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Hadite Coal is a noxious, sulphurous, foul-stenched ore of the Nether. While not truly a "coal" , it is similar enough to be so named.
The ore itself is native to Netherrack. Due to internal heat, the ore actually glows, though not brightly. Further, when approached, the ore actually spits smoke and embers, making it quite noticeable.
When mined, which requires at least a stone (level 1) pick ax, a block of Hadite Coal Ore drops a chunk of Hadite Coal. These chunks of coal can be quite useful. Due to their density and sulphur content, Hadite Coal chunks burn hotter and much longer than standard coal. This is their primary use. A single piece of Hadite Coal will burn for over ten minutes. It burns a little longer than it takes a full stack of items to smelt in a furnace. (If using an Onyx Furnace, make sure you empty the output queue about half way through, as smelting will stop when the output queue hits a full stack.)
Legitimate versions are posted at CurseForge, at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/akkamaddis-hadite-coal
- HaditeCoal for Minecraft 1.14.4 to 1.16.1 requires SimpleOres and Fusion mods (It's an add-on, so of course it requires the base mods).
- HaditeCoal for Minecraft 1.16.3 and later requires SimpleCoreLib and Fusion, with SimpleOres as an optional dependency. You need a source of tin from some mod to make one of the alloys.
It has also been discovered that Hadite Coal can be used to make two alloys. If combined with an Iron ingot, using gunpowder as a catalyst, it makes Hadite Steel. Hadite Steel looks patinaed and corroded due to the sulfur and other noxious substances However, it is surprisingly durable, and so make good tools. Similarly, it can be combined with Tin, catalyzed with coal or charcoal, creating Gestankenzinn. Gestankenzinn looks rusty and corroded, but is more durable than Iron.
Hadite Steel: Iron + Hadite Coal : (LC only) Gunpowder
Gestankenzinn: Tin + Hadite Coal : (LC only) Coal / Charcoal
These recipes create large chunks, which are smelted into ingots. Tool recipes are standard. The materials are not suitable for armor, given that they reek of foul stenches, and similarly the hoes make stunted crops.
Nine pieces of Hadite Coal can also make a Hadite Coal storage block. The storage block glows from internal heat brighter than the ore block, but it is not bright enough to be good prevention against mob spawning (pre-1.18.1). The heat of the storage block makes wisps of flame float around it. The coal block burns for about as long as ten chunks of Hadite Coal, meaning it will burn in a furnace for well over an hour. (New) It can also be used as a permanent fire source, like netherrack, if ignited with flint & steel.
In addition to being an excellent fuel, it is used in some recipes. Burning so well, one chunk of Hadite coal will make far more torches than a regular piece of coal. The (shaped) recipe below shows that one piece of Hadite Coal surrounded by eight sticks makes an entire stack of torches.
Further, due to the content of sulphur, Hadite Coal can be used in the Fusion Furnace to make gunpowder. If fused with a piece of flint, with a piece of regular coal or charcoal as a catalyst, it will make one pile of gunpowder.
This add-ons was originally coded by akkamaddi, for AleXndrTheGr8st's Simple Ores 2. akkamaddi could no longer maintain his code, and made it available to anyone who wanted to continue updating it. (Permission posts here and here.)
akkamaddi's original post that introduced the Additions is here. More or less complete documentation of the 1.7.10 versions is in my post here. The older versions, compatible with Simple Ores2 1.4.3, work with Forge build 1230. The newer versions, compatible with Simple Ores2 1.5.2+, require Forge build 1291 or later.
Later, Sinhika ported this mod to 1.12.2, 1.15.2, 1.16.5, 1.18.x (and later, hopefully)
Note on licensing: akkamaddi originally released the source of all his add-ons with a simple attribution requirement:
All I ask it some degree of attribution if you use my code. -- akkamaddi
However, I am adding a great deal of my own work and code in porting this mod, and I am re-licensing the derived work under the GNU LGPL, which does include an attribution requirement, so it is compatible with akkamaddi's requirement.