Compressed Ores

Compressed Ores

Compressed Ores are new ore blocks added by Ultimate Compression that generate naturally in the world. They are rarer than their vanilla counterparts and drop more experience when mined.

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Overworld Ores

These generate in the Overworld with a deepslate appearance and sound.

Ore	XP Dropped	Tool Required
Compressed Coal Ore	0–2	Pickaxe
Compressed Iron Ore	— (drops block)	Pickaxe
Compressed Gold Ore	— (drops block)	Pickaxe
Compressed Copper Ore	— (drops block)	Pickaxe
Compressed Diamond Ore	9–21	Iron Pickaxe+
Compressed Emerald Ore	9–21	Iron Pickaxe+
Compressed Lapis Ore	6–15	Pickaxe
Compressed Redstone Ore	3–15	Pickaxe

Nether Ores

These generate in the Nether with a netherrack appearance and sound.

Ore	XP Dropped	Tool Required
Compressed Nether Quartz Ore	2–5	Pickaxe
Compressed Nether Gold Ore	1–2	Pickaxe

Block Properties

Property	Overworld Ores	Nether Ores
Hardness	4.5	3.0
Blast Resistance	3.0	3.0
Requires correct tool	✅	✅

Smelting

Iron, Gold, and Copper compressed ores drop themselves (like deepslate ores) and can be smelted into their respective compressed ingots.