The Ing Ore
Author's Guide to one of the weirdest minerals in Minecraft
Author's Guide to one of the weirdest minerals in Minecraft
The Ing Ore has the most unique spawning conditions of any ore, including modded ones. Unlike other ores, the Ing Ore spawns in Cave Air. Go in any cave and find Ing floating around, but it's just as rare as emerald, so keep an eye out and get your towering blocks ready!
Since the Ing Ore spawns in the air, you might need to tower up to get it. The Ing Ore requires an Iron Pickaxe to be mined correctly, or else it will drop nothing. Beware, though, as the ores can update, causing them to fall like overhead gravel. Try placing blocks under them to catch them, then safely mine them. This also means you can obtain the ore itself quite easily by letting it fall on slabs or torches.
Upon the block being mined, it can drop around 2-4 Ing Nuggets or a Gold or Iron Nugget if you're lucky. These drops are affected by Fortune.
After collecting 9 Ing Nuggets, you can finally craft an Ingot.
You can consider Ing to be at the same tier as Diamond, however it's hard to consider it a tier because you can't craft your standard armor and tools with Ing; it's very specific on what you CAN craft with it.
Ing - 9 Ing Nuggets
Ing Carrot - 8 Ing Nuggets & 1 Carrot
Ing Door - 6 Ing
Ing Nuggets (9) - 1 Ing
Ing Shears - 2 Ing
Ing Trapdoor - 6 Ing