A WIP: Panning Overhaul is being developed for use on a Wilderlands community server, and aims to balance how panning works in the game by doing the following:

• Removes the ability to pan sand.
• Nerfs most of the panning drops from normal gravel.
• Adds a new resource: Rich Gravel, from which players have a decent chance to extract some basic metal nugets and minerals.

Rich gravel spawns as a surface deposit in gravel biomes. It can be a bit hard to find in some rock strata, but is designated by displaying a sprinkling of muted, colorful pixels to designate the presence of other minerals.

Panning Overhaul does not tweak anything with regard to bony soil.

Purpose of the mod is to primarily and effectively reduce the amount of ore accessible via panning. If you take into consideration the amount of gravel and sand in the world, the amount of ore available via panning is wildy unbalanced. This mod aims to mitigate the availability of ores and minerals via panning, and make panning for ores and such more of a process that requires exploring and seeking out the right medium to pan.

For a proper challenge, I recommend using WIlderlands Panning Overhaul while also disabling all surface copper and tin deposits and using a mod such as Rare Dense Ores.

Compatible with Geology Addons.

Note: Keep in mind when considering this mod that my mod projects are intended to create immersive challenges in the game, and are not designed to make things easier or simpler. Often quite the opposite.