Silent's Gems Wiki & Guide
The community wiki and guide for Silent's Gems — recipes, items, tags and mechanics, kept current for every Minecraft version the mod supports.
About this mod
Also try Silent Gear! This is required if you want tools or armor.
Introduction
Silent’s Gems adds 16 new gemstones to the game! These can be used to craft a variety of building blocks (gem blocks, bricks, small bricks, polished gem stones, chiseled gem stones, smooth gem stones, glass, lamps) and other useful items. These gems can also be used to craft tools and armor if Silent Gear is installed.

(These are not all the blocks in the mod, but some of the most common)
Key Features
- Built-in support for Silent Gear - No additional data packs required
- Blocks - Ores, bricks, lamps, and more
Requirements
Silent Lib is required and must be installed. Silent Gear is not required, but recommended for the full experience during gameplay.
Gems

The 16 gems are split across the three vanilla dimensions and overlap somewhat. Some of the gems found in the Nether and the End can occasionally be found in the overworld.
There is a gem ore block that matches all three dimensions. (You can configure the mod to generate any gem in any dimension, and with whatever frequency you like. You can even disable specific gems from ever generating, if that is what you prefer.)
Roles
Each gem fits into a handful of “roles”. Gems are usually stronger in their role’s stats, and equal to other gems of the same dimension in other stats (at least with default ore configs). Every gem still has unique traits.
- Durability - Higher durability and armor durability. Good for repairs and AOE harvest tools
(hammer, excavator).
- Ruby, Carnelian
- Speed - Higher harvest speed. Good for harvest tools (pickaxe, shovel, axe, etc.)
-Topaz, Citrine, Heliodor
- Damage - Higher melee and ranged damage. Good for weapons (swords, bows, etc.)
- Peridot, Moldavite, Rose Quartz
- Armor - Higher armor stats, Good for... armor.
- Sapphire, Iolite, Ammolite
- All-Rounder - Above average in most stats. Good if you need a mix of different stats.
- Turquoise, Kyanite, Alexandrite, Black/White Diamond
Rarer Gems
Some gems are rarer than others. The two diamond variants are also notably strong in all stats, unlike most gems, but are also much harder to find. Having a hammer and prospector hammer from Silent Gear will make the process much easier.
- Black Diamonds - These spawn somewhat low in the Nether, and less frequently than other
gems. You should find plenty while digging for ancient debris. They are dark in color with a slightly orange hue.
- White Diamonds - These spawn somewhat low in the End, meaning you will need to dig around
to find them. They are pale in color with a slightly violet hue.
Gem Bag

Gem Bags are nice baggies that collect and store gems as you are mining them (not applicable to ores). This frees up your inventory for more mining opportunities.
Glowroses
Glowroses are light-emitting flowers that spawn naturally throughout the world. Their light is enough to prevent mob spawns just two blocks away (configurable). Glowroses can be planted in vanilla flower pots. Potted glowroses create much more light than freestanding ones.

Other Useful Items
- Summon Kitty - Spawns a tamed cat. You can also name it in an anvil, just like spawn eggs.
- Summon Puppy - Spawns a tamed dog. You can also name it in an anvil, just like spawn eggs.
- Flower Basket - Works just like the Gem Bags, but with flowers instead. Whenever you mine
flowers, they get collected into the Flower Basket.
Compatibility
Which Minecraft versions and mod loaders the mod supports.
| Loader | MC 26.1.2 | MC 26.1 | MC 1.21.11 | MC 1.21.1 | MC 1.21 | MC 1.20.4 | MC 1.20.1 | MC 1.19.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forge | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Neoforge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
Dependencies
Other mods required (or optional) to run this mod.
Recent updates
Latest releases with the author's changelog notes.
[26.1.2-5.1.4] - 2026-05-17
- Ported to 26.1.2 and Silent Gear 4.2+
[26.1-5.1.4] - 2026-03-28
- Ported to NeoForge 26.1
Changed
- Made glowrose patches a little less common
[26.1-5.1.4] - 2026-03-28
- Ported to NeoForge 26.1
Changed
- Made glowrose patches a little less common
[1.21.11-5.1.3] - 2026-02-25
- Ported to NeoForge 1.21.11
[1.21.1-5.1.3] - 2026-01-23
Added
- Config option to disable coffee drops (the
coffee_producerstag still exists as well) [#593] - Config option to change the delay between coffee drops (defaults to 10 minutes)
- Japanese localization (Abbage230) [#589]
- Ukrainian translation (Lorp_OOO)
Changed
- Glowroses can now be composted [#549]
- Updated Portuguese localization (PrincessStellla
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[1.21.1-5.1.2.1] - 2025-09-07
Fixed
- Missing recipes for new building blocks
- Missing tags for chaos essence blocks and silver blocks [#590]
[1.21.1-5.1.2] - 2025-07-13
Requires Silent Gear 4.0.25 or higher
Added
- Five new gems: garnet, aquamarine, tanzanite, opal, and pearl
- New traits
- Reinforced gold/silver rods
Fixed
- Redstone teleporters will no longer move entities i
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Processes
Every recipe the mod adds, grouped by how it is made.
Items
Chaos Essence
Cup of Coffee
Fishy Stew
Fluffy Fabric
Fluffy Puff
Iron Potato
Meaty Stew
Potato on a Stick
Raw Silver
Reinforced Gold Rod
Reinforced Silver Rod
Silver Ingot
Silver Nugget
Silver Rod
Sparkling Bone Meal
Sugar Cookie
Summon Kitty
Summon Puppy
Teleporter Linker
Uncooked Fishy Stew
Uncooked Meaty StewBlocks
Block of Chaos Essence
Block of Silver
Chaos Ore
Deepslate Chaos Ore
Deepslate Silver Ore
Silver Ore
Teleporter AnchorVersion history
Silent's Gems 4.7.0 (MC 1.20.1) → 5.1.3 (MC 1.21.1): 200 recipes added · 3 recipes removed · 34 recipes updated.