Ancient Gems: Reforged
Add 75 gems and numerous minerals that will allow craft a multitude of tools, armors, decorative elements, and building blocks that will complement your gaming experience.
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About this Mod
➤ Nerfed diamond and netherite to encourage mining (decreased durability)
➜ Tools and weapons crafted with diamond (vanilla) or netherite in all dimensions
↪ 97.5% less durability in hard (durability/40) - 95% less durability in normal (durability/20) - 90% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/10)
➜ Armors crafted with diamond (vanilla) or netherite in all dimensions
↪ 95% less durability in hard (durability/20) - 90% less durability in normal (durability/10) - 80% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/5)
➤ Replaced vanilla ores (netherite, diamond, emerald, gold, nether gold, iron and coal)
➤ Ore generation modified
➜ Replaced iron ore with hematite ore and decreased generation
➜ Decreased gold ore generation
➜ Increased diamond ore generation
➜ Increased ancient debris generation
➜ Replaced nether gold ore
➤ Compatible with ores in 'ore dictionary' (only metals)
➤ Harvest level increased to 9 (vanilla 4)
➤ Added 75 gems
➜ 25 Overworld gems
➜ 25 Nether gems
➜ 25 End gems
➤ Added 26 minerals
➜ 18 metals (5 alloys)
➜ 3 fuels
➜ 5 others
➤ Added 86 armor set and swords
➤ Added 85 tools set
➤ Added new weapons (battle axe, bone breaker, crosier and heavy sword)
➤ Added new tools (hammer and sharp hammer)
➤ The durability (tools, weapons, and armors) will change depending on the dimension and difficulty
➜ Tools and weapons crafted from Overworld materials (while you remain in the dimension)
↪ In the Nether dimension: 87.5% less durability in hard (durability/8) - 75% less durability in normal (durability/4) - 50% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/2)
↪ In the End dimension: 93.75% less durability in hard (durability/16) - 87.5% less durability in normal (durability/8) - 75% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/4)
➜ Armors crafted from Overworld materials (while you remain in the dimension)
↪ In the Nether dimension: 75% less durability in hard (durability/4) - 50% less durability in normal (durability/2) - 100% durability in easy or peaceful (no change)
↪ In the End dimension: 87.5% less durability in hard (durability/8) - 75% less durability in normal (durability/4) - 50% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/2)
➜ Tools and weapons crafted from Nether materials (while you remain in the dimension)
↪ In the End dimension: 90% less durability in normal or hard (durability/10) <-> 80% less durability in easy or peaceful (durability/5)
➜ Armors crafted from Nether materials (while you remain in the dimension)
↪ In the End dimension: 75% less durability in hard (durability/4) - 50% less durability in normal (durability/2) - 100% durability in easy or peaceful (no change)
➜Tools, weapons, and armor crafted from End materials, they don't change in any dimension
➤ Added new mobs
➜ New silverfishes (one for each dimension)
➜ Scuttlers (one for each dimension)
➜ Mimics (one for each dimension)
➜ Hermit skeletons (one for each dimension)
➜ Spectrums (one for each dimension)
➜ Guardians (one for each gem)
➤ Added 6 treasure chests (two types for each dimension)
➤ Added many items (apples, carrots, souls, rods, hearts, keys, orbs and more)
➤ Added many construction blocks (blocks, cut blocks, cut slabs, cut stairs, grates and chiseled blocks)
➤ Added many decorative blocks (trapdoors, doors, bars, fences, chains, lanterns and braziers)
➤ Traducido al español (ES-ES)
Spoiler
➤ Overworld gems
➜ Class D: aquamarine, citrine, chrysocolla, spinel and zircon
➜ Class C: opal, garnet, peridot, malachite and jasper
➜ Class B: alexandrite, topaz, jade, agate and onyx
➜ Class A: crystalline diamond, tourmaline, ruby, fluorite and sapphire
➜ Class A+: white diamond, red tourmaline, purple ruby, green fluorite and pink sapphire
➤ Nether gems
➜ Class D: umbalite, nuummite, iolite, indraneelam and morganite
➜ Class C: bloodstone, azurite, danburite, sillimanite and almandine
➜ Class B: zoisite, blizzard, lepidolite, chrysoberyl and tiger's eye
➜ Class A: hexagonite, charoite, black opal, pietersite and serpentine
➜ Class A+: ghostly hexagonite, spooky charoite, cursed opal, soul pietersite and spectral
serpentine
➤ End gems
➜ Class D: jadeite, benitoite, carnelian, larimar and enstatite
➜ Class C: goshenite, rhodonite, variscite, hawk's eye and cuprite
➜ Class B: ametrine, turquoise, boulder opal, unakite and titanite
➜ Class A: achroite, sphene, sunstone, seraphinite and moonstone
➜ Class A+: rainbow achroite, heavenly sphene, shining sunstone, stellar seraphinite and glowing moonstone
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➤ Alloys
➜ Magnalium
↪ Ingredients: aluminum dust + magnesium dust + coal dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➜ Steel
↪ Ingredients: iron dust + chromium dust + coal dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➜ Nitinol
↪ Ingredients: titanium dust + nickel dust + coal dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➜ Wolfram carbide
↪ Ingredients: wolfram dust + cobalt dust + coal dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➤ Refined metal
➜ Block of metal
↪ Ingredients: 2 different alloys ingots + iridium ingot
➜ Block of incandescent metal
↪ Smelt the block
➜ Block of cold metal
↪ Dip the block in water until it cools down
➜ Refined metal ingots
↪ Ingredients: block of refined metal
➤ Base gem / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Ingredients: any gem fragment (Overworld, Nether or End) + bluestone dust
➜ Smelt the dust
➜ Add soul (Overworld, Nether or End)
➤ Overworld gems refining
➜ Reinforced metal ingots
↪ Ingredients: metal dust (silver, gold, platinum or palladium) + diamond fragment + iridium dust
↪ Smelt the dust
➜ Class D
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + reinforced silver ingot / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + reinforced silver ingot / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class C
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + reinforced gold ingot / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + reinforced gold ingot / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class B
