Modest Mining

The Modest Mining modification significantly expands vanilla gameplay by offering a comprehensive overhaul of resource gathering and tool systems, while also adding archaeology elements.

Combat Variety

The mod introduces several new weapon types with unique characteristics:

• Glaive - features extended attack range but slow reload speed
• Katana - fast reload with increased attack radius
• Mace - powerful knockback strike
• Hammer - deals massive damage but is very slow, also used in crafting

All weapon types are visually larger than standard tools when in use.

New Materials and Tools

The mod adds three unique materials for tool creation:

• Steel - stronger than iron but weaker than diamond
• Rosegold - gold's speed with high durability
• Prismarite - oceanic alternative to netherite

All alloys are crafted in a special forge.

The Forge

The forge functions as an enhanced crafting table with furnace-like fuel usage. It accepts both shapeless and standard crafting recipes. All tools made from ingots and gems are now exclusively created in the forge.

Crushing System

New crushing mechanics allow:

• Creating dust from ores that can be smelted into ingots (blast furnace only)
• Transforming coal powder into coke
• Creating netherite and prismarite dust from 8 ore units instead of 3

Enhanced Resources

• Coal chunks - equivalent to nuggets for coal, each smelts 1 item
• Amethyst - can be compacted into storage blocks, shards act as nuggets
• Diamond shards - new form of diamonds
• Leather - rotten flesh can be smelted into flesh, which serves as leather nuggets

Archaeology

The archaeology system includes:

• Brush - for cleaning suspicious dirt, sand, and gravel at dig sites
• Chisel - for working with suspicious stone
• Dig sites - available in both dirt and sand variants

Additional Items

The mod adds numerous useful items:

• Chainmail - for crafting chainmail armor
• Pearl - obtained from clams when killed with chisels
• Shell - found on beaches
• Rocks - found in plains
• Copper screw - found during archaeological excavations
• Plank - universal crafting material
• Adobe brick - created in forge for construction blocks

Building Materials

• Adobe bricks - large bricks with mossy and cracked variants
• Wooden blocks - include pillars, chiseled planks, carved planks, tiles, and panels

Compatibility

The mod is compatible with:

• Farmer's Delight (via Delightful Mining)
• Abnormals (via Abnormal Mining)

Future support planned for Oreganized, Spelunkery, Sully's Mod, and Create.