Flowstone
Flowstone turns ores into renewable resources by changing the blocks that form when lava interacts with water or blue ice.
The GIF demonstrates Flowstone working with configuration set to always generate ores instead of regular stone
Main Features
Starting from version 6.3, the mod offers various functions that can be individually enabled and disabled through the configuration file.
Deepslate Generation
"allowDeepslateGenerators": true // enabled by defaultWhen this function is activated, attempting to create stone or cobblestone at sufficient depth (in most worlds below y-level 8) will result in deepslate and its cobbled version forming instead of regular blocks.
It's important to note that this function depends on world generation parameters. If in your world the replacement of stone and cobblestone with deepslate occurs at a different level or doesn't occur at all, this function will match those settings.
World Resource Generation
"allowWorldlyGenerators": true // enabled by defaultWhen this function is active, during the formation of stone, deepslate (with the previous function) or netherrack (with one of the following functions), an ore block may generate instead.
For each ore type (block under the c:ores tag), the probability of appearance depends on world generation configuration, matching the standard distribution described in the Minecraft wiki.
The function is automatically compatible with any mods that add new ores under the c:ores tag.
Remember that regular ores (like diamond ore) can only replace stone, deepslate ores can only replace deepslate, and nether ores can only replace netherrack.
Custom Generators
"allowCustomGenerators": false // disabled by defaultThis capability allows creating custom generators through datapacks.
Structure Example
tree . ├── data │ └── additional_generators │ └── flowstone │ └── generators │ ├── andesite.json │ ├── diorite.json │ ├── granite.json │ └── tuff.json └── pack.mcmeta
json { // Block to replace "replace": "minecraft:cobbled_deepslate", // Block that will replace the previous one "with": "minecraft:tuff", // Replacement chance "chance": 0.3 }
Additional examples are available on the project's GitHub page in the examples folder.
Basalt Generation
"enableBasaltGeneration": false // disabled by defaultAlthough basalt generation is already present in the standard game, this function allows disabling its formation. Simply because basalt is considered a useless block.
Netherrack Formation
"enableNetherrackGeneration": true // enabled by defaultWhen this function is activated, when lava meets blue ice in the Nether and basalt shouldn't be generated, the lava turns into a netherrack block.
Debug Mode
"debugMode": null // hidden and disabled by defaultEnabling this mode forces Flowstone to generate alternative blocks instead of standard ones, as if their appearance chance was set to 100% (the GIF demonstration was created with this mode activated).
It's recommended to use this function only for testing which blocks can be generated by world or custom generators, since using it in normal gameplay is considered cheating.
