Harvesting Dense Ores with Silk Touch

Preserving Dense Ore Blocks

If you find a rare dense ore cluster while exploring far from base, or if you have not yet crafted a high-tier Fortune pickaxe, breaking the block immediately might not be ideal. The mod fully supports the Silk Touch enchantment, allowing you to collect the intact dense block.

1. Enchant an appropriate pickaxe (such as iron or diamond) with Silk Touch.

2. Find a dense ore deposit in an Overworld cavern or the Nether.

3. Mine the block with the Silk Touch pickaxe. The dense ore will drop as a collectible block rather than breaking into individual raw items or gems.

4. Pick up the dense ore block to safely store it in your inventory.

Processing Stored Blocks at Base

Collecting intact dense blocks allows you to manage your inventory and maximize resource gains later on.

1. Transport your collected dense blocks back to your main base.

2. Store them securely in chests until you have access to a pickaxe with the highest available rank of Fortune.

3. Place the dense ore blocks in a controlled environment.

4. Break the placed blocks with your Fortune pickaxe to safely collect the multiplied materials and experience without risk of dying in deep caves.