Uranium Ore
alaindustrial:uranium_ore
Summary
Uranium is the mod's rarest metal, reserved for the nuclear track (RTG, reactor, enrichment). Its ore spawns in tiny veins at the very bottom of the world, and unlike the other ores it needs an iron pickaxe or better — wood, gold and stone drop nothing.
Mini-example: same two processing routes as tin — furnace for 1 ingot per ore, Macerator for 2. But uranium is roughly seven times rarer than diamond, so each block and each raw drop matters; macerate, don't furnace.
There is no vanilla uranium, so the ingot is a mod item. Uranium is not sitting idle: its dust goes into the enriched uranium torch, the ingot is part of the teleporter's recipe, and the incubator spends the ingot as an irradiation charge during mutations (one ingot covers three attempts, leaving behind depleted uranium). The full nuclear branch (enrichment, RTG, reactor) will be added later.
| Form | How you get it |
|---|---|
| Ore (stone / deepslate) | mined in the world; pickaxe drops raw, Silk Touch gives the block |
| Raw | the pickaxe drop from the ore; smelts into an ingot |
| Dust | a block of ore (or the raw) grinds into 2 dust; an ingot grinds into 1 |
| Ingot | smelting the raw, the ore, or the dust |
Where to find it
Uranium sits at the very bottom of the world, in tiny veins, about seven times rarer than diamond. Bring an iron pickaxe (or better) — anything weaker drops nothing.
Block Properties
Unlike the mod's other ores, uranium needs an iron pickaxe or better — wood, gold and stone pickaxes drop nothing. Otherwise it behaves like a vanilla ore: the drop scales with Fortune, and Silk Touch yields the ore block itself.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Tool | iron pickaxe or better (wood/gold/stone drop nothing) |
| Drop | raw uranium ×1 (Fortune multiplies; Silk Touch → the block) |
Recipes (processing)
Two routes out of one vein. Furnace route (no machines): smelt the raw (or the ore) into an ingot — 1 ingot per ore. Macerator route (doubling): grind a block of ore (or the raw) into 2 dust, then smelt each dust into an ingot — 2 ingots per ore. Re-processing a finished ingot grinds back down to 1 dust (no doubling). The doubling only applies to the whole ore block (or raw).
Progression
Uranium is reserved for the nuclear track — enrichment, RTG, reactor — which arrives in later phases. But even now it has consumers: the dust goes into the Enriched Uranium Torch, the ingot is part of the Teleporter recipe, and the Incubator spends the ingot as an irradiation charge during mutations (one ingot — three attempts, leaving depleted uranium). A spare ingot can also be sold to the industrialist villager for emeralds.
Related
Enriched Uranium Torch — a use for uranium dust. Teleporter — its recipe takes a uranium ingot. Incubator — spends the ingot as an irradiation charge. Tin — the structural sample for an ore material (same processing). Macerator — unlocks the doubled-yield route. Silver, Nickel — the mod's other rare metals.
Used in
Blasting
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Uranium Ingot
Smelting (Furnace)
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Uranium Ingot