Astral Foundations

Astral Foundations is a vanilla-friendly mod that adds a copper equipment tier and three new
metals mined from meteorite ore. It fills the stretch between iron and diamond with gear that's
actually worth chasing, while keeping the pacing and feel of vanilla progression.

⛏️ Copper gear

A full copper set you can craft as soon as you have a few ingots: pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe, sword,
and the four armor pieces. Want the weathered look? Every piece has an oxidized variant, crafted
from oxidized copper ingots. Those are made from a fully oxidized copper block into nine oxidized copper ingots.

☄️ Meteoric iron

Meteorite ore spawns deep underground, with a deepslate version further down. Mine it, smelt the raw
chunks into meteoric ingots, and forge a pickaxe, axe, shovel, or sword. Meteoric tools last longer
than iron and take more punishment, though they won't mine any faster. Craft nine ingots into a meteoric block.

🌌 Void steel

The combat metal. Drop a meteoric ingot and an eye of ender on a smithing table to forge void steel,
then turn it into a sword, an axe, or a dagger. It trades durability for raw damage, and the dagger
swings fast for quick, lighter hits.

🌠 Starfall alloy

The armor payoff. Combine a meteoric ingot with a diamond on a smithing table for starfall alloy,
which carries an animated ingot texture. Craft the full set: helmet, chestplate, leggings, and boots.

Neither alloy needs a smithing template.

⚠️ Redistribution

Astral Foundations is only published on Modrinth and CurseForge. Please don't reupload it or
download it from anywhere else. All rights reserved.

Screenshots below.

The full set: copper and oxidized copper gear, meteoric tools, void steel weapons, and starfall alloy armor.

Copper, oxidized copper, and starfall alloy armor as worn.

Meteorite ore generates deep underground, with a deepslate variant further down.

Both alloys are forged at a smithing table, no template needed: meteoric ingot + eye of ender for void steel, meteoric ingot + diamond for starfall alloy.