Recipes of the Lost
by Kibutsuji
With Recipes of the Lost installed, items that could never be crafted gain recipes of their own, including mob drops and obscure blocks.
What it does
Some items in vanilla Minecraft sit in the inventory with no crafting recipe that produces them. The mod adds recipes for a set of these, so a player can craft an item that was previously only obtainable from loot or the world. The recipes are meant to fit the existing progression rather than skip past it, and the author describes them as balanced against the rest of the crafting system.
The mod is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge package for client and server, so the server and every player need it. Builds are published for 9 release versions across 1.18.2 – 1.21.4, and the latest files are 5.0.1 for 1.21.1 on Fabric, 4.14 for 1.21 on Forge and 5.1 for 1.21.1 on NeoForge. The license is All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.
Key features
Recipes for uncraftable items
Items that have no recipe in vanilla gain one, so they can be crafted during normal play.
Mob drop recipes
Some mob drops become ingredients or results in new recipes, letting players craft with items they would otherwise only collect.
Obscure block access
Rare or hard-to-reach blocks can be made from recipes, giving builders another way to obtain them.
Balanced crafting costs
The added recipes use ingredients chosen to keep the existing progression intact.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival progression
Players who want to reach a rare item without a long search can craft it from materials they already gather.
Building with rare blocks
Builders who need obscure blocks in quantity can produce them from recipes instead of hunting for them.
Who it’s for: Players who want more crafting options in survival, and builders who need blocks that vanilla does not sell or craft.
How it compares
No More Uncraftables targets the same gap with Forge and NeoForge files for 1.19.4 – 1.21.4, runs on the server alone and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license, so players can join without installing it. Morecipess is a server-side only Fabric mod built for 1.21.8. Simple Expanded Crafting Recipes is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and runs on client and server across 1.19.2 – 26.1.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipes of the Lost | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-09-09 |
| No More Uncraftables | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.4 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-03-17 |
| Morecipess | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-03-28 |
| Simple Expanded Crafting Recipes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-20 |
Questions
Does Recipes of the Lost work on Fabric and Forge?
Does the server need Recipes of the Lost?
Which game versions are covered?
In the catalog
Recipes of the Lost is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
Recipes of the Lost is a Minecraft mod designed to unlock the crafting potential of overlooked items in the game. Have you ever wished you could craft that elusive mob drop, obscure block, or uncraftable item sitting in your inventory? With Recipes of the Lost, you'll gain access to a variety of thoughtfully balanced…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/recipes-of-the-lost
- Owner
- Kibutsuji
- Published
- 2023-04-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15