Orpiment

Orpiment

Another vanilla+ mod adding Wraiths, Amber and Amber caves, Tar, new blocksets, and new slimes.

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Screenshots

Amber Caves
Fighting a Wraith

About this Mod

Overview

Orpiment is another vanilla-friendly mod that adds Wraiths, Amber and Amber caves, Tar, new blocksets, and new slimes.

Features

Biomes

Amber Caves

Looking into an amber cave
Amber caves are a new underground biome, they spawn uncommonly in warmer temperature biomes.

Sap

Looking at a Sap
Saps are a slime variant spawning in Amber Caves. They are by default neutral unless provoked. When spawned they will be filled with random loot, this loot is dropped upon its death.

Amber

Amber nodule in a cave
Amber can be found in spheres on the walls or floors of the Amber Caves, when breaking an amber block it will drop 1-2 amber chunks.

Amber Blockset

All amber blocks
Amber can be crafted into numerous blocks, including pillars, bricks, lamps, and chiseled blocks.

Cedar Forest

Looking into a Cedar forest
Cedar forests spawn in colder areas near taigas and birch forests.

Cedar Woodset

A house made of Cedar wood in a cedar forest clearing
Cedar wood comes with all the normal wooden blocks.

Tar Pits

Tar pit in a desert
Tar pits are small pools found in arid and swamp biomes. And is made up of Tar liquid and Tarred sand.

Tar Cube

Tar cubes swimming in tar
The Tar Cube spawns in Tar and tar pits, they are aggressive to the player and when hitting the player, the player will be inflicted with the Tarred effect. The Tarred effect worsens movement speed, jump height, swim speed, and more. Small Tar cubes will ignore the player and search for tar liquid, when in tar liquid for a few seconds they will size back up to a medium cube and attack the player again.

Mini-Bosses

Wraith

Fighting a Wraith in the Catacombs
The Wraith is summoned by right clicking a Wraith altar with a Deepslate seal, Wraith altars spawning in Catacombs structures. It will circle the player doing numerous attacks like charging, firing projectiles, and summoning entities. At 25% health it will start to circle faster and increase its attack pool and speed. When killed it will drop a few bones and Wraith ectoplasm.

Utilities

Amber Cage

Using the amber cage in a desert
The Amber cage is crafted with 8 Amber chunks and 1 Wraith ectoplasm. When right clicked it will freeze the player and spawn 5 high damage projectiles above the players head. Then each subsequent right-click will fire those projectiles 1 by 1 in the direction the player is looking until all 5 have been used.

Ghost Block

Ghost blocks floating in the air in a desert
Ghost blocks are simple blocks crafted with 4 phantom membranes and 1 Wraith ectoplasm. They can be placed anywhere regardless of if the player is looking at any block, allowing placement in direct air or similar places.

Available Versions

Orpiment 0.3.0release
MC 1.20.1forge
June 13, 2026
Orpiment 0.2.0release
MC 1.20.1forge
June 10, 2026
Orpiment 0.1.1release
MC 1.20.1forge
June 7, 2026
Orpiment 0.1.0release
MC 1.20.1forge
June 2, 2026

How to Install Orpiment on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended).

2

Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Orpiment". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.20.1

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

6 GB(min. 4 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Orpiment 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 (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Orpiment compatible with forge?

Orpiment officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Orpiment – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Orpiment 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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Details

License
MIT License
Server-side
Required

Supported Versions

1.20.1