk touch is now really useful, as ore blocks can be smelted directly into resources making it a very efficient way to mine.
Drop Rates:

In Version 1.0.4 Nether Quartz also drops chunks. It drops between 1-3.
Version 1.0.3+ for Forge 1.20.1 Is Compatible With Ores From:
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.21.4, 1.21.1
- 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 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.
Nobility's Ore Rebalance is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.4, 1.21.1. Downloaded 1,812 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.