Zinc Ore

Zinc Ore is a mineral block found underground. It can be processed into Zinc Ingots.

Obtaining

Breaking

Zinc ore must be mined with an iron pickaxe or higher, or else it drops nothing. Zinc ore always drops itself, regardless of whether the player used Silk Touch.

Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time
Default	15
Wooden	7.5
Stone	3.75
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	1.25

Natural Generation

Zinc Ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of Blobs.

It can be found between levels 0-80, and is most common around level 30.

Usage

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting Recipe
Zinc Ingot	Zinc Ore

Bulk Blasting

Name	Ingredients	Bulk Blasting Recipe
Zinc Ingot	Zinc Ore

Crushing

Name	Ingredients	Crushing Recipe
Crushed Zinc Ore	Zinc Ore	nil 30% 12%

Milling

Name	Ingredients	Milling Recipe
Crushed Zinc Ore	Zinc Ore

Trivia

• By far the most effective way to process Zinc ore is first use a pair of Crushing Wheels, by doing this you can have an extra 30% chance to get 2 more crushed Zinc instead of the usual 1, then use Bulk Washing on the Crushed Zinc to get 10 Zinc Nuggets per Crushed Zinc and a chance to get 5 more Nuggets, then craft the nuggets into ingots with Auto Packing or crafting.