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Refined Fluid Substitution

by Ultramega

Refined Fluid Substitution lets Refined Storage crafting use fluids directly, without filling and emptying buckets.

FabricNeoForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.21.1 – 26.1.2

What it does

A Fluid Substitution Pattern is encoded in place of a regular pattern, so a recipe can take fluid straight from storage. The encoded pattern can be inserted into an Autocrafter, and a request made in Refined Storage draws the fluid directly instead of filled buckets. Both sides must run the mod, and it needs Fabric API and Refined Storage. Builds exist for Fabric and NeoForge on 1.21.1 and 26.1.2, under the MIT License, and the code is open source.

Key features

  1. Fluid substitution pattern

    A pattern type that uses fluids directly in a recipe, replacing the bucket step.

  2. Autocrafter support

    Encoded fluid patterns can be placed in an Autocrafter like any other Refined Storage pattern.

  3. Direct fluid requests

    Crafting requests in Refined Storage pull the fluid itself rather than filled buckets.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.1.226.1.2-1.0.126.1.2-1.0.1
1.21.11.21.1-2.0.01.21.1-2.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 2

Refined StorageAn elegant solution to your hoarding problem.
Required
Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Hopper Bucket is open source under the MIT License, runs on Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21 – 26.1, and is also client and server. Refined Storage - JEI Integration covers 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 on the same two loaders and is open source under the MIT License, but it adds recipe viewing rather than fluid patterns.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Refined Fluid SubstitutionFabric and NeoForge1.21.1 – 26.1.2Client and server2026-08-17
Hopper BucketFabric and NeoForge1.21 – 26.1Client and server2026-03-25
Refined Storage - JEI IntegrationFabric and NeoForge1.21.1 – 26.1.2Client and server2026-05-31

Questions

Does Refined Fluid Substitution need Refined Storage?

Yes. Refined Storage is a required dependency, and Fabric API is required on Fabric.

Does the server need the mod?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

In the catalog

Refined Fluid Substitution is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.

Storage mods4,058Fabric modsMods for 26.1.215,189

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What the author says

This mod adds a fluid substitution pattern, allowing fluids to be used directly instead of buckets to Refined Storage. Simply encode a recipe as you normally would, but use a Fluid Substitution Pattern instead of a regular pattern.
Ultramega, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Ultramega
Published
2026-08-16
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-17
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Game mechanicsStorageTechnologyOptimization
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