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Essential Smelting

by yousifgaming

Essential Smelting adds a few smelting recipes that vanilla Minecraft never included, and it can also be installed as a data pack.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalMIT License1.21.5

What it does

Some smelting recipes that players may expect were never added to vanilla Minecraft. This mod supplies a small set of them, so furnaces, blast furnaces and smokers accept those inputs. Installing it as a mod on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt, or as a data pack in a world's datapacks folder, produces the same recipes.

Only the server needs the mod. Players can join a server that runs it without installing anything, which makes it a server-side addition for multiplayer worlds. The 1.0+mod release covers Minecraft 1.21.5, and the project is published for all four loaders with a single file for that version, dated 2025-06-14. The code is under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.

Key features

  1. Extra smelting recipes

    Adds smelting recipes for items that vanilla Minecraft does not smelt, extending what furnaces accept.

  2. Data pack option

    The same recipes are available as a data pack ZIP, placed in a world's datapacks folder and loaded when the world starts.

  3. Mod installation

    The JAR file goes into the mods folder of a supported loader, after which the game is launched as usual.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.51.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Superior Smelting is open source under the MIT License, is server required with an optional client, and covers 1.21 – 26.3 on all four loaders. Instant Smelt covers 1.20.1 – 26.2 on the same loaders and environment but is All rights reserved and not open source. Disable Ores Smelting is MIT licensed, not open source, and covers 1.13 – 1.21.8 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Essential SmeltingFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.5Server required, client optional2025-06-14
Superior SmeltingFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-25
Instant SmeltFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.20.1 – 26.2Server required, client optional2026-05-24
Disable Ores SmeltingFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.13 – 1.21.8Server required, client optional2025-08-24

Questions

Does Essential Smelting need to be installed on the client?

No. Server owners install it, and players can join with or without it.

Can Essential Smelting be used without a mod loader?

Yes. The recipes are also published as a data pack, which is added to a world's datapacks folder and needs no mod loader.

Which game versions does Essential Smelting support?

The only game version listed is 1.21.5, with the 1.0+mod file dated 2025-06-14 for each of the four loaders.

In the catalog

Essential Smelting is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 1.21.515,307

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What the author says

This mod/DP adds a few smelt recipes that mojang never added but makes sense to be add to intall this as a mod: 1. install the mod 2. add the mod JAR file in "mods" folder for any supported mod loaders 3. launch the game
yousifgaming, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
yousifgaming
Published
2025-06-14
Updated on Modrinth
2025-06-14
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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