Portal-Free Recipes
by Ceru1esk
Portal-Free Recipes adds crafting table recipes for most crafting items that are normally exclusive to the End and the Nether.
What it does
Many crafting items in the game can only be made after reaching the End or the Nether. This NeoForge mod adds crafting table recipes for most of those items, so they can be made in the Overworld without going through a portal. The recipes are added by the mod, and the rest of the progression is left as it is.
Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1 and 1.21.4, with 1.0.0 for 1.21.4 as the latest file. The author recommends a set of optional mods, including AntiPortals, More Ruined Portals and an EMI, JEI or REI recipe viewer, and the mod was made with MCreator. Portal-Free Recipes is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Overworld crafting recipes
Most items that normally need End or Nether materials gain a crafting table recipe, so they are craftable in the Overworld.
Vanilla-style recipes
The added recipes use the ordinary crafting table, so no new workstation is needed to make the items.
Recipe viewer support
The recipes can be looked up in EMI, JEI or REI, which shows where each added item comes from.
Built with MCreator
The mod was created with the MCreator tool, which the author names as the source of the mod's structure.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who want a lighter progression route through crafting, and server owners who want to decide how End and Nether items can be made in their worlds. Both the server and every player need the mod installed.
How it compares
Ruined Portal Only is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, runs on NeoForge for 1.21 – 1.21.1 and is client and server. Unreachable Nether is open source under the MIT License, also for NeoForge and 1.21.1 only. Portal Frame Item is not open source; it is MIT licensed, NeoForge only, for 1.21.1, and also runs on client and server. Portal-Free Recipes covers 1.21.1 and 1.21.4, while those three cover the 1.21.1 build only or a narrower range.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portal-Free Recipes | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-04-29 |
| Ruined Portal Only (Neoforge) | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-26 |
| Unreachable Nether | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-29 |
| Portal Frame Item | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-15 |
Questions
Does Portal-Free Recipes need other mods?
Does the server need Portal-Free Recipes too?
Which game versions does Portal-Free Recipes support?
In the catalog
Portal-Free Recipes is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 917 Economy mods for NeoForge. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/portal-free-recipes
- Owner
- Ceru1esk
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15