Ancient Gems: Reforged
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Add 75 gems and numerous minerals that will allow craft a multitude of tools, armors, decorative elements, and building blocks that will complement your…
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Ancient Gems Reforged expands the Minecraft universe by introducing various unique gems and minerals, scattered across all three dimensions, significantly enriching the mining experience. The mod doesn't just offer a new arsenal of tools, weapons, and armor; it redefines progression through advanced mechanics: increased harvest levels, a nerf to high-tier materials (diamond and netherite), and a durability system conditioned by the dimension you are in and the difficulty level you are playing on. With the threat of new enemies hidden within ores and chests, exploration becomes a much more challenging experience.
➤ Nerfed diamond and netherite to encourage mining (decreased durability)
➜ Tools and weapons crafted with diamond (vanilla) or netherite in all dimensions
↪ 97.5% less durability in hard (durability/40) - 95% less durability in normal (durability/20) - 90% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/10)
➜ Armors crafted with diamond (vanilla) or netherite in all dimensions
↪ 95% less durability in hard (durability/20) - 90% less durability in normal (durability/10) - 80% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/5)
➤ Replaced vanilla ores (netherite, diamond, emerald, gold, nether gold, iron and coal)
➤ Ore generation modified
➜ Replaced iron ore with hematite ore and decreased generation
➜ Decreased gold ore generation
➜ Increased diamond ore generation
➜ Increased ancient debris generation
➜ Replaced nether gold ore
➤ Compatible with ores in 'ore dictionary' (only metals)
➤ Harvest level increased to 9 (vanilla 4)
➤ Added 75 gems
➜ 25 Overworld gems
➜ 25 Nether gems
➜ 25 End gems
➤ Added 26 minerals
➜ 18 metals (5 alloys)
➜ 3 fuels
➜ 5 others
➤ Added 86 armor set and swords
➤ Added 85 tools set
➤ Added new weapons (battle axe, bone breaker, crosier and heavy sword)
➤ Added new tools (hammer and sharp hammer)
➤ The durability (tools, weapons, and armors) will change depending on the dimension and difficulty
➜ Tools and weapons crafted from Overworld materials (while you remain in the dimension)
↪ In the Nether dimension: 87.5% less durability in hard (durability/8) - 75% less durability in normal (durability/4) - 50% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/2)
↪ In the End dimension: 93.75% less durability in hard (durability/16) - 87.5% less durability in normal (durability/8) - 75% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/4)
➜ Armors crafted from Overworld materials (while you remain in the dimension)
↪ In the Nether dimension: 75% less durability in hard (durability/4) - 50% less durability in normal (durability/2) - 100% durability in easy or peaceful (no change)
↪ In the End dimension: 87.5% less durability in hard (durability/8) - 75% less durability in normal (durability/4) - 50% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/2)
➜ Tools and weapons crafted from Nether materials (while you remain in the dimension)
↪ In the End dimension: 90% less durability in normal or hard (durability/10) <-> 80% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/5)
➜ Armors crafted from Nether materials (while you remain in the dimension)
↪ In the End dimension: 75% less durability in hard (durability/4) - 50% less durability in normal (durability/2) - 100% durability in easy or peaceful (no change)
➜Tools, weapons, and armor crafted from End materials, they don't change in any dimension
➤ Added new mobs
➜ New silverfishes (one for each dimension)
➜ Scuttlers (one for each dimension)
➜ Mimics (one for each dimension)
➜ Hermit skeletons (one for each dimension)
➜ Spectrums (one for each dimension)
➜ Guardians (one for each gem)
➤ Added 6 treasure chests (two types for each dimension)
➤ Added many items (apples, carrots, souls, rods, hearts, keys, orbs and more)
➤ Added many construction blocks (blocks, cut blocks, cut slabs, cut stairs, grates and chiseled blocks)
➤ Added many decorative blocks (trapdoors, doors, bars, fences, chains, lanterns and braziers)
➤ Traducido al español (ES-ES)
➤ Overworld gems
➜ Class D: aquamarine, citrine, chrysocolla, spinel and zircon
➜ Class C: opal, garnet, peridot, malachite and jasper
➜ Class B: alexandrite, topaz, jade, agate and onyx
➜ Class A: crystalline diamond, tourmaline, ruby, fluorite and sapphire
➜ Class A+: white diamond, red tourmaline, purple ruby, green fluorite and pink sapphire
➤ Nether gems
➜ Class D: umbalite, nuummite, iolite, indraneelam and morganite
➜ Class C: bloodstone, azurite, danburite, sillimanite and almandine
➜ Class B: zoisite, blizzard, lepidolite, chrysoberyl and tiger's eye
➜ Class A: hexagonite, charoite, black opal, pietersite and serpentine
➜ Class A+: ghostly hexagonite, spooky charoite, cursed opal, soul pietersite and spectral serpentine
➤ End gems
➜ Class D: jadeite, benitoite, carnelian, larimar and enstatite
➜ Class C: goshenite, rhodonite, variscite, hawk's eye and cuprite
➜ Class B: ametrine, turquoise, boulder opal, unakite and titanite
➜ Class A: achroite, sphene, sunstone, seraphinite and moonstone
➜ Class A+: rainbow achroite, heavenly sphene, shining sunstone, stellar seraphinite and glowing moonstone
➤ Alloys
➜ Magnalium
↪ Ingredients: aluminum dust + magnesium dust + coal dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➜ Steel
↪ Ingredients: iron dust + chromium dust + coal dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➜ Nitinol
↪ Ingredients: titanium dust + nickel dust + coal dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➜ Wolfram carbide
↪ Ingredients: wolfram dust + cobalt dust + coal dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➤ Refined metal
➜ Block of metal
↪ Ingredients: 2 different alloys ingots + iridium ingot
➜ Block of incandescent metal
↪ Smelt the block
➜ Block of cold metal
↪ Dip the block in water until it cools down
➜ Refined metal ingots
↪ Ingredients: block of refined metal
➤ Base Gem / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Ingredients: any gem fragment (Overworld, Nether or End) + bluestone dust
➜ Smelt the dust
➜ Add soul (Overworld, Nether or End)
➤ Overworld gems refining
➜ Reinforced metal ingots
↪ Ingredients: metal dust (silver, gold, platinum or palladium) + diamond fragment + iridium dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➜ Class D