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + reinforced platinum ingot / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + reinforced platinum ingot / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class A and Class A+
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + reinforced palladium ingot / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + reinforced palladium ingot / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Nether gems refining
➜ Souls of metal
↪ Ingredients: metal dust (silver, gold, platinum or orichalcum) + netherite scrap fragment + Nether soul
➜ Class D
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + soul of silver / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + soul of silver / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class C
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + soul of gold / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + soul of gold / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class B
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + soul of platinum / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + soul of platinum / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class A and Class A+
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + soul of orichalcum / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + soul of orichalcum / 1.20.1 or above
➤ End gems refining
➜ Hearts of metal
↪ Ingredients: metal dust (silver, gold, platinum or mithril) + skystone fragment + End heart
➜ Class D
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + heart of silver / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + heart of silver / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class C
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + heart of gold / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + heart of gold / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class B
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + heart of platinum / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + heart of platinum / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Class A and Class A+
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem chunk + heart of mithril / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients (smithing table): gem base + gem chunk + heart of mithril / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Special gems
➜ Heavy gem
↪ Ingredients: heavy core (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients: left and right side of the heavy core (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Sharp gem
↪ Ingredients: sharp core (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients: left and right side of the sharp core (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Orb
↪ Ingredients: orb (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Ingredients: left and right side of the orb (Overworld, Nether or End) + any gem / 1.20.1 or above
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➤ Treasure chest drops
➜ Ingots (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
➜ Diamonds
➜ Overwolrd gems chuncks
➜ Side of the ancient skull (left or right)
➜ Part of orb (4 different parts)
➜ Heavy core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of heavy core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Sharp core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of sharp core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Ancient apple
➤ Nether Treasure chest drops
➜ Ingots (silver, gold, platinum or orichalcum)
➜ Netherite scrap
➜ Nether gems chuncks
➜ Side of the Nether ancient skull (left or right)
➜ Part of Nether orb (4 different parts)
➜ Nether heavy core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of nether heavy core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Nether sharp core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of nether sharp core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Phoenix feather
➤ End Treasure chest drops
➜ Ingots (silver, gold, platinum or mithril)
➜ Skystones
➜ End gems chuncks
➜ Side of the End ancient skull (left or right)
➜ Part of End orb (4 different parts)
➜ End heavy core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of end heavy core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ End sharp core / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
➜ Side of end sharp core (left and right) / 1.20.1 or above
➜ Sacred gem fragment
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➤ Battle axe
➜ 30% chance to deal extra damage
➜ 25% slower than a sword
➜ 4 (
) more damage than a sword
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld battle axe ingredients: sharp gems + heavy gems + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether battle axe ingredients: sharp gems + heavy gems + Nether rod
↪ End battle axe ingredients: sharp gems + heavy gems + End rod
↪ Sacred battle axe ingredients (smithing table): battle axe (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Sacred battle axe ingredients (smithing table): phoenix stone + battle axe (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Bone breaker
➜ 40% chance to cause slowness
➜ 20% chance to cause mining fatigue
➜ 37.5% slower than a sword
➜ 5 (
) more damage than a sword
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld bone breaker ingredients: heavy gems + ancient skull + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether bone breaker ingredients: heavy gems + Nether ancient skull + Nether rod
↪ End bone breaker ingredients: heavy gems + End ancient skull + End rod
↪ Sacred bone breaker ingredients (smithing table): bone breaker (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Sacred bone breaker ingredients (smithing table): phoenix stone + bone breaker (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Crosier
➜ 90% less durability
➜ Different effects depending on the gem it is crafted with
➜ 37.5% slower than a sword
➜ 3 () less damage than a sword
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld crosier ingredients: orb + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether crosier ingredients: orb + Nether rod
↪ End crosier ingredients: orb + End rod
↪ Sacred crosier ingredients (smithing table): crosier (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Sacred crosier ingredients (smithing table): phoenix stone + crosier (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Heavy sword
