Better ReCrafting!
by BaxtyBoi
Better ReCrafting! lets a crafting table turn stone, deepslate and a few ores into a single ore block, for players short on a specific one.
What it does
Better ReCrafting! adds recipes that combine four ore items with five stone or deepslate in a crafting table to produce an ore block. The result gives a player a way to get an ore when none has been found in the world. The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and the server alone needs it. Files are published for NeoForge 1.21.8, with 1.0.0 as the latest, released 2026-05-25 under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
The recipes cover the common overworld ores in both stone and deepslate forms, so a server can offer each one without extra setup on the players' side, and the crafting step uses only the items a player already gathers while mining.
Key features
Ore crafting recipes
A crafting table recipe turns four ore items and five stone or deepslate into an ore block.
Covers common ores
Coal, copper, iron, gold, lapis lazuli, redstone, diamond and emerald ores all have recipes, in stone and deepslate variants.
Server-side install
Only the server runs the mod, so players connect without adding anything to their own game.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
CraftOres is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, but it targets 1.18 – 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge. Ore Assembler is a client and server mod on NeoForge for 1.21.4 – 1.21.11, released under All rights reserved and not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better ReCrafting! | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-05-25 |
| CraftOres | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-11-18 |
| Ore Assembler | NeoForge | 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-16 |
Questions
Does the server need Better ReCrafting!?
In the catalog
Better ReCrafting! is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,201 Decoration mods for NeoForge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Coal Ore / Deepslate Coal Ore / Copper Ore / Deepslate Copper Ore / Iron Ore / Deepslate Iron Ore / Gold Ore / Deepslate Gold Ore / Lapis Lazuli Ore / Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore / Redstone Ore / Deepslate Redstone Ore / Diamond Ore / Deepslate Diamond Ore / Emerald Ore / Deepslate Emerald Ore
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-recrafting
- Owner
- BaxtyBoi
- Published
- 2026-05-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15