alloys

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## (https://underwood-inc.github.io/s-alloys/)

> ### ⚠️ THE MOD VARIANT IS A WRAPPED DATAPACK, YOU STILL MUST DOWNLOAD AND ENABLE THE RESOURCEPACK THAT EVERY RELEASE HAS IN ITS SUPPLEMENTARY FILES SECTION

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alloys adds ten fantasy metals to Minecraft 26. 2 — from Tin to Astral — with full toolsets, armor, bows, material stats, lore, and passive traits. It is fully additive: vanilla recipes and ore drops are preserved.

Ships as a datapack (required for gameplay) and a companion resource pack (required — distinct textures for every ingot, fragment, tool, and armor piece). An optional Paper plugin adds a recipe chest GUI, written guidebook, and `/alloys` commands.

> Forge deeper. Vanish never.

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## Features

> in testing, tools+armor+crossbows+bows should all be good to go, regular playtesting is ongoing on the (https://modrinth.com/server/shirecraft)

• 10 alloys — Tin, Bronze, Silver, Steel, Cobalt, Nickel, Platinum, Mythril, Adamantine, Astral
• Additive only — no vanilla recipe overrides; alloy gear uses `#alloys:ingots/` tags
• 4 mined fragment drops — bonus rolls while breaking vanilla ores (vanilla loot always drops first)
• Full gear per metal — pickaxe, shovel, axe, sword, hoe, bow, crossbow, helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots
• Passive traits — attribute bonuses, intrinsic enchants, and tick-based effects while held or worn
• Recipe book integration — advancement tabs and unlock backfill on join
• Written guidebook — delivered once per player (datapack or `/alloys guidebook` on Paper)
• Resource pack — separate zip with unique textures for all ten alloys (ingots, fragments, and full gear)
• Rituals integration — alloy tools support (https://modrinth.com/datapack/totem-rituals) Soul Embodiment when both packs are installed

## The ten alloys tier chart

| # | Alloy | Band | ≈ Stats | Source | |---|-------|------|---------|--------| | 1 | Tin | Common | copper | Craft | | 2 | Bronze | Common | copper | Craft | | 3 | Silver | Uncommon | iron | Craft | | 4 | Steel | Uncommon | iron | Craft | | 5 | Cobalt | Uncommon | iron | Ore bonus or craft | | 6 | Nickel | Rare | iron | Ore bonus or craft | | 7 | Platinum | Rare | gold | Craft | | 8 | Mythril | Epic | diamond | Ore bonus or craft | | 9 | Adamantine | Legendary | diamond | Ore bonus or craft | | 10 | Astral | Mythic | netherite | Craft (endgame) |

Lore format: `Tier: {Band} · Tier {N} · ≈{vanilla}` — bands (Common→Mythic) are progression labels, not loot rarity.

Ore bonus drops (extra roll only — pool 1 is unchanged vanilla):

| Fragment | Chance | Host ores | |----------|--------|-----------| | Cobalt Fragment | 0. 125% | Coal, copper, lapis (incl. deepslate) | | Nickel Fragment | 0. 156% | Iron (incl. deepslate) | | Mythril Fragment | 0. 0625% | Redstone, emerald (incl. deepslate) | | Adamantine Fragment | 0. 031% | Diamond (incl. deepslate), ancient debris |

Fragments are non-smeltable glowing collectibles. Nine matching fragments craft one ingot (`#alloys:fragments/`). Each ore alloy also has a vanilla-material ingot recipe on its guide pages.

## Installation

### Datapack

1. Download `alloys-datapack-.zip` 2. Copy into your world's `datapacks/` folder and rename to `Alloys.zip` 3. Restart the world — not just `/reload` (functions must register)

### Resource pack (required)

1. Download `alloys-resourcepack-.zip` 2. Client: Options → Resource Packs → enable the zip (place above other packs that retexture tools or armor) 3. Server: copy into `resourcepacks/` and set `resource-pack=` in `server.properties` (optional `require-resource-pack=true`). My personal favorite utilities for server resourcepack management: https://minepack.fr/ & https://www.craftmc.net/tools/resource-pack-merger

Gameplay works without the resource pack however, you will be missing textures.

### Paper plugin (optional)

The plugin provides a chest GUI for in-game guidance and administration.

1. Place `alloys-plugin-*.jar` in `plugins/` 2. Restart the server — clients should still enable the resource pack for alloy textures 3. Verify the update, plugin behavior can vary from server-to-server. If anything is amiss, shut down the server and replace the datapack zip in the corresponding world datapack folder with the new one.

Requirements: Minecraft 26. 2 · datapack format 107. 1 · resource pack format 88. 0 · Java 25 (Paper plugin)