➜ 25% slower than a sword
➜ 3 () more damage than a sword
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld heavy sword ingredients: heavy gems + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether heavy sword ingredients: heavy gems + Nether rod
↪ End heavy sword ingredients: heavy gems + End rod
↪ Sacred heavy sword ingredients (smithing table): heavy sword (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.16.5 to 1.19.2
↪ Sacred heavy sword ingredients (smithing table): phoenix stone + heavy sword (crafted with End gems class A+) + sacred gem / 1.20.1 or above
➤ Hammer
➜ Better ore drops (gem ores only)
➜ Gem ores drop fragment and chunk (no fragment embedded)
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld ingredients: heavy gems + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether ingredients: heavy gems + Nether rod
↪ End ingredients: heavy gems + End rod
➤ Sharp hammer
➜ 100% more durability
➜ It is used to hasten the process of breaking dirt, sand, gravel, and other soil blocks (like a shovel)
➜ It is used to hasten the breaking of wood-based or other tough organic blocks (like an axe)
➜ It is used to mine rocks (any), rock-based blocks and metal-based blocks (like a pickaxe)
➜ It is not used to collect ores (except redstone, lapis lazuli, copper and Nether quartz)
➜ Crafting
↪ Overworld ingredients: sharp gems + rod (silver, gold, platinum or palladium)
↪ Nether ingredients: sharp gems + Nether rod
↪ End ingredients: sharp gems + End rod
Spoiler
➤ Silverfish
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: ores (2.5% or 5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 8 ( )
↪ Attack strength: 2
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: ores (2.5% or 5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 12 ( )
↪ Attack strength: 3
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: ores (2.5% or 5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 16 ( )
↪ Attack strength: 4
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Scuttler
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: ores (5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 16 ( )
↪ Attack strength: 2
↪ Ability: slowness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: ores (5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 24 ( x 12 )
↪ Attack strength: 3
↪ Ability: slowness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: ores (5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 32 ( x 16 )
↪ Attack strength: 4
↪ Ability: slowness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Mimic
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 20 ( )
↪ Attack strength: 4
↪ Ability: blindness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 30 ( x 15 )
↪ Attack strength: 6
↪ Ability: blindness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 40 ( x 20 )
↪ Attack strength: 8
↪ Ability: blindness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Hermit skeletons
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 20 ( )
↪ Attack strength: 2
↪ Ability: mining fatigue on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 30 ( x 15 )
↪ Attack strength: 3
↪ Ability: mining fatigue on contact and wither when hurt
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: treasure chests (2.5% probability only in normal or hard difficulty)
↪ Health points: 40 ( x 20 )
↪ Attack strength: 4
↪ Ability: mining fatigue on contact and poison when hurt
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Spectrum
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: possessed ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 50 ( x 25 )
↪ Attack strength: 6
↪ Ability: weakness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: possessed Nether ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 75 ( x 35.5 )
↪ Attack strength: 9
↪ Ability: weakness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➜ End
↪ Spawn: possessed End ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 100 ( x 50 )
↪ Attack strength: 12
↪ Ability: weakness on contact
↪ Drop: experience only
➤ Guardian
➜ Can spawn guardians with the blocks of the 75 available gems
➜ Overworld
↪ Spawn: 3 gem blocks (Overworld gems) and a possessed ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 50 ( x 25 )
↪ Attack strength: 6
➜ Nether
↪ Spawn: 3 gem blocks (Nether gems) and a possessed Nether ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 75 ( x 35.5 )
↪ Attack strength: 9
➜ End
↪ Spawn: 3 gem blocks (End gems) and a possessed End ancient skull (100% probability)
↪ Health points: 100 ( x 50 )
↪ Attack strength: 12
➜ The guardian will attack all hostile mobs
↪ It will attack any entity that hurts it
➜ The guardian can be tamed
↪ To tamed need hearts (made with Overworld gems), Nether hearts (made with Nether gems) or End hearts (made with End gems)
↪ It will always follow the owner
↪ It will kill entities that the owner attacks
↪ It will kill entities that attacks the owner
➜ When guardian die spawn a spectrum (25% probability)
➤ Updating so many versions of the mod is a major undertaking. As a result, I will be limiting the number of versions that receive new content moving forward.
➜ Minecraft 1.16.5: The version I play on with my friends.
➜ Minecraft 1.20.1 & 1.21.1: Currently the most popular versions of the game.
➜ Minecraft 1.21.8 & 26.1.2: The latest versions of the mod.
Available Versions
How to Install Ancient Gems: Reforged on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (26.1.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Ancient Gems: Reforged". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
26.1.2, 1.21.8, 1.21.4 (+5 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
6 GB(min. 4 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Ancient Gems: Reforged server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 4 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (26.1.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Ancient Gems: Reforged compatible with forge and neoforge?
Ancient Gems: Reforged officially supports forge, neoforge for Minecraft 26.1.2, 1.21.8, 1.21.4. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Ancient Gems: Reforged – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Ancient Gems: Reforged consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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