Ores and Ingots

The Jojovein modpack has a relatively large number of materials throughout its progression sequence. This page is intended to inform about how to obtain and use the various ores and ingots in the modpack as well as the optimal methods of processing them.

## Crushers - Maximizing Your Ores

The modpack includes ExtraUtilities2, a mod containing various forms of machinery that can be beneficial to production and use of resources. By using a Crusher, many ores can be made into 2 dusts that can each be smelted into ingots, effectively doubling the profit from each ore obtained. The cost of operating a Crusher is minimal as it only requires a Grid Power (GP) source via mills, which cost nothing to run and a Redstone Flux (RF) energy source via a generator which makes use of common fuels.

### Crushable Ores:

**Some ores are not worth crushing, but this can depend on the player's available level of Fortune**.

## Ore Gathering/Processing

This section only includes ores that have a method of production that is superior to the vanilla acquisition method or through crushers.

### Meteor Gems, Pearls, and Meteorite Ingots:

Meteor Gems can be mined using an Iron Pickaxe or better from Meteor Gem Ore, which spawns in Ocean, Swamp, and River biomes in the Overworld. Meteor Gem Ore 1-4 Meteor Gems when mined but this value can be greatly increased using Fortune. Meteor Gems can be made into 2 Meteor Pearls by crafting 9 gems together into a Meteor Gem Cluster and smelting it in a furnace. 2 Meteor Ingots can be crafted from 4 Meteor Pearls in a square formation.

### Umbra:

Umbra can only be obtained by deconstructing Umbra equipment using a Scrapper or smelting it in a furnace. Umbra equipment can only be found in certain dungeon chests in The Aurorian. A Spiked Chestplate can be scrapped for 9 Umbra Scrap, an Umbra Shield for 9 scrap, an Umbra Pickaxe for 6 scrap, and an Umbra Sword for 4 scrap. Umbra ingots can be produced by crafting 9 Umbra Scrap together in a crafting table. It is generally not advised to smelt equipment for umbra due to decreased yield per piece relative to when scrapping.

### Copper:

Copper can be obtained through standard mining in the Abyssal Wasteland, but can be produced far faster and more efficiently by mining Copper Crystal Clusters in the Omothol. Each crystal cluster can be made into 9 Copper Ingots when crafted into Crystals and used in a Materializer.

### Tin:

Copper can be obtained through standard mining in the Abyssal Wasteland, but can be produced far faster and more efficiently by mining Tin Crystal Clusters in the Omothol. Each crystal cluster can be made into 9 Tin Ingots when crafted into Crystals and used in a Materializer.

### Refined Coralium:

Refined Coralium can be obtained in relatively earlygame from Liquified Coralium Ore in the Abyssal Wasteland, Chunks of Coralium, or by defeating Asorah, The Fallen. The most efficient method of Refined Coralium production is by using Silk Touch to mine Meteor Gem Ore and crystallizing and materializing it to get 2 ingots per ore mined.

### Dreadium:

Initially, Dreadium can be produced by killing Dreadguards in the Dreadlands. This method is difficult, slow and dangerous, but must be done until a Crystallizer is acquired. Using a Crystallizer, the player can Crystalize Cha'rcoal produced by smelting Dreadlands Wood Logs to make Dreadium shards that can be crafted into Dreadium Crystals that can be either Transmuted to make Dreadium Nuggets or Materialized to make Dreadium Ingots. The best method of producing Dreadium in lategame is by using a materializer either for Dreadlands Wood processing, Dreadlands Platinum Ore Crystalizing, or by materializing Dreadium Clusters from Crystal Gardens in The Omothol.

### Ethaxium:

Ethaxium has multiple methods of production. Ethaxium can be crafted, gained through drops, made through Rituals, or found in structures throughout The Omothol. Rituals are generally ill-advised as the resource costs and P.E. required largely invalidate the effectiveness of the methods. Crafting is not ideal, but crafting using Life Crystals is the better of the available craftings. The best method of acquiring Ethaxium in early Omothol is through structures and the best overall method is by killing Minions of the Gatekeeper using a looting sword, ideally a Kikoku or Fire Axe with Looting 6.

## Endgame Tips

Mining in the Deep Dark is highly recommended as ores spawn with a significantly increased frequency there. Players gradually take damage when in darkness in the Deep Dark, but the effect is often relatively negligible considering the benefits.

Mining using Hammers grants the most blocks broken, and thus resources gathered, per second, but come with the issue of cluttering the player's inventory with cobblestone and such. Using a Ring of Magnetism together with a Null Charm can be very useful for keeping the inventory clearer so more ore can be collected per trip.