akkamaddi's Golden Glitter

Golden Glitter is an add-on to Simple Ores that add three new gold-based alloys. They are low-power, early game alloys, though two can be useful for those who play with redstone circuitry.

The alloys are Rose Gold, which is a copper alloy designed for early game, general use. The alloys Erubescent Gold, Scarlatite Gold, and Hephaestan Gold make powerful, though slightly brittle, swords, pickaxes, axes, and shovels (no hoes or armor). The four alloys are designed to be early-game alloys. As such, they are simple to make, Also, they all make only large chunks, with no medium or large chunks.

The recipes to make the alloys are here:

Rose Gold: Copper + Gold Nugget : (LC only) Rose dye
Erubescent Gold: Gold Ingot catalyst, two Redstone Dusts, LC only
Scarlatite Gold: Erubescent Gold Ingot catalyst, two Redstone Dusts, LC only
Hephaestan Gold: Scarlatite Gold Ingot catalyst, two Lava Buckets, LC only

These recipes make large chunks, and only large chunks, which are then smelted into ingots.

Rose Gold is an alloy of copper infused with a small amount of gold. This infusion of gold increases the corrosion resistance and durability of copper, and allows it to hold a sharper edge. Rose Gold is made by fusing a copper ingot with a gold nugget (not ingot), using rose dye as a catalyst. This allows a single gold ingot to make nine Rose Gold ingots. Rose Gold has a durability close to iron, and is a little faster than iron, with a higher enchantability than copper. However, the tools have the same mining level as copper, and the armor is only a little more effective than copper (if a bit more enchantable).

Erubescent Gold is a single gold ingot fused between two lumps of redstone. By absorbing the redstone, the gold becomes very energetic. It can take a very sharp edge, although the bursts of energy from use make it brittle and prone to shattering. Erubescent Gold, while brittle, is capable is mining obsidian. For those who cannot find diamonds or spare any for a pickax, an Erubescent Gold pickax will mine enough obsidian to make a nether portal, with a few extra pieces. However, it can also dig through stone very quickly, damaging the tool. This unstable energy also makes an Erubescent Gold sword very damaging, if prone to breaking during an extended battle.

Scarlatite Gold is made by re-fusing an Erubescent Gold ingot with two more lumps of redstone. It is even more powerful than Erubescent gold, but much more stable. It can mine very quickly, and is powerful enough to easily mine most known ores.

Hephaestan Gold is a powerful alloy with amazing cutting power, but not a high durability (still much higher than Scarlatite). It is made by fusing a Scarlatite Ingot with two buckets of lava. Because of this, the large chunks must be crafted individually.

Erubescent, Scarlatite, and Hephaestan Gold cannot be used to make armor, as it is far too brittle. Further, it is not used to make a hoe, as such would be a waste.

An additional use of Erubescent and Scarlatite Gold is to infuse the Red Gold alloys into the rails, making them a source of redstone power. Using a shapeless recipe, mix three regular Rail blocks with an Erubescent Gold ingot, or seven with a Scarlatite Gold ingot. The Red Gold Powered Rails act as normal rails in that they do not change the speed of a minecart, or activate special minecarts. However, they emit a continuous redstone charge up to 15 blocks. These can activate adjacent Activator or Powered rails, as well as other redstone circuitry / items. Also, Red Gold Rails emit a light as bright as a Jack-o-lantern (luminance 1.0), which help keep rail shafts well lit. Red Gold Rails can be straight, or will curve, unlike other special rails--however, they cannot be switched. (They are sources of redstone power, so any corners are permanently powered by the rail itself and cannot be switched 'off').

There are some additional features. The storage blocks for Erubescent and Scarlatite Gold glow. Erubescent Gold blocks glow only dimly, being a little brighter than moonlight. However, Scarlatite Gold blocks glow as bright as a jack-o-lantern, and will thus prevent nearby mob spawning. All four blocks plus the rails have particles. These are configurable in the config file. By default “Make Rose Gold Blocks Hideous” is false. If this is set to true, Rose Gold blocks will have a cloud of hearts. This is really intended for creative mode, unless you want to build your villagers a Tunnel of Love. The three options for “sparkle” make the Erubescent Gold block emit a small cloud of redstone particles, and Scarlatite Gold block will emit a larger cloud of redstone particles, along with a smaller cloud of white sparkles, while Hephaestan Gold emits redstone particles and flames. These can be disabled if it helps computer performance, but are set to true by default.

For those who enjoy redstone circuits. Erubescent, Scarlatite, and Hephaestan Gold blocks emit a permanent redstone pulse. A Scarlatite Gold block emits a pulse up to eleven (11) blocks away, while Erubescent Gold emits a pulse seven (7) blocks. Hephaestan only emits a charge for five (5) blocks. By comparison, a redstone block emits a pulse 15 blocks.

The Hephaestan sword harnesses the power of of the forge's flame. Being struck by the sword will ignite targets for a short time. (This is similar to the Fyrite sword from Netherrocks, but the fire does not last as long, and it cannot be used like a flint & steel.)