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'''Orebfuscation''' (from '''ore''' and ob'''fuscation''') is a common mechanic on civ servers which makes sought-after blocks (such as diamond ore) appear visually as undesirable blocks (such as stone) until the player comes within a certain distance. This replacement is purely visual, and is meant to lessen the effectiveness of x-raying (using disallowed mods to see blocks a vanilla client would not be able to).
'''Orebfuscation''' (from ''ore'' and ''obfuscation'') is a common mechanic on [[Civ]] servers which visually replaces certain blocks with others until a player comes within a certain distance, as a protection against x-ray. Usually, blocks obscured in this way include chests, [[Snitch|snitches]], and [[obsidian]], and are rendered as stone. This replacement prevents x-ray from being able to find hidden [[infrastructure]] such as [[Bunker|bunkers]], as all they will see from a distance is natural blocks.
 
Orebfuscation is applied by the [https://github.com/Imprex-Development/orebfuscator Orebfuscator] plugin. Orebfuscator is one of the few plugins commonly used on civ servers that was not written specifically for civ as a genre.
 
== Mechanics ==
 
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When a player comes within a certain radius (varies by server, but usually around 8 blocks) of these blocks, they are rendered as their normal block. Even if the player moves outside of the radius, they will keep their normal appearance until the player unloads the chunk.
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=== Random Blocks ===
 
Although only a small portion of blocks are visible to a player at a time, Minecraft send players block data about all nearby blocks, even those completely occluded from view. As further obfuscation, Orebfuscator will visually replace these hidden blocks with random other blocks. Since the blocks visually replaced in this way are hidden from view, a normal player will not see this mechanic at play.{{Mechanics}}
Even with block hiding, there can be tell-tale signs of civilization or defensive infrastructure, such as long dug-out tunnels or a box of (what appears to be) stone. To guard against this, Orebfuscator also fills the world with fake random valuable blocks underneath the surface, to make it more difficult for x-rayers to see through these blocks.
 
Blocks that are rendered underground in this fashion typically include every kind of ore, air, cobblestone, mossy cobblestone, stone, obsidian, tnt, and clay.
 
Unless you're x-raying, you should never see these hidden fake blocks. The one exception is if you mine while the server is lagging - sometimes the server can't send you the true value of a block before you break a block next to it and expose it, resulting in the display of random hidden blocks.
 
== Effectiveness ==
Orebfuscator is generally considered effective against players who x-ray. However, it is not completely effective, as x-ray may still allow players to see nearby blocks that would otherwise be blocked from sight.{{Mechanics}}
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