Stone Quarry

Overview

The Stone Quarry mod overhauls stone collection and processing. Instead of mining individual blocks, you extract large stone slabs from the earth using plugs and a hammer, then process those slabs into building materials using specialized chisels. A rubble storage system handles crushing and material conversion.

The mod requires CommonLib as a dependency. All settings are adjustable at runtime via /cl config stonequarry.

What You Can Do

• Quarry stone slabs from the world using plugs and a hammer
• Cut slabs into rock blocks, stones, bricks, or polished rock
• Use rubble storage to crush stones into gravel, gravel into sand
• Produce muddy gravel without traveling to lakes
• Store and transport stone materials efficiently

Quarrying Stone Slabs

Quarrying is the process of extracting large stone slabs from natural stone in the world. This is much more efficient than mining block-by-block.

Step-by-Step Quarrying

1. Craft plugs from metal (copper, bronze, iron, or steel) at the smithing anvil.
2. Find an exposed stone face in the world. Clear away soil or gravel to expose the rock.
3. With plugs in your active hand, right-click on a face of the stone block to place a plug.
4. Place plugs along the outline of the area you want to extract. You need plugs on at least two opposing faces.
5. Equip a hammer and left-click the placed plugs repeatedly to hammer them in.
6. Continue hammering until the stone fractures and a slab drops.
7. Pick up the slab. Its size depends on the plug material tier and how many blocks the plug covered.

Plug Placement Tips

Plugs must be placed on exposed stone faces. The more plugs you place along the fracture line, the cleaner and faster the break. Work systematically from one end of your quarry to the other for the best results.

Plugs can be placed on shelves for storage and do not break by default, making them a long-term investment. Server admins can enable plug durability and break chance via config if desired.

Plugs & Materials

Plug material determines the maximum volume of stone you can extract in a single quarry operation. Higher-tier metals allow larger slabs.

Crafting Plugs

Plugs are smithed on the anvil from their respective metal ingots, similar to other tools. You get multiple plugs per ingot. Once crafted, plugs last indefinitely unless the server has enabled plug durability.

Stone Cutting Guide

Once you have stone slabs, you process them into building materials using four specialized chisels. Each chisel produces a different output. You must hold a hammer in your off-hand while using chisels.

Step-by-Step Stone Cutting

1. Place a stone slab on the ground (right-click to place it as a block).
2. Equip the desired chisel in your main hand and a hammer in your off-hand.
3. Right-click the placed slab repeatedly to chip away at it.
4. The slab will gradually break down, dropping the output material for that chisel type.
5. Continue until the slab is fully consumed.

Chisel Crafting

All four chisel types are smithed on the anvil from metal ingots. They follow the same material progression as vanilla tools (copper through steel), with higher tiers having more durability.

Stone Splitting Guide

Stone splitting is the process of breaking slabs down into smaller pieces using the rubble hammer. This is faster but less material- efficient than using chisels.

Using the Rubble Hammer

1. Place a stone slab on the ground.
2. Equip a rubble hammer (or regular hammer, depending on server config).
3. Left-click the slab to smash it.
4. The slab breaks into 2-3 loose stones per block of slab.
5. Collect the dropped stones.

The rubble hammer is the simplest tool for processing slabs but gives you raw stones rather than shaped building materials. This is ideal when you need stones for crafting or want to feed them into rubble storage for gravel/sand production.

Splitting vs Cutting

Rubble Storage Guide

Rubble storage is a multi-purpose block that stores, crushes, and converts stone materials. It eliminates the need to travel to lakes for muddy gravel and provides a convenient way to manage bulk stone resources.

Capacity

Each rubble storage block holds up to 512 total units (configurable), combining any mix of stones, gravel, and sand. Materials are stored by type and can be inserted or extracted freely.

Operations

Step-by-Step Rubble Storage Usage

1. Craft a rubble storage block and place it in the world.
2. Right-click to open the interface.
3. Insert stones, gravel, or sand into the storage slots.
4. Use the interaction buttons to crush stones into gravel, or gravel into sand.
5. To make muddy gravel: ensure gravel is in storage, then add a water bucket via the interface.
6. Extract processed materials by clicking the output slots.

Material Chain

Tools Reference

All Stone Quarry tools are smithed on the anvil.

Configuration

All settings can be adjusted at runtime by admins using /cl config stonequarry [setting] [value].