chain craft
by khd343
With ChainCraft installed, a single click on a result crafts the whole recipe tree, gathering the intermediate items from the player's inventory and chests.
What it does
ChainCraft works in the crafting interface: when materials for a recipe are missing, it resolves the intermediate items needed to make them and crafts those in sequence. Left-click crafts one item and shift-click crafts up to a full stack. The resolver chooses materials sensibly, so it does not consume items that a player needs for other steps. Recipes added by other mods show up in the chain crafting grid when they fit the standard crafting pattern.
The mod also covers storage. Chests can show their contents from the crafting screen, a hopper-style button moves items into the inventory, and chests can be protected by naming them with an anvil or placing a sign. Right-click pins an item so it is marked with a marker and kept in view. Category tabs on the left edge group the recipe grid, and a search box filters it with the mouse wheel for scrolling.
ChainCraft requires Fabric API on Fabric servers and clients. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Files exist for Fabric and Forge, with the latest Fabric file for 26.2 and the latest Forge file for 1.20.1. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Full recipe tree crafting
A single click crafts a result through every intermediate recipe, so the player does not need to craft each step by hand.
Chest contents view
The crafting screen can display the contents of nearby chests, and a hopper button moves items from the chest into the inventory.
Pinned items
Right-click pins an item in the grid, and pinned items are marked with a marker for quick access.
Protected chests
Naming a chest with an anvil or placing a sign next to it protects the chest from the crafting system.
Recipe search and tabs
A search box filters the recipe grid, and category tabs down the left edge group recipes.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
The Great Crafting Table is a Forge-only, client and server mod with a closed license and files for 1.20.1. RecursiveCraft is open source under the MIT License, published for Fabric and Forge on 1.20.1 and needs both sides. Ansible Crafting is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 and runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chain craft | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-09 |
| The Great Crafting Table | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-02-03 |
| RecursiveCraft | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-13 |
| Ansible Crafting | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-02-25 |
Questions
Which loaders does ChainCraft support?
Does ChainCraft need to be installed on the server?
Does ChainCraft change how recipes are stored in the world?
In the catalog
chain craft is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Craft anything through its entire recipe tree in one click. ChainCraft adds a single new block: the Chain Crafting Table. Instead of crafting planks, then sticks, then a pickaxe, you open the Chain Crafting Table and just click the pickaxe — the mod works out the whole chain of intermediate crafts for you and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chain-craft
- Owner
- khd343
- Published
- 2026-08-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15