Silent's Gems guide for All the Mods 10 3.0 to 3.2

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

Silent's Gems is the mod for colorful gemstones and building blocks. It adds 16 gemstones, and you can craft them into gem blocks, bricks, small bricks, polished, chiseled and smooth gem stones, glass and lamps. The pack includes version 5.1.3.^[1][2]

If you love building, this one is for you. It gives you a lot of new colors to work with, and the gems can also become tools and armor when Silent Gear is installed. Silent Gear is what you need for gem tools and armor, and Silent Lib is required for the mod itself.^[1]

Where the gems come from

The gems are spread across the three vanilla dimensions and overlap a bit, so some Nether and End gems can occasionally turn up in the overworld. The mod lets you configure which gems generate in which dimension and how often, and you can even disable specific gems. I can't confirm from the sources whether the pack changes any of those defaults.^[1]

Black Diamonds spawn somewhat low in the Nether and less often than other gems, so you should find plenty while digging for ancient debris. White Diamonds spawn somewhat low in the End, so you'll need to dig around. Both are strong in all stats but much harder to find.^[1]

Gem roles

If you use the gems for Silent Gear tools and armor, each gem fits a role. Gems are usually stronger in their role's stats, and every gem still has unique traits.^[1]

• Durability: Ruby and Carnelian. They are good for repairs and area-of-effect harvest tools like the hammer and excavator.^[1]
• Speed: Topaz, Citrine and Heliodor. They are good for harvest tools.^[1]
• Damage: Peridot, Moldavite and Rose Quartz. They are good for weapons like swords and bows.^[1]
• Armor: Sapphire, Iolite and Ammolite.^[1]
• All-Rounder: Turquoise, Kyanite, Alexandrite and Black/White Diamond. They are above average in most stats.^[1]

Handy extras

• Gem Bag: collects and stores gems as you mine them, which frees up your inventory. It doesn't apply to ores.^[1]
• Glowrose: a light-emitting flower that spawns naturally. Its light is enough to prevent mob spawns just two blocks away (configurable), and potted glowroses give off much more light than freestanding ones.^[1]
• Flower Basket: works like the Gem Bag, but collects flowers you mine.^[1]
• Summon Kitty and Summon Puppy: spawn a tamed cat or dog, which you can name in an anvil.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't show where Silent's Gems fits in the pack's progression, and no quests involving it were found. Whether Silent Gear is also in the pack, which you need for gem tools and armor, is not confirmed here either.

Silent's Gems is all about colorful gemstones: 16 of them, plus a pile of building blocks you can make from them. Your first job is simply to find gems, then decide what to turn them into.^[1]

Step 1: Find your first gems

The 16 gems are split across the Overworld, the Nether and the End, and each dimension has its own matching gem ore block. Some Nether and End gems can occasionally turn up in the Overworld too, so keep an eye out while you mine.^[1]

Two gems are much rarer than the rest. Black Diamonds spawn fairly low in the Nether, and you'll find plenty while digging for ancient debris. White Diamonds spawn low in the End. Both are notably strong in all stats, so they're worth hunting for later.^[1]

Unverified The mod lets you configure which gems generate in which dimension and how often. This pack's ore generation settings could not be checked, so the spread you actually see may differ.

Step 2: Know what each gem is good for

Silent's Gems doesn't make tools or armor by itself. Those need Silent Gear, where each gem fills a role and is usually stronger in that role's stats. It's still worth knowing the roles early so you know which gems to save.^[1]

• Durability, good for repairs and area-mining tools: Carnelian and Ruby.^[1]
• Speed, good for harvest tools: Citrine, Heliodor and Topaz.^[1]
• Damage, good for weapons: Moldavite, Rose Quartz and Peridot.^[1]
• Armor: Iolite, Ammolite and Sapphire.^[1]
• All-rounders: Kyanite, Alexandrite, Turquoise and Black Diamond or White Diamond.^[1]

Unverified Whether Silent Gear is installed in this pack could not be confirmed from the available sources.

Step 3: Store gems compactly

Once gems start piling up, pack them into gem blocks and uncraft them whenever you need the gems back. Watch out for the recipe names in this pack: the one ending in "_from_block" is the one that makes the block, and the one ending in "_block" turns the block back into gems.^[3]

Alexandrite BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

9 × Alexandrite

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_from_block

Gems into a block. Every gem has a matching recipe.

9× AlexandriteMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Alexandrite Block

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_block

Block back into gems.

Step 4: Start decorating

This is where the mod really shines for builders. Every gem can become bricks, glass and lamps, and each lamp also has an inverted version.^[1][3]

12× Ruby BricksMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone brick	any stone brick	any stone brick
any stone brick	any ruby gem	any stone brick
any stone brick	any stone brick	any stone brick

Recipe id: silentgems:ruby_bricks

12× Ruby GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks
any colorless glass blocks	any ruby gem	any colorless glass blocks
any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks

Recipe id: silentgems:ruby_glass

Ruby LampMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any redstone dust	any glowstone dust	any redstone dust
any glowstone dust	any ruby gem	any glowstone dust
any redstone dust	any glowstone dust	any redstone dust

Recipe id: silentgems:ruby_lamp

Ruby Lamp Inverted OnMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Ruby Lamp
• Redstone Torch

Recipe id: silentgems:ruby_lamp_inverted_on

Inverted lamp

Fun extras

The mod also has a couple of potato items you can craft right away: the Iron Potato, described as the potato that does not compromise, and the Potato on a Stick.^[3][4]

Iron PotatoMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gem	any iron storage block	any gem
any iron storage block	Potato	any iron storage block
any gem	any iron storage block	any gem

Recipe id: silentgems:iron_potato

Potato on a StickMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Baked Potato
any wooden rod	Empty slot

Recipe id: silentgems:potato_on_a_stick

Unverified What the Iron Potato and the Potato on a Stick actually do when used is not described in the available sources.

This mod is all about gemstones. You mine 16 different gems, turn them into colorful building blocks, and, if you also have Silent Gear, forge them into tools and armor. Instead of machines, it gives you a handful of handy utility items that make collecting gems and flowers easier.^[1]

Unverified Machines, multiblocks, power, fluid handling and automation aren't covered anywhere in the material available for this guide, so this section can't confirm whether the mod has any of them in this pack.

Gems and where they spawn

The 16 gems are spread across the three vanilla dimensions, and there's some overlap between them. Some Nether and End gems can occasionally turn up in the Overworld too, so keep an eye out while you're caving. Each of the three dimensions has its own matching gem ore block.^[1]

The mod lets you control which gems generate in which dimension and how often, and you can even switch individual gems off completely. That's why ore spawns can differ from pack to pack.^[1]

Unverified No config files for this mod were available for this pack, so the pack's actual ore generation settings can't be confirmed here.

Two gems are much rarer than the rest. Black Diamond spawns fairly low in the Nether and less often than other gems, so you'll likely find plenty while digging for ancient debris. It's dark with a slightly orange hue. White Diamonds spawn fairly low in the End, which means you'll need to dig around for them. They're pale with a slightly violet hue. Both diamond variants are notably strong in every stat.^[1]

Gem roles and Silent Gear

The gems can't become tools or armor on their own. For that you need Silent Gear, which this mod supports out of the box with no extra data packs. Each gem fits into one or more roles. A gem is usually stronger in its role's stats, and with default ore configs it's equal to other gems from the same dimension in its other stats.^[1]

• Durability: higher durability and armor durability, which makes these gems good for repairs and area-of-effect tools like hammers and excavators. Ruby and Carnelian fill this role.^[1]
• Speed: higher harvest speed, which suits pickaxes, shovels and axes. This role covers Topaz, Citrine and Heliodor.^[1]
• Damage: higher melee and ranged damage for swords and bows. This role covers Peridot, Moldavite and Rose Quartz.^[1]
• Armor: higher armor stats. This role covers Sapphire, Iolite and Ammolite.^[1]
• All-Rounder: above average in most stats, good when you need a mix. This role covers Turquoise, Kyanite, Alexandrite and the Black and White Diamonds.^[1]

Every gem also has its own unique traits. For example, Barrier Jacket grants more magic armor at higher durability, while Fractal gains armor toughness but loses magic armor as it takes damage. Cloaking grants invisibility at the cost of hunger, Critical Strike sometimes deals significantly more damage than normal, and Leaping gives jump boost and slow falling.^[1][4]

