Durability Damage Recipe
Durability Damage Recipe lets crafting recipes damage the tools placed in them instead of consuming them, for Fabric players on 1.21.1 – 1.21.8.
What it does
Dented Modding's Durability Damage Recipe adds two recipe types, durabilitydamagerecipe:crafting damage shaped and durabilitydamagerecipe:crafting damage shapeless, which work like the vanilla shaped and shapeless recipe types but accept an additional damage parameter. The damage value defaults to 1 and sets how much durability each damageable input loses during a craft. A recipe can only be used when the input item has more remaining durability than the damage it would take.
The recipe types are meant to be used from data packs. The mod ships example recipe.json files for 1.21.1 and for 1.21.4 and 1.21.5, and the damage a tool takes is reduced by its enchantments such as Unbreaking. Crafter blocks can eject damageable items after a craft, and the mod shows durability notifications when a Crafter runs recipes. It is published for Fabric only, in 1.21.8-1.0.1 for 1.21.8, and it needs Fabric API. Mod Menu is optional and opens an in-game configuration screen.
The mod is client and server, so the server and every player need it. Its files cover 1.21.1, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.7 and 1.21.8, and the code is under the MIT License. The source is not open source under the license terms used by this listing.
Key features
Damage-based shaped recipes
A shaped recipe type accepts a damage parameter, so a tool in the grid loses durability when the recipe completes.
Damage-based shapeless recipes
A shapeless variant follows the same rule, letting tools in any grid position take the damage value.
Crafter block ejection
Damageable items are returned from a Crafter block after it performs a craft, so the tool is not lost.
Configurable notifications
Durability notifications for Crafter blocks can be turned on or off, and the mod's options open through Mod Menu.
Example recipes included
Example recipe.json files show a shovel trading some durability for flint in a craft, with the tool returned afterward.
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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
Optional 1
Required by 1 mod
Questions
Does Durability Damage Recipe need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Durability Damage Recipe is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,348 Library mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
An example usage would be a recipe to craft gravel with a shovel to get flint, returning the shovel with some durability loss. The durability damage taken by an item is currently not affected by the item's enchantments, like Unbreaking.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/durabilitydamagerecipe
- Owner
- Dented Modding
- Published
- 2025-01-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
