Brig's Balanced Ores
The author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Brig's Balanced Ores aims to introduce additional scarcity into the game by decreasing the value of each ore block and by decreasing the amount of ore there is. It adds twelve new ores into the game as well as twelve new items. It replaces the vanilla ore recipes with recipes that are just a little bit harder to keep the player working longer.
The mod adds in scarce ores, which drop raw nuggets, as well as rich ores, which drop hunks of ore. Hunks of ore replace vanilla raw ore in smelting and blasting recipes. These can be crafted using four raw ores in a 2x2 grid, which can be crafted with four raw nuggets in a 2x2 grid. This means that sixteen raw nuggets can effectively be smelted into an ingot. This also makes ingots roughly four times more expensive.
For compatibility with Create, look into Brig's Balanced Ores: Extras. For compatibility with Overgeared, look into Brig's Balanced Ores: Overgeared.
Below are pictures of the blocks and raw ores side-by-side with the existing vanilla ones.
- 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 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 brigs_balanced_ores-1.1.0-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 113 KB
- Download link checked 12 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.