Tiered Upgrade Templates
by Azturax
Tiered Upgrade Templates lets a player craft upgrade templates that step a recipe up through material tiers, from iron to diamond, emerald and obsidian.
What it does
The templates are recipeless by default, so they are not craftable on their own. Each one marks a tier in an upgrade chain and sorts the recipes that consume it. The mod was made mainly for upgradeable tools and for storage and furnace blocks from other mods, and custom recipes can be added through scripting.
The author built the mod for a custom modpack and notes that it is open to use beyond that pack. The mod runs on the client and on the server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1 – 1.21.8, with 1.0.1 for 1.21.8 as the latest file.
Key features
Recipeless upgrade templates
Templates for iron, diamond, emerald and obsidian are not craftable by default, which keeps each upgrade step under the pack's control.
Tiered recipe sorting
Templates sort the recipes that use them by tier, so an upgrade path reads in order.
Scripted custom recipes
Custom upgrade recipes can be added with scripts in a modpack.
Upgradeable tools and blocks
The chain targets tools and storage and furnace blocks, the content the mod was made for.
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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
Who it’s for: Modpack authors who want tiered upgrade recipes for tools and storage blocks, and server owners who run such a pack with custom scripted recipes.
How it compares
Easy Netherite Upgrade (Neoforge) also targets NeoForge for 1.21.1 – 1.21.8, but is server-side only and released under the MIT License, so players can join without installing it. Hero's Tiered is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 only, with a client and server environment and an open source MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiered Upgrade Templates | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-09-29 |
| Easy Netherite Upgrade (Neoforge) | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-08-05 |
| Hero's Tiered | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-27 |
Questions
Does Tiered Upgrade Templates need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Tiered Upgrade Templates support?
Can custom recipes be added to Tiered Upgrade Templates?
In the catalog
Tiered Upgrade Templates is one of 8,016 Management mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,689 Management mods for NeoForge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Upgrade Templates for a custom modpack i'm forging! Recipeless Templates from iron over diamond and emerald to obsidian. I chose not to include recipes as i wanted to add custom recipes with crafttweaker! I'd recommend anyone using this mod to do so too!;)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tiered-upgrade-templates
- Owner
- Azturax
- Published
- 2025-09-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15