More Rewarding Ores v1.0.1

Overview
More Rewarding Ores is a vanilla datapack that rebalances ore drops to make mining more satisfying and less grind-heavy without drastically altering progression.

Instead of a cubic meter of ore yielding a single resource item, ore blocks now drop larger and more varied quantities, making exploration and mining feel more rewarding while still keeping resource progression reasonable.

This datapack modifies the loot tables for vanilla overworld ores, nether ores, and ancient debris, and introduces consistent rules for how Silk Touch and Fortune interact with these new drops.

This datapack works in vanilla Minecraft and is compatible with any mod loader, since it only changes loot tables.

Core Gameplay Changes

Increased Ore Drops
Most ores now drop multiple resources per block.

Adjusted Base Drops
- Coal: 3–8 coal
- Iron: 2–4 raw iron
- Gold: 2–4 raw gold
- Diamond: 1–4 diamonds (rare bonus possible)
- Emerald: 1–3 emeralds
- Nether Quartz: 2–4 quartz

Rare Diamond Bonus
Diamond ore has a small chance to produce a richer yield:
- Normal drop: 1–4 diamonds
- Rare bonus: 6–8 diamonds

Ores That Keep Vanilla Base Drops
The following ores keep their vanilla-style base multi-drop behavior:
- Copper: 2–5 raw copper
- Redstone: 4–5 redstone dust
- Lapis Lazuli: 4–9 lapis lazuli

Fortune Enchantment Changes
Fortune doubles the base drop range for all ores affected by the datapack.

Examples
- Iron: 2–4 -> 4–8
- Gold: 2–4 -> 4–8
- Coal: 3–8 -> 6–16
- Copper: 2–5 -> 4–10
- Redstone: 4–5 -> 8–10
- Lapis: 4–9 -> 8–18

Silk Touch Behavior
Silk Touch preserves the ore block as expected.

- Silk Touch: drops the ore block
- Fortune only: uses the boosted drop ranges
- Unenchanted tools: use the custom base drop ranges

Nether Ore Adjustments
- Nether Quartz: 2–4 quartz, Fortune 4–8
- Nether Gold Ore: 2–6 gold nuggets, Fortune 4–12 nuggets

Ancient Debris
Ancient debris behavior is preserved:
- Normal mining: drops ancient debris
- Silk Touch: drops ancient debris

Technical Notes
The datapack overrides vanilla loot tables for:
- Coal ore
- Iron ore
- Gold ore
- Copper ore
- Redstone ore
- Lapis ore
- Diamond ore
- Emerald ore
- Nether quartz ore
- Nether gold ore
- Ancient debris

Both stone and deepslate variants are included where applicable.
The datapack affects ore drops only and does not alter world generation.

Compatibility
- Works in vanilla Minecraft
- Compatible with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt, or any other mod loader
- May conflict with other datapacks or mods that overwrite the same ore loot tables

Philosophy
This datapack aims to make mining feel rewarding rather than tedious, while still preserving Minecraft’s core survival progression.

You’ll spend less time grinding for resources, and more time building, exploring, and experimenting.

v1.0.1 changes
- Removed the special Silk Touch + Fortune rule
- Fixed the bug where the special rule could trigger on an unenchanted pickaxe
- Updated the pack description and release text to remove mentions of the special rule
