As of 1.5, Minecraft has 8 ores. The ores are found pretty easily, too. Only three of the eight can be made into armor. And two are sorta useless. Caves are pretty easy to go adventuring through. Caves in vanilla Minecraft are... well... vanilla. They aren't too interesting and too easy to maneuver in.
-Synopsis, In case you haven’t picked it up yet, This mod Idea/Request is centered around caves. It will be a new world gen choice (Like superflat, large Biomes, etc). The caves will be much bigger. Several new mobs and ores will be added, Along with large naturally spawning caverns.
-Geography, When the world generates, you will spawn in a random cave, with a chest with a small amount of resources. Since the new world is set inside caves, the terrain is fairly basic. Land will generate at the height limit, At the very top of the world there will be a bedrock layer, similar to the Nether. There will be 4 biome types that spawn in special types of caves.
- New Blocks (Ores) Ores will spawn in much larger veins, The largest amount you can get from one vein is 24, the smallest is 8.
- Copper, Copper is the most common ore. Can be mined with a Stone+ Pickaxe. Can be crafted into Armor and tools.
- Silver, Silver is just like gold, only it has the same durability as Iron. Can be Rusted by a RustMite.
- Ruby, Pretty self-explanatory. Equal durability as Diamond, found in smaller clusters than the other ores. Iron+ to mine. Can be crafted into Armor and tools.
- Emerald, Emeralds will get changed, so it will be able to generate in all other biomes. Equal durability as Diamond, found in smaller clusters than the other ores. Iron+ to mine. Can be crafted into Armor and tools.
- Sapphire, Sapphire will spawn in higher altitudes. Equal durability as Diamond, found in smaller clusters than the other ores. Iron+ to mine. Can be crafted into Armor and tools.
- Nether! Yes the Nether is being edited too! It won't be a large cave like the Overworld, but more Miner-ific things will be added!
- Hellstone, Hellstone is the stone of the Nether! Netherrack will be more like dirt, rather than a weak stone. Iron+ to mine
- Demonite, Demonite is a black-colored material. When crafted into armor, it gives the player a buff, letting them be immune to the Wither effect. Can be made into tools. Iron+ to mine.
- Illuminite, Illuminite is an ore similar to glowstone. When mined it will drop Illuminite Shards. Can be crafted into armor and tools. When used by the Player, they will give off light. iron+ to mine.
-New Blocks (Basic)
- Aged Stone, Aged stone is stone, but darker in color and takes twice as long to mine . Can only be mined with a Copper+ Pick Crafting: Aged Stone can be crafted into Stone Tools.
- Cold Dirt, Cold dirt is the same as dirt only darker in color. Requires a Copper+ shovel
- Petrified Wood Logs, Petrified wood logs are the basic source of wood in this type of world. They spawn in Petrified Wood Forests, which are fairly common. Can be crafted into Petrified Wood Planks. Require a Stone+ Pickaxe to mine. Why a pickaxe? You wouldn't hit a dinosaur skeleton with an axe, would you?
- Craftable Blocks!
- Block of Copper, the basic storage block for Copper!
- Block of Silver, The basic storage block for Silver!
- Block of Rubies, The basic storage block for Ruby!
- Block of Sapphire, Basic storage block for Sapphire!
-Mobs!
- Rustmite, Rustmites are bug-like creatures that will wear (Rust) down any metal Overworld tools, Iron, silver, copper, etc. When all metal tools are depleted, it will begin to deal damage to the Player. (Yeah, I know that Silver and Copper don't rust, they Oxidize).
- Cave Troll, Cave Trolls are tall, fat mobs that will mine holes through stone. Drops Leather, coal, iron or diamonds.
- Ruby Golem, Ruby Golems are like Iron Golems, only hostile. Drops Rubies, can only be damaged by Pickaxes.
- Sapphire Golem, Ruby Golems are like Iron Golems, only hostile. Drops Sapphires, can only be damaged by Pickaxes.
- Emerald Golem, Emerald Golems are like Iron Golems, only hostile. Drops Emeralds, Can only be damaged with a Pickaxe
As of 1.5, Minecraft has 8 ores. The ores are found pretty easily, too. Only three of the eight can be made into armor. And two are sorta useless. Caves are pretty easy to go adventuring through. Caves in vanilla Minecraft are... well... vanilla. They aren't too interesting and too easy to maneuver in.
