Looking for Ores and Resources mods for Minecraft 1.16.5? MineUniverse ranks 520 of them by downloads, led by Thermal Foundation, Large Ore Deposits and Productive Bees.
Adds exceedingly rare, supermassive ore deposits that make mining worthwhile
Minecraft library mod that provides customizable spawning of ores in Minecraft.
A Fabric-based ore mod which adds new sets of tools, weapons, ores, and sets of armor.
Disable, tweak and add your own ore generation features using JSON for Minecraft Forge - OreTweaker
Resourcefulbees allows pack devs to create a dynamic number of customized bees
Spawns patches of Clay, Sand, and Dirt, within the Deep Dcean layer of boring gravel
Are you tired of mining in nether? If so, this mod is for you! 🪨
A mod that adds miscellaneous metals like Steel, Titanium, etc.
Adds 3 New Variants of Ores to the Nether, Netherrack, Basalt and Blackstone with each having different amount of drops
Adds little rocks, sticks, pinecones, seashells and starfish to your world to make it feel more natural.
Find Diggable Treasures in Rivers which drop valuables on being dug up
Adds many common metals and alloys to Minecraft, such as copper, silver, and steel.
Adds a Better Version of Coal, Found in the Nether
Adds a Variety of New Coal Types to make smelting more Efficient
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Base Metals
Adds many common metals and alloys to Minecraft, such as copper, silver, and steel. updated Oct 8, 2026
Minecraft Mineralogy
A geology-inspired mod for Minecraft that adds various types of real-world rocks. updated Oct 8, 2026
MMD OreSpawn
Minecraft library mod that provides customizable spawning of ores in Minecraft. updated Oct 6, 2026
TreeBreaker
TreeBreaker is a tree-felling mod for Forge, NeoForge, and Fabric. Break one log with any axe type to cut connected logs, branches, and nea… updated Aug 30, 2026
MineX
MineX adds 100 unique pickaxes with custom textures, upgrades, mastery progression, and mining-focused abilities. Discover powerful tools f… updated Aug 19, 2026
TunnelerUpdate
Tuneler is a simple mod that adds an enchantment to make mining easier. updated Jul 26, 2026
AllTheCompressed and MMD OreSpawn round out the top five. None of these 520 mods was updated for 1.16.5 within the past 30 days. The latest updates include Base Metals, Minecraft Mineralogy and TreeBreaker. Altogether, these Ores and Resources mods have more than 482 million downloads.
Released on January 14, 2021, Minecraft 1.16.5 has 86 more Ores and Resources mods than 1.12.2 (434) and 138 more than 1.18.2 (382).
Overall, 3% of the 17,220 mods for 1.16.5 are Ores and Resources mods. Forge has the most mods of any loader for 1.16.5 (404), ahead of Fabric (45) and Quilt (2).
The most downloaded Ores and Resources mods for Minecraft 1.16.5 on MineUniverse are Thermal Foundation, Large Ore Deposits, Productive Bees, AllTheCompressed and MMD OreSpawn.
There are 520 Ores and Resources mods for Minecraft 1.16.5 on MineUniverse. None of these 520 mods was updated for 1.16.5 within the past 30 days. Together they have more than 482 million downloads.
1. Install the mod loader the mod is made for (Forge, Fabric, NeoForge or Quilt) for your Minecraft version. 2. Download the mod file (.jar) that matches your Minecraft and loader version. 3. Put the .jar into the mods folder of your Minecraft directory (.minecraft/mods). 4. Start Minecraft with the loader profile selected in the launcher.
Forge leads with 404 mods, followed by Fabric (45) and Quilt (2).
Yes. All 520 Ores and Resources mods for Minecraft 1.16.5 on MineUniverse are free to download.
