
Ore Pouch
A lightweight Quality of Life pouch that instantly smelts ores in your inventory using coal. Save your time while mining!
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About this Mod
🎒 Ore Pouch
Tired of placing dozens of furnaces and waiting for your iron and gold to smelt after a long mining session? Ore Pouch is a lightweight, vanilla-friendly Quality of Life (QoL) mod that adds a portable smelting bag to your game. It allows you to instantly process raw ores into ingots directly in your inventory, keeping your mining trips efficient and fast.
✨ Features
- Instant Smelting: Place raw ores and coal inside the pouch. It instantly smelts the ores at a perfectly balanced 1:1 ratio (1 Coal = 1 Smelted Item).
- Smart Storage: The pouch saves your items inside. If you close the GUI, your ores and ingots won't drop on the ground.
- Intuitive GUI: Uses a familiar, vanilla-style interface.
- Shift-Click Support: Fully supports smart Shift-clicking for rapid item transfer between your inventory and the pouch.
- Early-Game Friendly: The crafting recipe is simple and accessible from the first days of your survival.
🛠️ Crafting Recipe
To craft the Ore Pouch, you will need:
- 3x Leather
- 2x String
- 1x Coal (in the center)
(Fully compatible with JEI / REI for easy recipe viewing).
⚙️ Modpack Makers
You are completely free to use Ore Pouch in any of your modpacks! It is highly optimized, causes no lag, and is a perfect addition to any RPG, Vanilla+, or Tech modpack.
Available Versions
How to Install Ore Pouch on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Ore Pouch". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Ore Pouch 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 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Ore Pouch compatible with forge?
Ore Pouch officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Ore Pouch – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Ore Pouch 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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