mother lode +

Minerals, alloys, gems and new gear underground. Eight materials, a new ore, seven gems, full gear for each one and an in-game guide book that explains everything.

📖 Full guide: xuaka.github.io/Mother_Lode- · Descripción en español más abajo.

Features

• 8 materials with full gear: sword, pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe, spear, bow, crossbow, 3×3 hammer, 3×3 excavator, paxel, armor and horse armor.
• Rutile: a new deep ore (Y -64 to 0) that smelts into titanium in a blast furnace.
• 3 metal shields with their own designs.
• 7 gems with permanent effects while carried. Four of them have an on/off switch and glow while active.
• 3 foods, 3 upgrade templates, loot in structures, villager trades and armor trims.
• Own advancement tab with 23 advancements and a lush cave background.
• Built-in Faithful 32x and 64x packs.

The Mother Lode Guide

Craft it with a book and 2 emeralds. 10 chapters with every recipe, stat and location, clickable contents and chapter ribbons. Available in English and Spanish.

Tools and weapons

	Material	Sword	Pickaxe	Axe	Durability	Mining speed	Tier
	Emerald	7	5	9	725	8	Diamond
	Ruby	7	5	9	960	8	Diamond
	Obsidian	5.5	3.5	8.5	650	5.5	Iron · fireproof
	Amethyst	5.5	3.5	7.5	840	8	Diamond
	Rose Gold	5.5	3.5	8.5	300	10	Iron
	Titanium	6.5	4.5	9	1100	7	Iron
	Diamond-Coated Titanium	9	7	11	2600	10	Netherite
	Adamantite	12	10	14	4000	12	Netherite · fireproof

Armor

	Material	Total armor	Toughness	Knockback resist.
	Emerald	20	2	—
	Ruby	20	2	—
	Obsidian	15	—	—
	Amethyst	20	2	0.5
	Rose Gold	15	—	—
	Titanium	16	1	—
	Diamond-Coated Titanium	20	4	0.15
	Adamantite	26	6	0.2

Bows and crossbows

Made at the smithing table with the bow upgrade template. Enchantments are kept.

		Material	Draw time	Damage	Effect
		Emerald	0.7 s	x1.0	Fast draw · crossbow reloads in 0.9 s
		Ruby	1.0 s	x1.0	Flaming arrows
		Obsidian	1.5 s	x1.4	Hits hard, fireproof
		Amethyst	1.0 s	x1.0	Target glows for 10 s
		Rose Gold	1.0 s	x1.0	Very high enchantability
		Diamond-Coated Titanium	0.9 s	x1.25	Fast, strong arrows
		Adamantite	0.9 s	x1.5	3 arrows in a fan for the price of 1, pierce up to 3 mobs

Shields

	Shield	Durability	Disabled after an axe hit	Extra
	Titanium	700	5 s	—
	Diamond-Coated Titanium	1400	3 s	—
	Adamantite	2400	1.5 s	Fireproof, no knockback while blocking

Gems

Gems work while they’re in your inventory. Gems marked with ⏻ come switched off: right click to turn them on (they glow while active).

	Gem	Effect	How to get it
	Sea Gem	Water Breathing	Ominous vault
	Igneous Gem	Fire Resistance	Ominous vault
	Nocturnal Gem ⏻	Night Vision, no Warden darkness	Ominous vault
	Hero’s Gem	Hero of the Village	Crafted: totem + 2 emerald blocks + diamond
	Withered Gem ⏻	Haste II	Dropped by the Wither
	Abyss Gem ⏻	Strength II	Dropped by the Warden
	End Gem ⏻	Regeneration I	Ender Dragon fight

Foods

	Food	Effects
	Emerald Carrot	Night Vision 1:30, Regeneration I 0:05
	Ruby Potato	Resistance I 0:30, Strength I 0:30, Fire Resistance 1:30
	Amethyst Apple	Luck II 2:00, Regeneration II 0:08, Absorption I 2:00 · edible when full

Area tools and templates

Hammer and Excavator break 3×3 (sneak for a single block). Paxel is pickaxe, axe and shovel in one.

Upgrade templates are found in ominous vaults and duplicate with 7 diamonds + 1 emerald.

Installation

Requires Minecraft 26.2 and NeoForge 26.2.0.90+. Put the jar in your mods folder. When updating from 1.0.0, remove the old jar first; worlds keep working.

Español

Minerales, aleaciones, gemas y equipo nuevo bajo tierra. Ocho materiales con equipo completo (incluidos arcos, ballestas y herramientas 3×3), rutilo y titanio, 3 escudos de metal, 7 gemas (4 con interruptor), 3 comidas, 3 plantillas de mejora, logros propios y packs Faithful 32x y 64x.

Guía de la Veta Madre: fabrícala con un libro y 2 esmeraldas. Trae todas las recetas, estadísticas y dónde encontrar cada cosa. Guía completa en la web: xuaka.github.io/Mother_Lode-

Made by x’auka. You’re free to include Mother Lode + in any modpack (public or private) as long as you link back to this page. Re-uploading the mod file elsewhere is not allowed. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Studios; not an official Minecraft product.