Ore veins on CarbonNetwork Skyblock
An ore vein on CarbonNetwork’s Skyblock server is a block that never runs out and shifts between stone and ores. How it works and how to upgrade it.
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An ore vein is a block that never runs out. It shifts on its own between stone and different ores. Mine it when it's showing something good.
/veins every vein on your island
Also Escape → Skyblock → Island → Veins.
How a vein works
- Every few minutes it shifts to a new state: stone, coal, copper, iron, and now and then gold, lapis, redstone, diamond or emerald. Rarer ores don't last long.
- Mine it and you get that ore's normal drops. Then it cools (it turns to cobbled deepslate for a few seconds and can't be mined) and picks a new state.
- Now and then it surges: several ores in a row, with no stone in between.
- When it turns diamond or better, everyone on the island who's online is told, with how long it will stay.
- It needs the right pickaxe, the same as the ore does in vanilla. Diamond needs iron or better.
A hologram above it shows its state and how long it has left.
Placing one
Every new island gets a Tier I vein. More come from the barge.
Place it like a block, on your island. It needs a block under it and at least one open side.
How many you can place depends on Vein slots in /is upgrade.
A Miner Minion facing a vein mines it for you.
Upgrades
Right-click a vein with an empty hand to open it. Upgrades cost money and ore from your inventory.
| Upgrade | Levels | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | I–V | better odds of rare ores, and more surges |
| Regen | 0–III | cools faster: 30 s → 20 s → 12 s → 6 s |
| Fortune | 0–III | more drops per break |
| Stability | 0–III | ores stay longer before shifting (up to 2.5×) |
Odds shows this tier's chances next to the next tier's.
| Tier | Cost |
|---|---|
| II | $1,500 + 32 iron ingots |
| III | $6,000 + 64 iron ingots + 16 gold ingots |
| IV | $20,000 + 32 gold ingots + 8 diamonds |
| V | $60,000 + 32 diamonds + 8 emeralds |
Regen costs redstone, Fortune costs lapis (and emeralds), Stability costs gold ingots. The menu shows each price.
Picking it up
Pick up in the vein menu (shift-click) puts it back in your inventory, upgrades and all. Only the island owner or whoever placed it can.
Visitors can't open or mine your veins. Anyone on the team can.