Recipe Book is Pain (Extended)
by th1s.aVa
A community fork named Recipe Book is Pain (Extended), built from Recipe Book Pain, places tabs along the top and bottom of the recipe book screen on Fabric and NeoForge.
What it does
The fork keeps the core behavior of Recipe Book Pain and adds features on top of it, with the goal of moving the original mod to newer game versions. Its only listed build covers 1.21.11, with the 2.0 file for both Fabric and NeoForge dated 2026-06-10. Players who want the extra features can enable them, and an option set to false turns them off again.
Mouse wheel scrolling turns pages in the recipe book, and the search field stays in place when the book changes pages. Tabs on the top and bottom of the screen group recipes, and the bottom page-number setting can be adjusted between a minimum of 6 and 16 entries. The mod is client-side only, so servers and other players do not need it. It is published under the MIT License and is open source, with public source code and an issue tracker.
Key features
Top and bottom tabs
Tabs along the top and bottom edges of the recipe book let players move between recipe groups.
Mouse wheel paging
Scrolling the mouse wheel turns pages in the recipe book without clicking the arrow buttons.
Sticky search
The search field keeps its text and position while the recipe book changes pages.
Creative inventory grouping
The recipe book in creative mode groups items, which helps in large modpacks with many recipes.
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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
Large modpacks
Players with many installed mods can locate recipes more quickly through the tabs and search.
Who it’s for: Players who use Fabric or NeoForge on 1.21.11 and want a recipe book with tabs, mouse wheel paging and sticky search. Because it is client-side only, a single-player or multiplayer client can run it alone.
How it compares
Always Open Recipe Book is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 under All rights reserved and is not open source, so it is not released as public source. Recipe Book Ferret is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 that runs on client and server and is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license. EIV Recipe Book Button is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.21.8 under the MIT License, but it does not cover the 1.21.11 build.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe Book is Pain (Extended) | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-10 |
| Always Open Recipe Book | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-07 |
| Recipe Book Ferret | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-06 |
| EIV Recipe Book Button | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2025-10-21 |
Questions
Does Recipe Book is Pain (Extended) need to be on the server?
Which loaders does the mod support?
Can the extra features be turned off?
In the catalog
Recipe Book is Pain (Extended) is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
This is an unofficial fork of Recipe Book is Pain, intended for migration to newer versions and feature expansion without changing the core functionality. Apply the creative-mode inventory grouping to the recipe book. When playing large modpacks, this helps you find recipes more quickly.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/recipe-book-is-pain-extended
- Owner
- th1s.aVa
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15