Better Recipe Picker
by MrStilu2k6
Better Recipe Picker lets a player choose between several crafting results when the same ingredients match more than one recipe.
What it does
When identical ingredients in a crafting grid match multiple recipes, the outputs appear in a compact picker placed above the crafting result. A player browses the candidates with arrow buttons or the mouse wheel, selects the item wanted, and the chosen recipe stays active until the craft is made. The picker is shown only when more than one recipe is available, so the crafting screen stays unchanged in every other case.
The picker is meant to resolve recipe conflicts inside the crafting table, where recipes sometimes override one another and an unwanted output would otherwise be produced. The picker's slots are drawn to look like the standard inventory slots, and its size follows the game's GUI scale and the display resolution. The mod is built for NeoForge, and the 1.0.1 file is the only release listed, for 26.2, published on 2026-09-11. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Multiple crafting outputs
Shows every recipe that matches the same ingredients, so the player can pick the item needed instead of the default one.
Browsing with arrows and wheel
Candidates are scrolled with arrow buttons or the mouse wheel, and up to three results are visible at a time.
Recipe kept until crafted
The selected recipe remains active for the crafting action, so it is not replaced while the player works with the grid.
Picker fits the crafting screen
The picker sits neatly above the crafting output and uses vanilla slot styling, scaling with the interface.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Resolving overriding recipes
When one recipe overrides another with the same ingredients, the player chooses the output actually wanted without changing the grid.
Who it’s for: Players who run into crafting conflicts in modded packs, and server owners whose players craft with recipes from several mods on NeoForge 26.2.
How it compares
Polymorph is an open source mod under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.15.2 – 1.21.1, and it is client and server. MakeYourCrafts is a NeoForge-only mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.5, client and server, and is not open source. Better Recipe Picker covers only NeoForge, for 26.2, client and server, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Recipe Picker | NeoForge | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-11 |
| Polymorph | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.15.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-11 |
| MakeYourCrafts (MYC) | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2026-05-31 |
Questions
Does Better Recipe Picker need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader does Better Recipe Picker support?
Does the picker appear for every crafting recipe?
In the catalog
Better Recipe Picker is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,477 Utility mods for NeoForge. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Choose the crafting result you actually want. Better Recipe Picker solves recipe conflicts directly inside the crafting table. When the same ingredients match multiple recipes, all available outputs appear in a compact picker above the result slot.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-recipe-picker
- Owner
- MrStilu2k6
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15