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + reinforced silver ingot / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + reinforced silver ingot / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class C
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + reinforced gold ingot
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + reinforced gold ingot / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class B
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + reinforced platinum ingot
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + reinforced platinum ingot / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class A and Class A+
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + reinforced palladium ingot / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + reinforced palladium ingot / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Nether gems refining
➜ Souls of metal
↪ Ingredients: metal dust (silver, gold, platinum or orichalcum) + netherite scrap fragment + Nether soul
➜ Class D
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + soul of silver / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + soul of silver / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class C
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + soul of gold / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + soul of gold / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class B
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + soul of platinum / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + soul of platinum / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class A and Class A+
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + soul of orichalcum / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + soul of orichalcum / 1.20.1 or above
➤ End gems refining
➜ Hearts of metal
↪ Ingredients: metal dust (silver, gold, platinum or mithril) + skystone fragment + End heart
➜ Class D
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + heart of silver / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + heart of silver / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class C
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + heart of gold / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + heart of gold / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class B
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + heart of platinum / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + heart of platinum / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class A and Class A+
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + heart of mithril / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + heart of mithril / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Special gems
➜ Heavy gem
↪ Ingredients: heavy core (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients: left and right side of the heavy core (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Sharp gem
↪ Ingredients: sharp core (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients: left and right side of the sharp core (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Orb
↪ Ingredients: orb (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients: left and right side of the orb (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Treasure chest drops
➜ Ingots (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
➜ Diamonds
➜ Overwolrd gems chuncks
➜ Side of the ancient skull (left or right)
➜ Part of orb (4 different parts)
➜ Heavy core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of heavy core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Sharp core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of sharp core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Ancient apple
➤ Nether Treasure chest drops
➜ Ingots (silver, gold, platinum or orichalcum)
➜ Netherite scrap
➜ Nether gems chuncks
➜ Side of the Nether ancient skull (left or right)
➜ Part of Nether orb (4 different parts)
➜ Nether Heavy core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of nether heavy core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Nether Sharp core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of nether sharp core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Phoenix feather
➤ End Treasure chest drops
➜ Ingots (silver, gold, platinum or mithril)
➜ Skystones
➜ End gems chuncks
➜ Side of the End ancient skull (left or right)
➜ Part of End orb (4 different parts)
➜ End Heavy core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of end heavy core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ End Sharp core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of end sharp core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Sacred gem fragment
➤ Battle axe
➜ 30% chance to deal extra damage
➜ 25% slower than a sword
➜ 4 (
) more damage than a sword
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld battle axe ingredients: sharp gem + heavy gem + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether battle axe ingredients: sharp gem + heavy gem + Nether rod
↪ End battle axe ingredients: sharp gem + heavy gem + End rod
↪ Sacred battle axe ingredients (smithing table): battle axe (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Sacred battle axe ingredients (smithing table): phoenix stone + battle axe (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Bone breaker
➜ 40% chance to cause slowness
➜ 20% chance to cause mining fatigue
➜ 37.5% slower than a sword
➜ 5 (
) more damage than a sword
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld bone breaker ingredients: heavy gem + ancient skull + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether bone breaker ingredients: heavy gem + Nether ancient skull + Nether rod
↪ End bone breaker ingredients: heavy gem + End ancient skull + End rod
↪ Sacred bone breaker ingredients (smithing table): bone breaker (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Sacred bone breaker ingredients (smithing table): phoenix stone + bone breaker (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Crosier
➜ 90% less durability
➜ Different effects depending on the gem it is crafted with
➜ 37.5% slower than a sword
➜ 3 () less damage than a sword
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld crosier ingredients: orb + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether crosier ingredients: orb + Nether rod
↪ End crosier ingredients: orb + End rod
