Random Drawing
by simalami
Random Drawing changes how item recipes appear, turning them into random outcomes for the crafting book and chests that generate in the world.
What it does
Crafting recipes in this NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 are replaced by random drawings, and random item recipes spawn inside chests placed by world generation. Players use the built-in vanilla crafting book, so no extra screens or helper mods are needed. The server has to run the mod, while players may leave it out. The license is CC0 1.0 Universal, so the work is public domain and is not open source.
Key features
Random item recipes
Item recipes are drawn at random instead of following a fixed pattern, so each world can present different results.
Recipes in chests
Random item recipes spawn in chests during world generation, giving players a source of them while exploring.
Vanilla crafting book
Recipes are shown in the built-in Minecraft crafting book, so no extra interface is installed.
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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.
How it compares
Random Entity & Structure runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 1.21.5, and the server needs it while clients may skip it, under All rights reserved. RandomOres is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, and is needed on both the server and the client.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Random Drawing | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-04 |
| Random Entity & Structure | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-05-16 |
| RandomOres | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-13 |
Questions
Does Random Drawing need JEI?
Does Random Drawing have to be installed on the client?
In the catalog
Random Drawing is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,175 World generation mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
All items will now have random recipes! And you won’t even need to install extra stuff like JEI or anything—BECAUSE now books with random item recipes will spawn in chests! Spoiler (Yeah, for now it still uses the built-in crafting book from vanilla Minecraft, but don’t worry, I’ll mercilessly remove it in future mod…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/random-drawing
- Owner
- simalami
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15