Mod - Modrinth
Recipes I Wish Existed
This datapack changes recipes to be better, including cheaper cost, more items crafted, and more alternative recipes [1.21.4-26.3]
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Project overview
## Summary I always remember people being frustrated by minecraft recipes, so I decided to make my on take on it. This datapack modifies recipes to: - Make some recipes cost a bit less to craft - Make some recipes give more items - And make some recipes use alternative materials (like cobblestone and cobbled deepslate) ## List of recipes Recipes - **Lever**: Can be crafted using cobblestone, cobbled deepslate and blackstone. Crafts 4 instead of 1  - **Piston, Dispenser, Dropper**: Can be crafted using cobblestone, cobbled deepslate and blackstone. Crafts 3 instead of 1  - **Button**: All buttons craft 8 instead of 1  - **Wood and Stripped Wood**: All logs craft 4 instead of 3 wood  - **Stairs** (Part 1): Can be crafted using only 3 blocks (So far only inlcudes: All wood stairs, All deepslate stairs, Cobblestone stairs, Stone stairs , Stone Brick stairs, All blackstone stairs, Quartz stairs, Smooth Quartz stairs, Brick stairs, Sandstone stairs, Smooth Sandstone stairs)  - **Walls** (Part 1): Crafts 12 instead of 6 walls (So far only includes: All blackstone walls, all deepslate walls, cobblestone walls, stone brick walls, brick walls, sandstone walls)  - **Lanterns**: Can be crafted with 4 nuggets instead of 8  - **Chains**: Can be crafted with 3 nuggets instead of 2 nuggets and 1 ingot  - **Sea lantern**: Can be crafted with 4 prismarine crystals instead of 5 prismarine crystals and 4 prismarine shards  **This datapack will be getting updates with more recipes so stay tuned. Recipes so far: 85**
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Compatibility at a glance
Minecraft versions in this snapshot: 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2
Loaders and platforms: datapack
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