Coalspike Barrens

Quickstart

1. Create or load a world with the mod installed.
2. Explore the Overworld until you find the Coalspike Barrens biome — a bleak, stone-covered landscape bristling with jagged spikes.
3. Bring food, wood, torches, and a pickaxe before you go; the biome has no trees, crops, or passive animals.
4. Mine the exposed stone surface and the spike formations for huge amounts of coal ore and deepslate coal ore. Keep an eye out for rare solid Blocks of Coal or Raw Copper Blocks embedded in the terrain as lucky ore replacements.
5. Watch your footing — dramatic open pits drop into the ground without warning.

Overview

Coalspike Barrens adds a single, hostile new Overworld biome made entirely of bare stone. The surface is stripped of all soil, grass, and vegetation, replaced by solid stone that continues deep underground. Towering cobblestone and stone spikes — some reaching nearly 30 blocks into the air — erupt from the ground alongside dramatic open pits. It is one of the richest coal biomes in the Overworld, but its unforgiving terrain demands preparation.

What It Adds

Abilities And Mechanics

Stone Spikes

The biome's defining visual feature is its spike formations. There are two main sizes:

• Giant towers — rarer formations up to ~30 blocks tall with a wide tapered base.
• Short multi-block spikes — more common, ranging from about 5 to 11 blocks tall.

Every spike column is anchored to the nearest solid ground below it, so spikes remain visually connected even across slopes and over pits. Single-block pillars do not appear. Pits occur occasionally and may be surrounded by both large and small spikes of their own.

Ore Generation

The surface and near-subsurface consist of solid stone, providing a generous host for ore generation:

• Coal ore spawns in notably large veins, including deepslate coal ore at lower elevations.
• Copper ore spawns at standard vanilla rates underground.

Bonus Ore Blocks

When any coal ore or copper ore placement is generated, there is roughly a 1-in-125 (~0.8%) chance that the ore is replaced by its bulk block form instead:

These bonus blocks appear embedded directly in the terrain and can be mined like any other block. A Block of Coal yields 9 coal when crafted back in a crafting table; a Raw Copper Block yields 9 raw copper.

No Natural Sustenance

The Coalspike Barrens spawns no passive animals, no crops, no grass, and no trees. Players cannot forage or farm on-site. Hostile mobs still spawn at night on the stone surface and inside the pits.

Progression And Strategy

• Prepare before you arrive. Pack a full supply of food, wood for tools and torches, and armour. You cannot resupply inside the biome.
• Coal first. The biome is exceptional for coal farming — fuel, torches, and trading stock can all be stocked up quickly with a good pickaxe.
• Watch for bonus blocks. Blocks of Coal and Raw Copper Blocks are rare but highly visible if you know what to look for; each one is worth pausing to mine.
• Use the pits carefully. Pits give natural access to deeper stone layers and ore without digging, but falls are deadly. Bring a water bucket or feather falling boots.
• Spike-top vantage points. Climbing a giant tower gives a broad view of the surrounding terrain, making it easier to spot pit edges and plan a safe route.
• Set up a base nearby. Because the biome offers no wood or food, establishing a camp at the biome's edge in a neighbouring forested biome lets you make repeated mining runs safely.