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'''This page is an overview page over the ores found in [[Games/Minetest Game|Minetest Game]].''' It is accurate for version 5.1.0. Later versions may differ!

== General facts ==

All ores are generated by replacing [[stone]] at a certain [[Coordinates|height]] and always are formed in clusters.

=== Underground ores ===
The underground ore generation is simple: The deeper you get, the more you find. Ores generate at a height of Y = 64 or lower, starting with [[Coal Ore|coal ore]] and becoming more and more valuable as you go deeper. At a height of Y = -4096 or lower, all ores can be found at their peak probability. Ores are generated in 2 variants: small cluster and big cluster. The small cluster variant has clusters with a few ores and is usually less likely to appear and is found in the underground at a higher height. The big cluster variant has usually more ores per cluster and is more likely to appear, but found deeper.

=== Sky ores ===
All ores can also be generated in large numbers at Y=1025 or ''above'' (i.e. high in the skies), as long there is stone. Unlike the underground ore generation ores will not gradually become more common as you go higher because they are common at Y=1025 or above already.

Note that ores still require stone to be generated at all. This means you won't find any ores in the [[Map Generator|map generators]] v5, v6, v7, valleys and flat at default settings because no stone is generated so high. But if you use custom map generator settings (most notably, the v7's floatlands), a custom modded map generator or the fractals map generator which generates stone at these extreme heights, you can find plenty of all ores at this height.

=== Ore-free zone ===
No ores are generated between Y = 65 and Y = 1024 inclusive.

== Ores overview ==

=== Default ore distribution ===
This is the ore distribution for all mapgens except v6, as of version 5.1.0:

{| class="wikitable"
!
! Ore type
!
! Drops
!
! Weakest required [[Tool|tool]]
! Ores in cluster<ref name="cluster">This is the typical number of ores. It can be smaller if other structures (like dungeons) generate inside near ores and destroy them. It can be seemingly larger if two clusters generate close to each other</ref>
! Small at Y ≤
! Big at Y ≤
! Sky at Y ≥
! Small chance<ref name="small">Chance for any given node to turn into this ore (small cluster). This number was calculated with the <code>ore_info</code> mod</ref>
! Big chance<ref name="big">Chance for any given node to turn into this ore (big cluster). This number was calculated with the <code>ore_info</code> mod</ref>
|-
| [[File:Coal_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Coal Ore]]
| [[File:Coal.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Coal Lump]]
| [[File:Woodpick.png | 32px]] || Wooden [[Pickaxe]]
| 8-30
| align="right" | 64
| align="right" | 0
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.59%
| align="right" | 0.41%
|-
| [[File:Copper_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Copper Ore]]
| [[File:Copper_lump.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Copper Lump]]
| [[File:Stonepick.png | 32px]] || Stone [[Pickaxe]]
| 4-5
| align="right" | −64
| align="right" | −128
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.14%
| align="right" | 0.41%
|-
| [[File:Tin_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Tin Ore]]
| [[File:Tin_Lump.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Tin Lump]]
| [[File:Stonepick.png | 32px]] || Stone [[Pickaxe]]
| 4-5
| align="right" | −64
| align="right" | −128
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.14%
| align="right" | 0.41%
|-
| [[File:Iron_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Iron Ore]]
| [[File:Iron_lump.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Iron Lump]]
| [[File:Stonepick.png | 32px]] || Stone [[Pickaxe]]
| 5-29
| align="right" | −128
| align="right" | −256
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.41%
| align="right" | 0.06%
|-
| [[File:Gold_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Gold Ore]]
| [[File:Gold_lump.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Gold Lump]]
| [[File:Stonepick.png | 32px]] || Stone [[Pickaxe]]
| 3-5
| align="right" | −256
| align="right" | −512
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.06%
| align="right" | 0.03%
|-
| [[File:Mese_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Mese Ore]]
| [[File:Mese_crystal.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Mese Crystal]]
| [[File:Bronzepick.png | 32px]] || Bronze [[Pickaxe]]
| 3-5
| align="right" | −512
| align="right" | −1024
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.03%
| align="right" | 0.11%
|-
| [[File:Diamond_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Diamond Ore]]
| [[File:Diamond.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Diamond]]
| [[File:Bronzepick.png | 32px]] || Bronze [[Pickaxe]]
| 4
| align="right" | −1024
| align="right" | −2048
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.11%
| align="right" | 0.09%
|-
| [[File:mese.png | 32px]] || [[Mese Block]]
| [[File:mese.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Mese Block]]
| [[File:Bronzepick.png | 32px]] || Bronze [[Pickaxe]]
| 3-5
| align="right" | −2048
| align="right" | −4096
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.09%
| align="right" | 0.01%
|-
|}

=== v6 ===
This is ore distributions for the v6 mapgen, as of 5.1.0.

{| class="wikitable"
!
! Ore type
!
! Drops
!
! Weakest required [[Tool|tool]]
! Ores in cluster<ref name="cluster" />
! Small at Y ≤
! Big at Y ≤
! Sky at Y ≥
! Small chance<ref name="small" />
! Big chance<ref name="big" />
|-
| [[File:Coal_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Coal Ore]]
| [[File:Coal.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Coal Lump]]
| [[File:Woodpick.png | 32px]] || Wooden [[Pickaxe]]
| 8-27
| align="right" | 64
| align="right" | 0
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.59%
| align="right" | 0.12%
|-
| [[File:Iron_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Iron Ore]]
| [[File:Iron_lump.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Iron Lump]]
| [[File:Stonepick.png | 32px]] || Stone [[Pickaxe]]
| 5-27
| align="right" | 0
| align="right" | −64
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.12%
| align="right" | 0.41%
|-
| [[File:Copper_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Copper Ore]]
| [[File:Copper_lump.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Copper Lump]]
| [[File:Stonepick.png | 32px]] || Stone [[Pickaxe]]
| 4-5
| align="right" | −16
| align="right" | −64
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.17%
| align="right" | 0.41%
|-
| [[File:Tin_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Tin Ore]]
| [[File:Tin_Lump.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Tin Lump]]
| [[File:Stonepick.png | 32px]] || Stone [[Pickaxe]]
| 4-5
| align="right" | −32
| align="right" | −128
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.14%
| align="right" | 0.06%
|-
| [[File:Gold_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Gold Ore]]
| [[File:Gold_lump.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Gold Lump]]
| [[File:Stonepick.png | 32px]] || Stone [[Pickaxe]]
| 3-5
| align="right" | −64
| align="right" | −256
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.41%
| align="right" | 0.11%
|-
| [[File:Mese_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Mese Ore]]
| [[File:Mese_crystal.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Mese Crystal]]
| [[File:Bronzepick.png | 32px]] || Bronze [[Pickaxe]]
| 3-5
| align="right" | −64
| align="right" | −256
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.41%
| align="right" | 0.11%
|-
| [[File:Diamond_ore.png | 32px]] || [[Diamond Ore]]
| [[File:Diamond.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Diamond]]
| [[File:Bronzepick.png | 32px]] || Bronze [[Pickaxe]]
| 4
| align="right" | −128
| align="right" | −256
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | 0.06%
| align="right" | 0.11%
|-
| [[File:mese.png | 32px]] || [[Mese Block]]
| [[File:mese.png | 32px]] || 1 [[Mese Block]]
| [[File:Bronzepick.png | 32px]] || Bronze [[Pickaxe]]
| 3
| align="right" | −1024
| align="right" | ''nowhere''
| align="right" | 1025
| align="right" | < 0.01%
| align="right" | 0%
|-
|}

<references />
[[Category:Ores]]

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