Small Minerals

[PaoloEmilio 53]

Everyone knows the small ores. They are obtained via sluicing and breaking loose rocks. Why not do the same with minerals? Here is my idea. -Small Cinnabar and Small Cryolite: They give 1 piece of redstone dust, while their normal counterparts already give 8.-Small Bituminous Coal and Small Lignite: They give pieces of small coal, that does the same as coal/charcoal, but heats less in a forge and can't be used in bloomery/blast furnace as they are mineral source.-Small Borax: Gives 3 flux when broken with hammer.-Small Graphite: Gives 1 Graphite powder, make normal graphite give 4 powders.-Small Kaolinite: Gives 1 Kaolinite powder, make normal kaolinite give 4 powders.-Small Kimberlite: Won't give the mineral itself, just like small lignite and small bituminous coal, it will give a lot of chipped/flawed diamonds. (Won't get to normal or forth).-Lapis Lazuli: Gives 1 lapis dye. (Do this with the already existing small hematite, small limonite and small malachite, and also increase the spawn rates of malachite)-Small saltpeter: It gives instead reduced saltpeter powder, crafted in four, it gives normal powder.-Small sulphur: It gives reduced sulphur powder, crafted in four, gives normal powder. Same with the useless minerals, considering I don't know hows the coming fertilizer crafted, I won't tell what to do there, but leave that to the devs. But what about an organic fertilizer? No need to add manure/feces! Use peat mixed with dirt and possibly raw meat/bone meal, straw or other vegetal byproducts/remains. That way we got an organic alternative to the fertilizer. To fertilize my greenbean crops IRL, I use grinded egg, shell, maybe you can add egg shell as a byproduct from cooking eggs (once that fucking bug is fixed, and hens once again lay eggs). Grind it in a mortar with a pestle, and there is an alcaline fertilizer.

 

Hope you liked!

-Paolo the Adventurer

[Kaygee12 1]

I thought the reason we don't see the minerals on the surface is because they are supposed to spawn deep in the earth. If they change where they spawn relative to the surface, I am all on board with your first suggestion as this will also give us a good place to start a mine from the surface to find these minerals. Plus early redstone is good redstone.

 

They will not be adding Manure or feces to TFC, this goes against the goal of being family friendly. 

[PaoloEmilio 53]

They will not be adding Manure or feces to TFC, this goes against the goal of being family friendly. 

 

You didn't understand right. That is an alternative organic fertilizer that does not use manure. Peat with dirt and plant remains make a good natural fertilizer that shoudn't smell bad. Same with grinded egg shells.

[Kaygee12 1]

I misread your sentence, I thought you were saying that they were planning to add feces/manure.