Ores

Metallurgy 4: Reforged adds many ores and since mining is one of the core topics of the mod we've prepared a sheet with all the information you might need.

Read Harvest Levels for info about ore harvestability

Ore Rarities

Rarities are normalized to these standard values:

• COMMON: 10
• UNCOMMON: 7
• RARE: 3
• ULTRA_RARE: 1

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Overworld Ores

Ore Name	Min Y level	Max Y level	Avg Vein Size	Rarity
Copper Ore	35	120	8	COMMON
Deep Iron Ore	10	30	5	COMMON
Tin	25	48	10	COMMON
Prometheum	0	64	6	COMMON
Managanese	0	128	9	COMMON
Oureclase	0	128	5	UNCOMMON
Infuscolium	10	72	7	UNCOMMON
Adamantine	0	30	3	RARE
Rubracium	0	30	6	UNCOMMON
Atlarus	12	48	6	RARE
Carmot	32	64	6	UNCOMMON
Mithril	32	128	5	ULTRA_RARE
Zinc	0	128	8	COMMON
Orichalcum	0	128	6	UNCOMMON
Astral Silver	40	140	6	UNCOMMON
Silver	0	128	8	UNCOMMON
Platinum	0	80	4	RARE*
Osmium	3	10	6	UNCOMMON
Sulfur	0	15	6	UNCOMMON
Phosphorite	0	100	5	UNCOMMON
Potash	32	72	7	COMMON

Nether Ores

Ore Name	Min Y level	Max Y level	Avg Vein Size	Rarity
Ignatius	0	127	10	COMMON
Shadow Iron	100*	30*	6	COMMON
Lemurite	0	50	7	COMMON
Lutetium	20	50	4	RARE
Midasium	32	127	6	UNCOMMON
Vyroxeres	0	120	5	UNCOMMON
Ceruclase	0	127	5	RARE
Alduorite	70	127	4	UNCOMMON
Kalendrite	27	120	5	UNCOMMON
Vulcanite	27	39	5	UNCOMMON
Sanguinite	0	128	4	RARE*

End Ores

Ore Name	Min Y level	Max Y level	Avg Vein Size	Rarity
Eximite	0	128	7	COMMON
Meutoite	0	128	7	COMMON

Special Ore Generation

• Prometheum: Only generates in the following biomes:
  • minecraft:jungle
  • minecraft:jungle_hills
  • minecraft:jungle_edge
• Deep Iron: Only generates in the following biomes:
  • minecraft:ocean
  • minecraft:beaches
  • minecraft:river
  • minecraft:frozen_river
  • minecraft:frozen_ocean
  • minecraft:stone_beach
  • minecraft:cold_beach
• Rubracium: Generates 100% more frequently next to lava blocks
• Astral Silver: Generates 100% more frequently above Y 80
• Platinum: Generates with UNCOMMON rarity in Warm biomes and with RARE rarity in all other biomes
• Shadow Iron: Minimum and Maximum Y level are inverted in the table because the ore generates outside the displayed range (above Y 100 and below Y 30)
• Sanguinite: Generates with COMMON rarity near Nether Fortresses and with RARE rarity otherwise.
• Eximite: Does not generate on the Central Island in The End (only generates outside of it)