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{{Mechanics series}}
'''Orebfuscation''' (from ''ore'' and ''obfuscation'') is a common mechanic on civ[[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.
=== Random Blocks ===
Although only a small portion of blocks are visible to a player at a time, Minecraft sendssend players block data about everyall nearby blockblocks, even those completely occluded from view. As further obfuscation, orebfuscatorOrebfuscator 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}}
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