If Crafting Had Consequences
by CragDyna
If Crafting Had Consequences turns recipes into gambles, so a crafted pickaxe can come out as a giant wooden plank pickaxe or a pair of reverse axes.
What it does
The mod changes what certain crafting recipes produce. Ordinary tools can come out as cursed variants, such as Plank Tools, Paper pickaxes, TNT Shovels or a Lapis sword, and some results work in reverse of what a player expects. The intent is to create cursed items that players can use to play jokes on friends and cause chaos on a shared world.
It is a server-side only mod, so players join a server running it without installing anything. The server needs Fabric and the mod is published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 1.21.8. The code is released under the MIT License and is not open source. Files are published as version 1.0.0, uploaded on 2026-07-02.
Key features
Consequence crafting
Crafting certain items can produce a different result than the recipe suggests, which turns a routine craft into a risky one.
Cursed tools and weapons
Tools and weapons such as Plank Tools, Paper pickaxes, TNT Shovels and a Lapis sword are added as cursed results of crafting.
Reversed items
Some items such as reverse Axes, a reverse bow and reverse TNT behave in the opposite way from their ordinary versions.
Cursed armor
Chicken armor is one of the cursed equipment pieces available through the altered recipes.
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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.
Use cases
Pranks on a shared world
Players on a server can craft cursed items to surprise friends and disrupt their plans.
Chaotic survival play
Players who want unpredictable crafting outcomes can rely on the altered recipes instead of standard ones.
Who it’s for: The mod suits server owners and groups of friends who want crafting to include surprises. Because only the server needs it, it fits communities that do not want to ask players to install extra files.
How it compares
String Tools is a Fabric mod for 1.19.3 – 1.21.4 that is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later and runs on client and server. Throwabled TNT is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 under All rights reserved, also running on client and server. BoneSword is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 under the MIT License, and it runs on client and server as well.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If Crafting Had Consequences | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-07-02 |
| String Tools (Fabric) | Fabric | 1.19.3 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2024-12-30 |
| Throwabled TNT | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-04-03 |
| BoneSword | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-02-24 |
Questions
Does If Crafting Had Consequences need Fabric API?
Do players need to install the mod?
Which Minecraft version does the mod support?
Can the cursed recipes be turned off?
In the catalog
If Crafting Had Consequences is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
This mod adds consequences to Crafting, creating cursed items it can be used to troll your friends, and cause chaos.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/if-crafting-had-consequences
- Owner
- CragDyna
- Published
- 2026-07-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15