Illegal Craftings [Forge]
by Anakama
Illegal Craftings lets players craft certain items that vanilla Minecraft does not allow them to craft, such as the mob heads and apples covered by the mod.
What it does
Some items that cannot normally be crafted become craftable through the mod, using a recipe layout the author calls a fair way to obtain them. Recipes are added for several mob heads, along with Oak Leaves and Grass Path. Items made this way can then be used like any other crafted item in the game.
The mod is built for Forge and targets Minecraft 1.20.1 only. Installation covers the server and each player's game. It is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and the project is not open source. A public issue tracker is linked from its page for reporting problems.
Key features
Craftable apples
Apples that vanilla keeps out of the crafting grid can be assembled from a recipe added by the mod.
Craftable mob heads
Player, Dragon, Zombie, Wither and Skeleton heads become craftable items instead of only dropping from mobs.
Extra craftable blocks
Oak Leaves and Grass Path are added to the list of items players can make in the crafting grid.
Fair recipe layout
Each added recipe uses ingredients meant to keep the crafted items tied to normal play, as the author describes.
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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
Survival progression
Players who want a faster route to apples or mob heads can craft them directly instead of hunting for drops.
Server events
Server owners running a themed world can offer the crafted items to all players, since the mod is needed on the server.
Who it’s for: Players who want items that vanilla keeps out of the crafting grid, and server owners who run worlds built around those items. Both the server and each player need the mod installed.
How it compares
Craftable uncraftables is a server-side only Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, so players can join without installing it. Craftable Rare Items is a client-side only Forge mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, and it changes nothing on the server. Illegal Craftings needs both sides, since the server and every player must run it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illegal Craftings [Forge] | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-19 |
| Craftable uncraftables | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-05-27 |
| Craftable Rare Items | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2023-10-06 |
Questions
Does Illegal Craftings need to be on the server?
Which game versions does Illegal Craftings support?
Can players report bugs for Illegal Craftings?
In the catalog
Illegal Craftings [Forge] is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,426 Cursed mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Illegal Craftings allows you to craft things you can't normally craft! Here is all the items that can be crafted with this mod.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/illegal-craftings
- Owner
- Anakama
- Published
- 2024-11-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15