Better Furnaces
Better Furnaces is a datapack that changes how smelting furnaces work for worlds that load it, with added recipes and a few quality-of-life changes.
What it does
Better Furnaces is a datapack, so it is installed by dropping its .zip file into a world's datapacks folder and reloading the world with the reload command. Nothing has to be added to the client to play in such a world. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across six release versions, 1.21.11 – 26.3, and snapshot builds are published too.
The mod is aimed at survival and adventure play. It adds many recipes and introduces new crafting options, which the author describes as a way to improve Minecraft's quality of life. The datapack is listed as an Adventure mod with Utility as a secondary category.
Only the server needs the mod, because it is a server-required, client-optional mod. Players can join a server that runs it without installing anything. The license is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, and the code is not open source.
Key features
Additional recipes
Several new recipes extend the furnace-based crafting that vanilla survival already offers.
Quality-of-life changes
The datapack adjusts smelting behavior to make everyday furnace use less tedious.
New crafting options
Brand-new crafting entries appear alongside the vanilla ones, giving players more to make at the furnace.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Use cases
Single-player adventure worlds
Players who load the zip into a single-player world get the added recipes without running a server.
Community servers
Server owners can add the datapack to a world folder so every player on the server gets the same recipes.
Who it’s for: Players who want more smelting and crafting content in a survival or adventure world, and server owners who want the same recipe set for everyone on their server.
How it compares
Furnace Progress also changes furnaces, but it is a mod for 1.21.7 – 26.3 with All rights reserved. Nie's Better Advancements covers 1.21 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, and Better Wandering Traders covers 1.21.5 – 26.3 under the MIT License, so the two differ in scope rather than in loader or environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Furnaces | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-13 |
| Furnace Progress | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.7 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-08-27 |
| Nie's Better Advancements | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-09 |
| Better Wandering Traders | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-22 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Better Furnaces is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better_furnaces
- Owner
- Nat's Projects
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15