↪ Sacred crosier ingredients (smithing table): crosier (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Sacred crosier ingredients (smithing table): phoenix stone + crosier (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Heavy sword
➜ 25% slower than a sword
➜ 3 () more damage than a sword
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld heavy sword ingredients: heavy gem + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether heavy sword ingredients: heavy gem + Nether rod
↪ End heavy sword ingredients: heavy gem + End rod
↪ Sacred heavy sword ingredients (smithing table): heavy sword (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Sacred heavy sword ingredients (smithing table): phoenix stone + heavy sword (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Hammer
➜ Better ore drops (gem ores only)
➜ Gem ores drop fragment and chunk (no fragment embedded)
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld ingredients: heavy gem + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether ingredients: heavy gem + Nether rod
↪ End ingredients: heavy gem + End rod
➤ Sharp hammer
➜ 100% more durability
➜ It is used to hasten the process of breaking dirt, sand, gravel, and other soil blocks (like a shovel)
➜ It is used to hasten the breaking of wood-based or other tough organic blocks (like an axe)
➜ It is used to mine rocks (any), rock-based blocks and metal-based blocks (like a pickaxe)
➜ It is not used to collect ores (except redstone, lapis lazuli, copper and Nether quartz)
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld ingredients: sharp gem + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether ingredients: sharp gem + Nether rod
↪ End ingredients: sharp gem + End rod
➤ Silverfish
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: ores (2.5% or 5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 8 ()
↪ Attack strength: 2
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: ores (2.5% or 5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 12 ()
↪ Attack strength: 3
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: ores (2.5% or 5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 16 ()
↪ Attack strength: 4
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Scuttler
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: ores (5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 16 ()
↪ Attack strength: 2
↪ Ability: slowness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: ores (5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 24 ( x 12)
↪ Attack strength: 3
↪ Ability: slowness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: ores (5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 32 ( x 16)
↪ Attack strength: 4
↪ Ability: slowness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Mimic
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 20 ()
↪ Attack strength: 4
↪ Ability: blindness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 30 ( x 15)
↪ Attack strength: 6
↪ Ability: blindness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 40 ( x 20)
↪ Attack strength: 8
↪ Ability: blindness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Hermit skeletons
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 20 ()
↪ Attack strength: 2
↪ Ability: mining fatigue on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 30 ( x 15)
↪ Attack strength: 3
↪ Ability: mining fatigue on contact and wither when hurt
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 40 ( x 20)
↪ Attack strength: 4
↪ Ability: mining fatigue on contact and poison when hurt
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Spectrum
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: possessed ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 50 ( x 25)
↪ Attack strength: 6
↪ Ability: weakness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: possessed Nether ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 75 ( x 35.5)
↪ Attack strength: 9
↪ Ability: weakness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: possessed End ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 100 ( x 50)
↪ Attack strength: 12
↪ Ability: weakness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Guardian
➜ Can spawn guardians with the blocks of the 75 available gems
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: 3 gem blocks (Overworld gems) and a possessed ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 50 ( x 25)
↪ Attack strength: 6
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: 3 gem blocks (Nether gems) and a possessed Nether ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 75 ( x 35.5)
↪ Attack strength: 9
➜ End
↪ Spawn: 3 gem blocks (End gems) and a possessed End ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 100 ( x 50)
↪ Attack strength: 12
➜ The guardian will attack all hostile mobs
↪ It will attack any entity that hurts it
➜ The guardian can be tamed
↪ To tamed need hearts (made with Overworld gems), Nether hearts (made with Nether gems) or End hearts (made with End gems)
↪ It will always follow the owner
↪ It will kill entities that the owner attacks
↪ It will kill entities that attacks the owner
➜ When guardian die spawn a spectrum (25% probability)
➤ For those who downloaded the old "Ancient Gems" mod, I'm letting you know that I lost the entire project, except for a few textures, due to a problem with my PC. Therefore, I decided to delete the CurseForge files and start from scratch.
➤ This new mod is built from the ground up (except for a few textures), retaining some elements from the previous one but with many improvements, including numerous bug fixes, optimized textures/models and a radical performance boost.
➤ Updating so many versions of the mod is a major undertaking. As a result, I will be limiting the number of versions that receive new content moving forward.
➜ Minecraft 1.16.5: The version I play on with my friends.
➜ Minecraft 1.20.1 & 1.21.1: Currently the most popular versions of the game.
➜ Minecraft 1.21.8 & 26.1.2: The latest versions of the mod.
➤ If you found a bug or have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment. I try to reply to everyone (though I might take a bit sometimes).
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.8, 1.21.1, 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 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 Ancient Gems Reforged 1.5.0 (MC 1.20.1).jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 19.2 MB
- Download link checked 2 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.