NeoCrafts
NeoCrafts is a NeoForge utility that adds quality-of-life recipes for bulk crafting, uncrafting, batch smelting and anvil repair on 1.21.1.
What it does
Bulk crafting lets a player craft a large stack of common items such as sticks, chests, barrels, chains and cauldrons in one action, which keeps the material cost per item unchanged. Uncrafting turns blocks like bricks, snow and quartz back into their source materials. Raw ore blocks can be smelted directly into their block variants, and pottery sherds can be made from four bricks.
The mod runs on the server only, so players join without installing it. Its files are published for NeoForge 1.21.1 and are released under the Apache License 2.0, though the project is not open source. Just Enough Items (JEI) is an optional dependency that adds recipe lookup for the new recipes. Recent updates also made some previously uncraftable items, such as name tags and saddles, craftable.
Anvil recipes cover repair steps: a chipped anvil is restored with 6 iron ingots, a damaged anvil with 3, and ingots can be converted into a damaged anvil or a chipped anvil. Iron bars and glass panes use fewer ingredients than the vanilla recipe, with 8 iron bars from 3 iron ingots and 8 glass panes from 3 glass blocks, stained glass panes included.
Key features
Bulk crafting
Common items such as sticks, chests, barrels, chains and cauldrons can be crafted in large batches at once.
Uncrafting
Blocks like bricks, snow and quartz can be broken back down into the materials they were made from.
Batch smelting
Raw ore blocks smelt directly into their block variants, with iron and iron blocks among the covered items.
Anvil repair recipes
Chipped and damaged anvils can be restored or converted using a set number of iron ingots.
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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.
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players on NeoForge 1.21.1 servers who want faster crafting and smelting. Only the server needs the mod, so clients join without installing it.
How it compares
Recipes You Need is a NeoForge 1.21.1 mod that runs client and server and is released under the MIT License, so every player needs it. Repair Anvil is server required with the client optional, is released under the MIT License and covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.18 – 26.1.2. SF's Anvil Repair is released under the MIT License and covers Fabric and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NeoCrafts | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-10-05 |
| Recipes You Need | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-11 |
| Repair Anvil | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2025-10-01 |
| SF's Anvil Repair | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Not published | 2026-06-15 |
Questions
Does NeoCrafts need Just Enough Items (JEI)?
Does a player need NeoCrafts to join a server that runs it?
Which game versions does NeoCrafts support?
In the catalog
NeoCrafts is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,477 Utility mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Bulk crafting of sticks, chests, barrels, chains, cauldrons etc. in order to save time when crafting a lot of those items at once while keeping the cost per item the same. You can now uncraft blocks like bricks, snow, quartz etc. back into their respective materials.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/neocrafts
- Owner
- ImNotWolframium
- Published
- 2024-06-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15