-Synopsis, In case you haven’t picked it up yet, This mod Idea/Request is centered around caves. It will be a new world gen choice (Like superflat, large Biomes, etc). The caves will be much bigger. Several new mobs and ores will be added, Along with large naturally spawning caverns.
-Geography, When the world generates, you will spawn in a random cave, with a chest with a small amount of resources. Since the new world is set inside caves, the terrain is fairly basic. Land will generate at the height limit, At the very top of the world there will be a bedrock layer, similar to the Nether. There will be 4 biome types that spawn in special types of caves.
Underground Mushroom Biome
Underground Egypt Ruins Biome
Hell Biome
Petrified Wood Forest
- New Blocks (Ores) Ores will spawn in much larger veins, The largest amount you can get from one vein is 24, the smallest is 8.
- Copper, Copper is the most common ore. Can be mined with a Stone+ Pickaxe. Can be crafted into Armor and tools.
- Silver, Silver is just like gold, only it has the same durability as Iron. Can be Rusted by a RustMite.
- Ruby, Pretty self-explanatory. Equal durability as Diamond, found in smaller clusters than the other ores. Iron+ to mine. Can be crafted into Armor and tools.
- Emerald, Emeralds will get changed, so it will be able to generate in all other biomes. Equal durability as Diamond, found in smaller clusters than the other ores. Iron+ to mine. Can be crafted into Armor and tools.
- Sapphire, Sapphire will spawn in higher altitudes. Equal durability as Diamond, found in smaller clusters than the other ores. Iron+ to mine. Can be crafted into Armor and tools.
- Nether! Yes the Nether is being edited too! It won't be a large cave like the Overworld, but more Miner-ific things will be added!
- Hellstone, Hellstone is the stone of the Nether! Netherrack will be more like dirt, rather than a weak stone. Iron+ to mine
- Demonite, Demonite is a black-colored material. When crafted into armor, it gives the player a buff, letting them be immune to the Wither effect. Can be made into tools. Iron+ to mine.
- Illuminite, Illuminite is an ore similar to glowstone. When mined it will drop Illuminite Shards. Can be crafted into armor and tools. When used by the Player, they will give off light. iron+ to mine.
-New Blocks (Basic)
- Aged Stone, Aged stone is stone, but darker in color and takes twice as long to mine . Can only be mined with a Copper+ Pick
Crafting: Aged Stone can be crafted into Stone Tools.
- Cold Dirt, Cold dirt is the same as dirt only darker in color. Requires a Copper+ shovel
- Petrified Wood Logs, Petrified wood logs are the basic source of wood in this type of world. They spawn in Petrified Wood Forests, which are fairly common. Can be crafted into Petrified Wood Planks. Require a Stone+ Pickaxe to mine. Why a pickaxe? You wouldn't hit a dinosaur skeleton with an axe, would you?
- Craftable Blocks!
- Block of Copper, the basic storage block for Copper!
- Block of Silver, The basic storage block for Silver!
- Block of Rubies, The basic storage block for Ruby!
- Block of Sapphire, Basic storage block for Sapphire!
-Mobs!
- Rustmite, Rustmites are bug-like creatures that will wear (Rust) down any metal Overworld tools, Iron, silver, copper, etc. When all metal tools are depleted, it will begin to deal damage to the Player. (Yeah, I know that Silver and Copper don't rust, they Oxidize).
- Cave Troll, Cave Trolls are tall, fat mobs that will mine holes through stone. Drops Leather, coal, iron or diamonds.
- Ruby Golem, Ruby Golems are like Iron Golems, only hostile. Drops Rubies, can only be damaged by Pickaxes.
- Sapphire Golem, Ruby Golems are like Iron Golems, only hostile. Drops Sapphires, can only be damaged by Pickaxes.
- Emerald Golem, Emerald Golems are like Iron Golems, only hostile. Drops Emeralds, Can only be damaged with a Pickaxe
Thanks man! I posted this on the suggestions page, and It got a ton of hate.