Deep Core Mining

🌍 Deep Core Mining – Balanced Planetary Ores

This mod overhauls planetary ore generation in Space Engineers, improving survival gameplay without breaking the vanilla layering structure.

✅ Features

• Vanilla layer structure untouched
• 📏 Only adjusts ore start depth and horizontal thickness
• 🌌 Adds Uranium to Alien planet (very deep placement)
• 💠 Surface ore access for Iron, Nickel, Silicon (similar to Vanilla)
• 🪓 Balanced ore spread from early to late game
• 🔩 Platinum preserved on Moon, Europa, Titan
• ⚒ Works with most visual and voxel mods

📊 Ore Distribution Overview

<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Ore Type</th> <th>Start Depth Range (m)</th> <th>Thickness Range (m)</th> <th>Planets</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Iron (S)</td> <td>25 - 750 (1000 on Triton, Pertam)</td> <td>10 - 75 (100 on Triton)</td> <td>All Planets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nickel (S)</td> <td>25 - 750 (1000 on Triton, Pertam)</td> <td>10 - 75 (100 on Triton, Pertam)</td> <td>All Planets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Silicon (S)</td> <td>25 - 750 (1000 on Triton, Pertam)</td> <td>10 - 75 (100 on Triton)</td> <td>All Planets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cobalt (S)</td> <td>30 - 750</td> <td>3 - 50</td> <td>All Planets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Silver</td> <td>50 - 750</td> <td>5 - 50</td> <td>All Planets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gold</td> <td>100 - 1000</td> <td>1 - 50</td> <td>All Planets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Magnesium</td> <td>50 - 750</td> <td>5 - 50</td> <td>All Planets</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ice</td> <td>50 - 750</td> <td>5 - 50</td> <td>All Planets except Alien</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Platinum</td> <td>100 - 1000</td> <td>5 - 50</td> <td>Moon, Europa, Titan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Uranium</td> <td>1000 | 2000 | 3000</td> <td>20 | 25 | 75</td> <td>Alien Only</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

ℹ️ Start Depth = vertical position underground
ℹ️ Thickness = horizontal spread of the ore vein
ℹ️ (S) Surface ores have not been removed (Earthlike, Mars, Moon, Triton and Pertam - Start Depth and Thickness: 5m)
ℹ️ (S ) Pertam has Cobalt as additional surface ore similar to Vanilla
ℹ️ Uranium is exclusive to Alien and buried extremely deep. You'll need to commit to serious excavation and logistics for nuclear energy.

🛠 Compatibility

• ✅ Works with all vanilla planets
• ✅ Compatible with visual/texture/skybox mods
• ✅ Fully compatible with existing worlds; however, previously mined ore deposits may exhibit unexpected behavior
• ❌ Incompatible with any mod that alters MyPlanetGeneratorDefinition.sbc, Triton.sbc, Pertam.sbc or ore generation
• ❗ Must be loaded first in your mod list to properly override ore distributions from other Mods

⚠️ Important Notes

• This mod does not modify:
  • EarthLike Tutorial
  • Mars Tutorial
  • Moon Tutorial
• Only vanilla ore types are supported (no exotic modded ores)
• Designed for survival-friendly, predictable, and rewarding mining

💬 Feedback

Want changes to depth scaling or ore rarity? Post your ideas in the Workshop discussions.

🛠 Survive smart. Mine deep. Advance naturally.

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