--- title: Hytale Modding Tutorial #9: Custom Ore Generation (World... description: A step-by-step walkthrough for adding custom ore generation to Hytale using World Gen V1 via a community-built plugin. The tutorial covers downloading and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2bap2xgqw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hytale Modding Tutorial #9: Custom Ore Generation (World Gen V1) | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step walkthrough for adding custom ore generation to Hytale using World Gen V1 via a community-built plugin. The tutorial covers downloading and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2bap2xgqw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2bap2Xgqw.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hytale Modding Tutorial #9: Custom Ore Generation (World Gen V1) **[Hytale Modding](https://daily.dev/sources/hytalemodding)** · [@barion](https://daily.dev/barion) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step walkthrough for adding custom ore generation to Hytale using World Gen V1 via a community-built plugin. The tutorial covers downloading and installing the custom ore plugin as a dependency, creating the required JSON configuration files (cave modifications and zone data placement files) through the asset editor, defining which zones ores spawn in, configuring block masks and node structures, and live-reloading world generation to test changes. It also demonstrates extending ore spawning across multiple zones (zone 1 and zone 2) with zone-specific placement and block mask adjustments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Get This Advanced Minecraft & Hytale World Exporter](https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-advanced-minecraft-hytale-world-exporter-mbeavj9l0) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Research Update: WorldGen — Text to Immersive 3D Worlds](https://daily.dev/posts/research-update-worldgen-text-to-immersive-3d-worlds-tjj0l3ppq) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/2bap2xgqw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/2bap2xgqw","headline":"Hytale Modding Tutorial #9: Custom Ore Generation (World Gen V1)","text":"Shared: Hytale Modding Tutorial #9: Custom Ore Generation (World Gen V1)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2bap2xgqw","datePublished":"2026-02-24T15:53:29.606Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:54:04.900Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Barion","url":"https://daily.dev/barion","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76686287?v=4","description":"Creating professional .NET Apps, Unity Games and Minecraft Mods.","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Solid AI","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ASl-Tjzy--/f_auto/v1765182644/companies/solidai"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":10935}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZrL_HSsR--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2006","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/bWjJqS0oc"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/hytalemodding","name":"Hytale Modding"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hytale Modding","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/hytalemodding"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hytale Modding Tutorial #9: Custom Ore Generation (World Gen V1)"}]} ```