old mushroom smelting recipe
Old Mushroom Smelting Recipe brings back the classic furnace recipes for mushrooms and adds dye recipes for Nether fungi, so players get dyes through smelting again.
What it does
Smelting a Red Mushroom or a Brown Mushroom in a furnace is restored as a dye source, a recipe that vanilla Minecraft once had. The mod also adds matching recipes for Nether fungi, so a Crimson Fungus smelted in a furnace yields Pink Dye rather than a second Red Dye.
The author kept the set at four recipes on purpose: Red Mushrooms already give Red Dye, so a second smelting path with the same output would add nothing. Giving Pink Dye a distinct source keeps each Nether fungus with its own purpose. The mod suits Survival worlds, Vanilla+ modpacks and players who want a renewable way to obtain dyes.
The mod works on the client and on the server, and either side can run it without the other. It is published for Fabric and Forge, with files covering 1.19.2 – 26.2 across eight release versions. Old Mushroom Smelting Recipe is not open source and is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Mushroom smelting restored
Red and Brown Mushrooms can be smelted in a furnace again, giving a renewable source of dye.
Pink Dye from Crimson Fungus
Smelting a Crimson Fungus produces Pink Dye, a result that differs from the Red Dye of the mushroom recipe.
Nether fungi recipes
Matching smelting recipes are added for Nether fungi, expanding the classic recipe set into the Nether.
Lightweight recipe additions
The mod only adds recipes and changes no other gameplay, so it stays small and close to vanilla behavior.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Vanilla+ modpacks
Modpack builders who want classic mushroom recipes alongside newer Nether content can add the mod without changing other systems.
Survival worlds
Players who want another renewable way to obtain dyes can smelt mushrooms instead of gathering flowers or other dye sources.
Who it’s for: Players who miss the classic Minecraft smelting recipes, server owners who run Vanilla+ style modpacks, and anyone who wants extra renewable dye options in a Survival world.
Questions
Does Old Mushroom Smelting Recipe need to be installed on the server?
Why does a Crimson Fungus give Pink Dye instead of Red Dye?
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What the author says
Bring back the classic mushroom smelting recipes—and expand them to the Nether! This lightweight mod restores the classic ability to smelt mushrooms into dyes while also adding matching recipes for the Nether fungi.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/old-mushroom-smelting-recipe
- Owner
- The_wither_storm_fan
- Published
- 2026-07-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15