Making a Metallic Ore Block
This section will teach you how to make an ore block like iron or gold ore.
- First, import your ore texture.
- Next, create a block element and set up your textures.
- Setup your block settings.
- Configure your block generation properties.
- Test your ore in the test environment.
Block Settings for Ore
This section lists the settings Minecraft uses for there ore blocks you can also use your own settings or use the settings listed below.
Metallic Ore Blocks
| Block model: | Normal |
|---|---|
| Block rotation: | No rotation |
| Transparency type: | Solid |
| Block base: | Default basic block |
| Block dimensions: | Min: 0, 0, 0, Max: 1, 1, 1 |
| Name in GUI: | Anything you want |
| Material: | Rock |
| Creative inventory tab: | Building blocks |
| Hardness: | 3.0 |
| Resistance: | 15.0 |
| Has gravity? | False |
| Tick rate: | 0 |
| Block color on the map: | Stone |
| Can plants sustain on this block? | False |
| Can this block be beacon base? | False |
| Is this block flammable? | False |
| Does redstone connect to this block? | False |
| Enchantment power bonus: | 0.0 |
| Custom drop: | False |
| Drop amount: | 1 |
| Affected by silk touch? | False |
| Creative pick item: | The same block or leave blank |
| Tool able to destroy it: | Pickaxe |
| Tool harvest level to break with drop: | Wood: (0), stone: (1), iron / gold: (2), diamond: (3). |
| Sound on step: | Stone |
| Luminance: | 0.0 |
| Light opacity: | 255 |
| Is unbreakable? | False |
| Is replaceable? | False |
| Can walk through the block? | False |
Ore Generation Levels
| Ore block: | Minimum level: | Maximum level: | Chunk Generation: | Group Size: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal ore: | 0 | 128 | 20 | 17 |
| Iron ore: | 0 | 64 | 20 | 9 |
| Gold ore: | 0 | 32 | 2 | 9 |
| Emerald ore: | 0 | 32 | 11 | 1 |
| Lapis Lazuli ore: | 0 | 32 | 1 | 7 |
| Redstone ore: | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| Diamond ore: | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 |
References
Minecraft Wiki - Ores
https://minecraft.wiki/w/Ore