Mod Recipe Book
by MaestroNek
Mod Recipe Book adds a progression-based recipe book to Minecraft, where recipes stay hidden until the player has found their ingredients or the crafting method.
What it does
The book opens from its own button on the inventory, crafting table, furnaces and brewing stand. Recipes appear in two ways: finding an item shows the recipes that craft it, and discovering a crafting method, such as a crafting table or furnace, shows the recipes that use it. Players can change how new recipes appear, so the book can stay closer to vanilla behavior or follow a stricter progression.
The book has a Recipes tab plus custom categories, and a player can choose which mods appear in each category. Items can be added to bookmarks for quick access. Potion and fluid recipes are supported, and fluid recipes are shown in the book's available-recipe layout. The mod requires Architectury API and Just Enough Items (JEI), and Mod Menu is optional. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Files are released for Fabric and NeoForge on 1.21.1, and the code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Discovery-based recipe listing
Recipes stay hidden until the player has found an ingredient item or the crafting method that uses it.
Custom categories
A Recipes tab sits beside custom categories, and the player picks which mods appear in each one.
Bookmarks
Items can be bookmarked in the book for quick access during crafting sessions.
Potion and fluid recipes
Potion recipes and fluid recipes are supported, with fluid recipes shown in the available-recipe layout.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 1
Use cases
Gradual progression
A player on a survival world sees only the recipes they have earned by exploring and gathering materials.
Modpack browsing
Players of large modpacks can sort recipes into categories by mod and bookmark the items they use most.
Who it’s for: Players who want crafting knowledge to come from exploration, and server owners who want a recipe book that follows that pace.
How it compares
GiveMeRecipes is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for Fabric on 1.21.9 – 1.21.10, so players join without installing it. Craftbound runs on NeoForge for 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 under the MIT License, and a client-required mod the server may skip. Useful Recipe Book is a Fabric mod for 26.1.2 only and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mod Recipe Book | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-10 |
| GiveMeRecipes | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2025-10-15 |
| Craftbound | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 | Client required, server optional | 2026-10-10 |
| Useful Recipe Book | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-15 |
Questions
Does Mod Recipe Book need Architectury API?
Which loaders does Mod Recipe Book support for 1.21.1?
Does a server need Mod Recipe Book?
In the catalog
Mod Recipe Book is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A progression-based recipe book with items from mods. Discover items, unlock recipes, and learn mods as you play. Designed for modpacks: create custom categories from any combination of mods, optionally include Minecraft, hide the vanilla recipe book, and choose whether recipes unlock after discovering one ingredient…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mod-recipe-book
- Owner
- MaestroNek
- Published
- 2026-08-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15