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Created:

Jul 19th at 5:57 PM

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Jul 19th at 6:02 PM

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769

Latest release (for Vintage Story 1.22.3, potentially outdated):
orewhisper_1.0.0.zip  1-click install

A subtle sixth sense for your Prospecting Pick.

⚠ 100% client-side.

Ore Whisper is a lightweight, client-side-only mod that adds a small visual hint to the vanilla Prospecting Pick. Whenever you actually break a block with the pick, a faint particle trail drifts off of you toward the nearest ore within range — just a direction, not an X-ray. No new items, no crafting, no server changes required.

Features

• 100% client-side — nothing to install on the server. Works in singleplayer and on any multiplayer server, modded or vanilla.
• Direction, not location — the trail points the way, it doesn't travel all the way to the ore or reveal the exact block. You still have to dig.
• Uses the vanilla Prospecting Pick — no new tools to craft, nothing to unlock. It just enhances the tool you already have.
• Configurable — scan radius, particle count, trail speed, and lifetime are all editable in a config file, no recompiling needed.

How it works

Break a block with the Prospecting Pick as normal (reading node/density info works the same as vanilla). If there's an ore block within the scan radius, a short gold-green particle trail emits from you, pointing in its direction.

Installation

1. Download the mod file.
2. Drop it into your Mods folder:
   • Windows: %AppData%\VintagestoryData\Mods
   • Linux: ~/.config/VintagestoryData/Mods
   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/VintagestoryData/Mods
3. Launch the game — no other setup needed.

This mod is entirely client-side: only install it in your own Mods folder.

Configuration

After first launching with the mod installed, a config file is created at ModConfig/orewhisper.json:

{
  "ScanRadius": 10,
  "ScanIntervalMs": 600,
  "MinParticles": 6,
  "MaxParticles": 12,
  "TrailSpeed": 1.5,
  "TrailLifeSeconds": 0.8
}

Setting	Description
ScanRadius	How far around the broken block to search for ore, in blocks.
ScanIntervalMs	Minimum time between two triggers, in milliseconds.
MinParticles / MaxParticles	How many particles spawn per trail.
TrailSpeed	How fast the particles travel.
TrailLifeSeconds	How long the trail lasts before fading.

Compatibility

• Requires Vintage Story 1.22.3 or later.
• Client-side only — no server component exists at all; safe to use on any server, modded or vanilla, with zero server-side installation.
• Uses Harmony to patch the vanilla Prospecting Pick's block-breaking behavior; may conflict with other mods that patch the same method.

Notes

This is a visual aid, not a replacement for the vanilla density/node reading — it works alongside it, not instead of it.