This suggestion adds to realism, but I don't think it's really needed.
I also think it would be more appropriate if you got gravel in addition to the ore (since you need to break up the stone into small pieces to get the ore out).
The only way I can see this working is if mining an ore goes through multiple stages kind of how the crackling effect gets larger and larger when you are breaking a block.
The first time you mine an ore block you would add a crack in the ore and more of the ore would be exposed, then a cobblestone would drop. The next time you mine more cobblestone would drop, the crack would become larger and more of the ore would be exposed. And so on.
The range of this could be from the ore being barely visible so that it's easy to miss when exploring to very prominent when it's close to fully excavated.
If there was something like 10 stages and all stages had a chance of spawning naturally then this could work. Better tools would be able to skip stages, so a diamond pickaxe would mine an ore block in one step without it dropping any cobble. But a wooden pickaxe would need to mine through all the stages. This could then also enable wooden pickaxes to mine out diamond, but it would take a loooong time to do so without the proper tool for the job.
I've had this idea myself, somewhat. Like when you mine things like Diamond, Redstone, Lapis Lazuli, and Coal ore that don't drop an ore, they should drop "Rocks" or "pebbles" indicating that you had to break up the stone on the block to get to the material. These can be made into cobblestone, and maybe a few crafting recipes.
Ores when smelted should leave "brittlestone" in the furnace, hinting that whatever ore you smelt actually "seeps" out of the stone. As a block, brittlestone is much weaker than stone (mining time and explosion resistance), and can be smelted into a stone half slab, or crafted into rocks to possibly be turned into cobblestone.
However, your idea of ores giving one stone or cobblestone is ridiculous. The ore takes up one cubic meter, and has something in it. If you smelt it, and get stuff out of it, you could not possibly have the ingot AND a cubic meter of solid stone as well, that doesn't make any sense.
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Also when smelting iron ore and gold ore, it should either give you cobble or stone.
...But that's just my opinion.
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I also think it would be more appropriate if you got gravel in addition to the ore (since you need to break up the stone into small pieces to get the ore out).
The only way I can see this working is if mining an ore goes through multiple stages kind of how the crackling effect gets larger and larger when you are breaking a block.
The first time you mine an ore block you would add a crack in the ore and more of the ore would be exposed, then a cobblestone would drop. The next time you mine more cobblestone would drop, the crack would become larger and more of the ore would be exposed. And so on.
The range of this could be from the ore being barely visible so that it's easy to miss when exploring to very prominent when it's close to fully excavated.
If there was something like 10 stages and all stages had a chance of spawning naturally then this could work. Better tools would be able to skip stages, so a diamond pickaxe would mine an ore block in one step without it dropping any cobble. But a wooden pickaxe would need to mine through all the stages. This could then also enable wooden pickaxes to mine out diamond, but it would take a loooong time to do so without the proper tool for the job.
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Retired StaffOres when smelted should leave "brittlestone" in the furnace, hinting that whatever ore you smelt actually "seeps" out of the stone. As a block, brittlestone is much weaker than stone (mining time and explosion resistance), and can be smelted into a stone half slab, or crafted into rocks to possibly be turned into cobblestone.
However, your idea of ores giving one stone or cobblestone is ridiculous. The ore takes up one cubic meter, and has something in it. If you smelt it, and get stuff out of it, you could not possibly have the ingot AND a cubic meter of solid stone as well, that doesn't make any sense.
"I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly.
It’s the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out.
I’d rather be in, in a good system. That’s where my discontent comes from:
being forced to choose to stay outside.
My advice: Just keep movin’ straight ahead.
Every now and then you find yourself in a different place."
-George Carlin