Create: Better Material
by Bobmat
Create: Better Material adds a crushing route for tuff that yields Copper, Iron, Zinc and Gold Nuggets at a chance rate, for players who find Create's nugget output hard to automate.
What it does
The mod targets a shortage described by its author: Create's nuggets for copper, iron, zinc and gold are hard to automate, and hand-crushed tuff returns little material. It adds three new recipes and one new item. A mix of five flint, one cobblestone and 250 mB of lava produces tuff, and crushing that tuff yields a Material Scrap Flint item. Crushing the scrap then yields one flint together with copper, gold, zinc or iron nuggets, each at a specific chance.
Because the nugget yield depends on chance, the output rate is not fixed. The author asks for feedback if the percentage of nuggets turns out too high. The item and its texture were made with the McCreator tool and a script, and the mod is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only. Create is required for the crushing step, since the crushing recipes are built on its machines. Create: Better Material runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it.
Key features
Tuff recipe
A mix of flint, cobblestone and lava produces tuff without relying on hand-gathered crushed tuff.
Material Scrap Flint
A new item made by crushing tuff, which in turn is crushed to return flint and metal nuggets.
Nuggets at a chance
Copper, gold, zinc and iron nuggets drop from crushing the scrap, each with its own chance.
Custom item texture
The new item uses a texture made by the author rather than a copied vanilla or Create asset.
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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.
Use cases
Automating nuggets
Players who build Create crushing lines can feed nugget materials into them instead of crushing tuff by hand.
Who it’s for: Players who use Create machinery to process ores and want a steadier supply of copper, iron, zinc and gold nuggets on NeoForge 1.21.1.
How it compares
Dust & Ores is open source under the MIT License and supports Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.21.8 – 1.21.11, so it targets later versions than this mod. Create: Quartz to Experience is for NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with All rights reserved licensing and no open-source code, and it is also published for the same game version. Create Positional is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, so players can join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create: Better Material | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-05 |
| Dust & Ores | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2025-12-22 |
| Create: Quartz to Experience | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-26 |
| Create Positional | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-07-27 |
Questions
Does Create: Better Material need Create installed?
Does the mod have to be installed on both sides?
Which game version is supported?
Can the nugget chance be changed?
In the catalog
Create: Better Material is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 7,420 Equipment mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
There were many problems with Create if you wanted to automate Copper-, Iron-, Gold- and Zinc Nuggets. Because the player had to farm Tuff by hand and the outcome when you crushed the tuff isn't really that much. For that reason, I created three new recipes and one new item.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/create-better-material
- Owner
- Bobmat
- Published
- 2026-05-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15