Simple Expanded Crafting Recipes
Simple Expanded Crafting Recipes adds vanilla-material recipes for single items that players otherwise cannot craft in survival mode.
What it does
Several items in vanilla Minecraft have no crafting recipe at all, so players must find them in dungeon chests or farm them in raids. This mod fills those gaps with simple recipes built from vanilla materials. Examples named by the author include a Totem of Undying, which otherwise depends on endless raid farming, and Horse Armor in iron, gold and diamond.
The mod changes only recipes. It does not alter how the items themselves work and does not break existing behavior. Fabric API is required on Fabric and must be installed alongside it. Recipes are shown in-game by viewer mods such as JEI or REI, which list the new crafting paths.
Client and server: the server and every player need the mod. It is released under CC0 1.0 Universal and is open source, with a public source code repository and issue tracker. Files target 1.19.2 – 26.1.2 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with the latest Fabric and NeoForge builds for 26.1.2 and the latest Forge build for 1.20.1.
Key features
Recipes for single items
Items that vanilla cannot craft get simple recipes, making them reachable in survival mode.
Vanilla materials only
Each new recipe uses ingredients that already exist in the base game, so no extra items are introduced.
Totem and armor recipes
A Totem of Undying and Horse Armor in iron, gold and diamond can be crafted instead of looted or farmed.
Recipe-only changes
The mod adds recipes and leaves the behavior of existing items unchanged, so it is light and combines with most other mods.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Survival players and modpack builders who want more craftable items without new content, and server owners who want a lightweight recipe addition alongside other mods.
How it compares
Craftable Items MOD is open source under the MIT License, works on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 26.3, and needs the client while the server may skip it. Craftable Enderpearl Mod is server-side only, released under the MIT License, and covers 1.16.5 – 26.1.2 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, so players can join without installing it. Recipes of the Lost is not open source, is under All rights reserved, and runs on both client and server across 1.18.2 – 1.21.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Expanded Crafting Recipes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-20 |
| Craftable Items MOD | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client required, server optional | 2026-10-15 |
| Craftable Enderpearl Mod | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-30 |
| Recipes of the Lost | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-09-09 |
Questions
Does Simple Expanded Crafting Recipes require Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Which game versions are supported?
Will the mod change how items behave?
In the catalog
Simple Expanded Crafting Recipes is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
If you find any bugs or want me to add a recipe, go to this form (Update) I have added 26.1.2 support, but I am dropping all older versions as of right now. I just wanted to say thanks for 340 downloads
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simple-expanded-crafting-recipes
- Owner
- JohnDingleSin
- Published
- 2026-05-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15