Gem Bag and Flower Basket

Gem Bags collect and store gems automatically as you mine them, which keeps your inventory free for everything else. Ore blocks don't count, so they only pick up the gems themselves. The Flower Basket works the same way for flowers: any flower you mine goes straight into the basket.^[1]

Glowroses

Glowroses are light-emitting flowers that spawn naturally throughout the world. Their light prevents mob spawns just two blocks away by default, and that distance is configurable. You can plant them in vanilla flower pots, and a potted glowrose gives off much more light than a freestanding one.^[1]

Crafting chains for gem blocks

Every gem comes with a family of building blocks: gem blocks, bricks, small bricks, polished, chiseled and smooth gem stones, glass and lamps. In this pack, the storage blocks, bricks, glass and lamps are all made with ordinary crafting table recipes. Storage blocks work both ways, so you can pack gems into a block and break the block back down whenever you need them. Chaos Essence and Block of Chaos Essence work the same way.^[1][3]

Alexandrite BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

9 × Alexandrite

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_from_block

Gems into a storage block

9× AlexandriteMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Alexandrite Block

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_block

Storage block back into gems

12× Alexandrite BricksMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone brick	any stone brick	any stone brick
any stone brick	any alexandrite gem	any stone brick
any stone brick	any stone brick	any stone brick

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_bricks

12× Alexandrite GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks
any colorless glass blocks	any alexandrite gem	any colorless glass blocks
any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_glass

Each gem also has a lamp, such as Alexandrite Lamp. You can turn a lamp into an inverted version, such as Alexandrite Lamp Inverted On, with a shapeless crafting recipe that uses the lamp itself. The same pattern works for every gem shown in this pack's recipes.^[3]

Alexandrite LampMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any redstone dust	any glowstone dust	any redstone dust
any glowstone dust	any alexandrite gem	any glowstone dust
any redstone dust	any glowstone dust	any redstone dust

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_lamp

Alexandrite Lamp Inverted OnMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Alexandrite Lamp
• Redstone Torch

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_lamp_inverted_on

Turns a normal lamp into its inverted version

Unverified How the normal and inverted lamps react to redstone signals isn't described in the available material, so test them in your own builds before relying on them in a redstone circuit.

The recipes the pack includes for this mod don't set up a strict tier ladder. Each gem, like Alexandrite, Black Diamond, Carnelian or White Diamond, feeds into the same set of crafts. A good way to think about progression is: collect gems, compress the extras into storage blocks, then spend them on decoration and a few fun utility items.^[3]

Gems and storage blocks

Every gem has a storage block, such as Topaz Block or Moldavite Block, and you can craft the block back into loose gems. Chaos Essence works the same way with Block of Chaos Essence. Blocks are the easy way to stockpile a gem you aren't using yet.^[3]

Alexandrite BlockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

9 × Alexandrite

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_from_block

Makes the storage block

9× AlexandriteMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Alexandrite Block

Recipe id: silentgems:alexandrite_block

Turns the block back into gems

Decorative blocks

Once you have gems to spare, each one unlocks a matching set of building blocks. These include bricks like Citrine Bricks, glass like Iolite Glass and lamps like Kyanite Lamp. The full set also exists for ruby, sapphire and peridot, so you get the same options whichever gem colour you prefer.^[3]

12× Turquoise BricksMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone brick	any stone brick	any stone brick
any stone brick	any turquoise gem	any stone brick
any stone brick	any stone brick	any stone brick

Recipe id: silentgems:turquoise_bricks

12× Turquoise GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks
any colorless glass blocks	any turquoise gem	any colorless glass blocks
any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks	any colorless glass blocks

Recipe id: silentgems:turquoise_glass

Turquoise LampMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any redstone dust	any glowstone dust	any redstone dust
any glowstone dust	any turquoise gem	any glowstone dust
any redstone dust	any glowstone dust	any redstone dust

Recipe id: silentgems:turquoise_lamp

Each lamp also has an inverted version, such as Turquoise Lamp Inverted On, which you craft from the regular lamp. Build your normal lamps first, then convert only the ones you want inverted.^[3]

Turquoise Lamp Inverted OnMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Turquoise Lamp
• Redstone Torch

Recipe id: silentgems:turquoise_lamp_inverted_on

Extras that use any gem

A few items accept any gem rather than one specific type, so they're a great use for whatever you have too much of. These are the Iron Potato, Summon Kitty and Summon Puppy.^[3]

