SLA - Fuel Pellets
by SquareShaper
SLA - Fuel Pellets adds a Fabric recipe layer that turns coal, charcoal and blaze powder into single-smelt pellets, so a furnace burns less fuel per item.
What it does
Coal, charcoal and blaze powder can each be pressed into a pellet that smelts exactly one item. The mod adds three new items and seven new recipes, and changes one vanilla item: blaze powder becomes a usable fuel source that smelts six items per powder. Blaze rods can still be crafted from the powder, and the mod adds a shapeless recipe that turns the powder back into rods for completeness.
Because each pellet covers one item, a player smelting a single ore or a small batch no longer wastes the fuel a full coal or charcoal burns beyond that item. Per-rod efficiency is the same as smelting with blaze rods, which smelt twelve items each, so getting six pellets from one powder means the total output per powder is preserved while the fuel is spent in smaller portions.
The mod is a Fabric mod that requires Fabric API. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for nine game versions, with 1.0.0 for 1.21.8 as the latest file, under the MIT License, and the source code is open source.
Key features
Single-item pellets
Coal, charcoal and blaze powder each press into a pellet that smelts exactly one item, cutting waste on small batches.
Blaze powder as fuel
Blaze powder becomes a usable fuel that smelts six items per powder, so it is no longer only a brewing ingredient.
Powder-to-rod recipe
A shapeless recipe turns blaze powder back into blaze rods, keeping the original crafting route available.
Seven added recipes
Seven new recipes cover the pellets and the powder conversions, all crafted in the standard crafting grid.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x9 of 9 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Small smelting batches
A player smelting a few ores in a furnace can use one pellet per item rather than burning a full coal.
Who it’s for: Players who run furnaces in survival worlds and want less fuel spent on small smelting jobs. Server owners who want the same fuel rules for every player install it on the server too.
How it compares
Pocket Tools is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 with the client and server environment, under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Smart Furnaces is also Fabric, for 1.21.11 and client and server, but it is published under All rights reserved and is not open source. Both target a single version, while Fuel Pellets covers a longer run of releases.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLA - Fuel Pellets | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-09-29 |
| Pocket Tools | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-18 |
| Smart Furnaces | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-21 |
Questions
Does Fuel Pellets need Fabric API?
Does the server need Fuel Pellets too?
Which game versions are supported?
In the catalog
SLA - Fuel Pellets is one of 8,016 Management mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,930 Management mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Have you ever encountered a situation, where you only want to smelt 7 items, but have only Coal as a fuel source? Have you ever felt the dread of wasting an eight of a piece of Coal or Charcoal, or maybe even 7 eights? As you can tell the mod also adds a recipe for turning Blaze Powder back into Blaze Rods - just for…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fuel-pellets
- Owner
- SquareShaper
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15