Smelting Metal - Realistic Metal and Gem Processing
by marcinjaelo
Smelting Metal changes how ores and gems are processed, so molten metal is poured into molds and cooled in water before it becomes an ingot.
What it does
The mod replaces part of the usual smelting path for metal and gem items. Ores are first melted into molten metal, which can then be shaped in a mold and cooled to produce ingots. Recipes for metal items and molten blocks are added, and modded items with long metal names are included in the processing as well. Grinding of gem items follows the same logic.
Support for the Create mod is built in: crushing recipes cover metal items, and Depot interactions work with the processed results. Smelting recipes that are now covered by the new processing have been removed, and an option turns certain ingot recipes, such as the netherite ingot mixing recipe, into Create mixing recipes. Players who automate metal production with Create get the most from these additions.
The mod is published for Forge only, across six game versions: 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 are all covered. The latest Forge file is 1.4.1 for 1.20.6, released on 2026-08-21. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is public, but the mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Molten metal processing
Ores are smelted into molten metal, which is collected in a container and then shaped or cooled.
Hardened molds
A Hardened Mold is crafted from clay balls and turns molten metal into an ingot, sword, axe, pickaxe, shovel or hoe, depending on the shape chosen.
Cooling step
A hot tool or ingot needs to be dropped into water or left to cool on the ground before it can be collected, and it turns back into raw metal if it is not cooled in time.
Netherite Mold
A baked Hardened Mold combined with netherite scrap in a cooking furnace produces a Netherite Mold, which keeps its shape after the process.
Create crushing recipes
Metal items and gems gain crushing recipes for Create, so raw ore can be crushed instead of only shaped in molds.
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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.
Questions
Does Smelting Metal need Create?
Does the mod have to be installed on the server?
Why does a cooled item turn back into raw metal?
In the catalog
Smelting Metal - Realistic Metal and Gem Processing is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Recipes have been added for all metal items to smelt them into molten blocks or items. Including modded items, as long as metal name is in the name of the item. The same applies to grinding gem items. Added Create support to add crushing recipes for all metal items and support Depot interactions.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/smelting-metal
- Owner
- marcinjaelo
- Published
- 2025-09-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15