Iron PotatoMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gem	any iron storage block	any gem
any iron storage block	Potato	any iron storage block
any gem	any iron storage block	any gem

Recipe id: silentgems:iron_potato

Summon KittyMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any string	any stew fish	any string
any string	any gem	any string
any string	any stew fish	any string

Recipe id: silentgems:summon_kitty

Summon PuppyMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any stew fish	Empty slot
any leather	any gem	any leather
Empty slot	any stew fish	Empty slot

Recipe id: silentgems:summon_puppy

Block of SilverChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

9 × any silver ingot

Recipe id: silentgems:silver_ingot_from_block

Changed by the pack

Unverified The sources don't confirm where each gem is found, whether some gems are rarer or higher-tier than others, what Chaos Essence is used for beyond its storage block, or whether any quests guide you through this mod. Only part of the pack's recipe list for the mod was available, so there may be more crafts than the ones shown here.

Silent's Gems hooks into a few other mods in this pack. You can process its gem ores with Create, cast its gems with Productive Metalworks, and its silver now turns into the pack's shared silver ingot. Here's how each one works.^[3]

Crushing gem ores with Create

You can feed Silent's Gems ores into Create's crushing wheels. Each crushing recipe gives you the matching gem, a Nugget of Experience and a bit of stone that matches the ore's home dimension. It's a handy way to automate gem processing and pick up some experience while you're at it.^[3]

• Alexandrite Ore, Black Diamond Ore, Carnelian Ore, Citrine Ore, Iolite Ore, Moldavite Ore and Turquoise Ore also give Netherrack when crushed.^[3]
• Ammolite Ore, Kyanite Ore and Rose Quartz Ore also give End Stone.^[3]
• Topaz Ore also gives Cobblestone.^[3]

2× Black Diamond, Black Diamond, Nugget of Experience, NetherrackMod recipe

Crushing (create)

• Black Diamond Ore

Recipe id: create:crushing/compat/silentgems/black_diamond_ore

Example: crushing Black Diamond Ore

Unverified The exact amounts and drop chances of each crushing output aren't confirmed here. Check the recipe viewer in-game. The sources also don't show crushing recipes for every gem ore in the mod. This site does hold All the Mods 10's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

Casting gems with Productive Metalworks

If you run a Productive Metalworks setup, you can cast Silent's Gems gems. Each recipe pours a molten version of the gem into a Gem Cast and gives you the solid gem. The pack has casting recipes for Alexandrite, Ammolite, Black Diamond, Carnelian, Citrine, Heliodor, Iolite, Kyanite, Moldavite, Rose Quartz, Topaz, Turquoise and White Diamond.^[3]

White DiamondMod recipe

Item Casting (productivemetalworks)

• Gem Cast
• 100× any molten white diamond

Recipe id: productivemetalworks:casting/gems/white_diamond

Example: casting a White Diamond

Unverified How you get the molten gem fluids in the first place, and how much fluid each cast uses, isn't confirmed by the available sources.

Silver goes to All the Ores

This pack changed Silent's Gems' silver recipes so they all give the shared Silver Ingot instead of a separate ingot. Smelting or blasting Raw Silver gives you that ingot, and so does breaking down a Block of Silver in a crafting grid. That means any silver you mine from this mod works right away in everything else that uses silver in the pack.^[3]

Silver IngotChanged by the pack

Smelting

• Raw Silver

Recipe id: silentgems:smelting/silver_ingot

Silver IngotChanged by the pack

Blasting

• Raw Silver

Recipe id: silentgems:blasting/silver_ingot

9× Silver IngotChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Block of Silver

Recipe id: silentgems:silver_block

Unverified The mod's project page says it has built-in support for Silent Gear, which lets you make tools and armor from these gems. It isn't confirmed here whether Silent Gear is in this pack.

Silent's Gems was added to All the Mods 10 in pack version 3.0, arriving as mod version 5.0.3.^[5]

In All the Mods 10 3.2, the pack still ships Silent's Gems 5.0.3, the NeoForge build for Minecraft 1.21.1. That's the same mod version the pack added in 3.0, so you can expect it to behave the same way in 3.2 as it did then.^[5][6]

Unverified The changelog for the shipped mod version isn't available, so this section can't cover what that version changed compared with earlier releases of the mod.