Extended Crafting
by Bubobaric
Extended Crafting adds crafting recipes for items that cannot be obtained through the normal game, and each recipe appears in the crafting book once its key ingredient has been obtained at least once.
What it does
The mod expands the standard crafting table with new recipes that produce items otherwise out of reach in survival play. Examples named in the author notes include the Totem of Undying, the Name Tag, the Slime Ball and Tall Grass. Recipes stay hidden until the key ingredient item is held at least once, so the crafting book fills in as a player collects materials.
Extended Crafting is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 only, and it runs on the client alone, so servers do not need it. It is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, which places the work in the public domain and is not open source in the usual sense. Its only listed dependent is Applied Extended Crafting, and no other required dependencies are named.
Key features
Unobtainable item recipes
Recipes produce items that the vanilla game does not drop or sell, such as the Totem of Undying and the Name Tag.
Slime Ball and Tall Grass recipes
Slime Balls and Tall Grass can be made from other materials, so these items are available without finding them in the world.
Recipe discovery in the crafting book
A recipe is listed in the crafting book only after its key ingredient has been obtained once, keeping the list tied to progress.
Expanded crafting table
The standard crafting table gains a larger set of recipes, bringing new routes to items that normally require other methods.
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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.
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric 1.21.1 who want extra crafting routes for items that the normal game does not supply, and server owners who want the same routes to be used on their own clients.
How it compares
TotemRecipe is a Fabric mod for server-side only use, with files for 1.16.5 – 26.1 and released under All rights reserved, so it adds a totem recipe only on the server. Shift Totem is a Fabric mod for 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 that is client-side only and licensed under All rights reserved, and it changes the totem itself. Extended Crafting is client-side only and covers several items instead of one.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extended Crafting | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-11-02 |
| TotemRecipe | Fabric | 1.16.5 – 26.1 | Server-side only | 2026-03-26 |
| Shift Totem | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-03-12 |
Questions
Does Extended Crafting need Fabric API?
Does the server need Extended Crafting?
Why do some recipes not appear in the crafting book?
Is there a version other than 1.21.1?
In the catalog
Extended Crafting is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod massively expands the standard crafting table by introducing essential new recipes for items that can and can't be obtained in the normal game. Recipes only become visible in the crafting book once a key ingredient or the item itself has been obtained at least once.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/extendedcrafting
- Owner
- Bubobaric
- Published
- 2025-10-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15