Craftabilities
by JarekThyNerd
Craftabilities adds recipes that turn certain items back into their ingredients, plus extra crafting, smelting and blasting recipes for the NeoForge mod Polymorph requires.
What it does
Craftabilities lets players craft items that vanilla does not allow to be crafted, including horse armor in iron, gold and diamond, chainmail armor, and red sandstone. Its recipes cover the crafting grid, and also smelting and blasting recipes, such as one that turns rotten flesh into leather.
Polymorph is required and must be installed alongside the mod. Craftabilities runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The mod is released for NeoForge only, with a single file, V1, built for 1.21.1 and published on 2025-09-28. The code is covered by All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Horse armor recipes
Iron, gold and diamond horse armor can be crafted by hand, giving players another way to obtain them.
Chainmail armor recipe
A crafting recipe for chainmail armor is added, so the piece no longer depends on finding it in the world.
Red sandstone recipe
Red sandstone can be made through a recipe, adding a building block to the crafting options.
Smelting and blasting recipes
Smelting and blasting recipes are added, including one that converts rotten flesh into leather in a furnace.
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
Use cases
Survival progression
Players who run out of a material can make some items from other ingredients instead of waiting for a trade or a drop.
Server crafting rules
Server owners who want a set of extra recipes can add them with the mod and keep the rest of the vanilla recipes unchanged.
Who it’s for: Players on NeoForge 1.21.1 who want more ways to obtain horse armor, chainmail armor and a few building materials. It suits survival worlds and multiplayer servers that already run Polymorph.
How it compares
Choccy's Craftable Saddles & Horse Armor is a server-side only NeoForge mod for 1.21 – 1.21.1, released under the MIT License and open source, so players join without installing it. Uncraftable Crafting is server-side only for 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 and is not open source. Recipes Reforged is also server-side only, built for 1.21.1 only, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craftabilities | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-28 |
| Choccy's Craftable Saddles & Horse Armor | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-09-05 |
| Uncraftable Crafting | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-03-07 |
| Recipes Reforged | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-09-17 |
Questions
Does Craftabilities need Polymorph?
Does the server need Craftabilities for players to join?
Which game versions does Craftabilities support?
In the catalog
Craftabilities is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,588 Adventure mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Adds Crafting Recipes for the following: - Iron Horse Armor - Diamond Horse Armor - Gold Horse Armor - Chainmail Armor - Saddle - NameTag
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/craftabilities
- Owner
- JarekThyNerd
- Published
- 2025-09-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15