Fair Recipes
by BlarrViv
Fair Recipes corrects vanilla crafting recipes whose output count does not match their ingredients, and adds a Sawmill block for wood.
What it does
Fair Recipes goes through the vanilla crafting recipes and recalculates those whose output number does not match the ingredients used. The counts are derived from the real geometry of each block or item, measured from Minecraft's own models and textures instead of estimated by eye. Six planks, for example, yield four stairs, because a stair block takes that amount of material. Where a recipe already exists with the same ingredients, only its output count is changed, and a few recipes that never existed in vanilla, despite an obvious link between two items, are added as well.
The mod adds a wooden Sawmill block that follows the same mechanic and interface as the vanilla Stonecutter, only with wood in place of stone. The Sawmill crafts with three planks and one iron ingot, using the same layout as the Stonecutter. Fair Recipes runs on Forge for 1.20.1 only, and the server and every player need it. The mod is published under All rights reserved and is not open source. Files exist for 1.20.1 alone, with version 1.0.2 as the latest file, released 2026-09-11.
Key features
Corrected output counts
Vanilla recipes with mismatched output numbers are recalculated, so each result matches the material spent.
Measured block geometry
Counts come from the actual shape of each block and item rather than from estimates of the textures.
Wooden Sawmill block
A Sawmill crafts wood items from planks and an iron ingot, mirroring the Stonecutter's layout and interface.
Added missing recipes
A few recipes that never existed in vanilla, though the two items are clearly related, are included.
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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.
How it compares
Sticks to Planks is a Forge option for 1.20.1 that runs on the client and server, under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Simple Recipes is also a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with a client and server environment, licensed All rights reserved and not open source. Sawmill Plank Trapdoors is a Forge addon for 1.18.2 – 1.19.2 that only the server needs, and it is covered by the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Recipes | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-11 |
| Simple Recipes | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-04 |
| Sawmill Plank Trapdoors (Woodworks addon) | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.19.2 | Server required, client optional | 2023-04-25 |
Questions
Does Fair Recipes need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and game version does Fair Recipes support?
Does the Sawmill work like the Stonecutter?
In the catalog
Fair Recipes is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
EN: Goes through vanilla crafting recipes and recalculates the ones where the output number doesn't match the actual geometry of the block/item involved — measured directly from Minecraft's own models and textures, not eyeballed. Six planks making four stairs when a stair is literally ¾ of a block? Fixed. Every…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fairrecipes
- Owner
- BlarrViv
- Published
- 2026-09-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15