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Datapack recipe

Datapack

Recipes let you define how items are crafted.

  1. Create a folder named recipe in you Datapack namespace

    • Directory<datapack>
      • pack.mcmeta
      • pack.png
      • Directorydata
        • Directoryminecraft
          • …
        • Directory<namespace>
          • Directoryrecipe
            • …

  2. Create a <recipe>.json file for your recipe

  3. Choose how you want to craft your item

    | Type | Name | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | minecraft:blasting | Blasting | Items cooked in a Blast furnace | | minecraft:campfire_cooking | Campfire cooking | Items cooked on a Campfire | | minecraft:crafting_decorated_pot | Decorated pot | Decorated pot recipe | | minecraft:crafting_shaped | Crafting shaped | Items and their placement | | minecraft:crafting_shapeless | Crafting shapeless | Only items recipe | | minecraft:crafting_special_* | Crafting special | Special crafting methods | | minecraft:crafting_transmute | Crafting transmute | Items trasmuted into other items | | minecraft:smelting | Smelting | Items cooked in a Furnace | | minecraft:smithing_transform | Smithing | Items crafted in a Smithing table | | minecraft:smithing_trim | Smithing trim | Items trimmed in a Smithing table | | minecraft:smoking | Smoking | Items cooked in a Smoker | | minecraft:stonecutting | Stonecutting | Items cut in a Stonecutter |

  4. Done

Types

Section titled “Types”

blasting

Section titled “blasting”
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campfire_cooking

Section titled “campfire_cooking”
baked_potato.json
{
  "type": "minecraft:campfire_cooking",
  "category": "food", // Optional. Defaults to `misc`. Category inside the recipe book
  "cookingtime": 600, // Optional. Default to 100. Time in milliseconds the item has to cook
  "experience": 0.35, // Experience given after cooking
  "ingredient": "minecraft:potato", // Item to cook
  "result": {
    "id": "minecraft:baked_potato" // Result item after cooking
  }
}

crafting_decorated_pot

Section titled “crafting_decorated_pot”
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crafting_shaped

Section titled “crafting_shaped”
cake.json
{
  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
  "category": "misc", // Optional. Defaults to `misc`. Category inside the recipe book
  "key": {
    // Key-value pairs to easily describe items inside the `pattern` field
    "A": "minecraft:milk_bucket",
    "B": "minecraft:sugar",
    "C": "minecraft:wheat",
    "E": "#minecraft:eggs"
  },
  "pattern": [
    // Recipe pattern
    "AAA",
    "BEB",
    "CCC"
  ],
  "result": {
    "count": 1, // Optional. Defaults to 1.
    "id": "minecraft:cake"
  }
}

crafting_shapeless

Section titled “crafting_shapeless”
flint_and_steel.json
{
  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shapeless",
  "category": "equipment", // Optional. Defaults to `misc`. Category inside the recipe book
  "ingredients": ["minecraft:iron_ingot", "minecraft:flint"],
  "result": {
    "count": 1, // Optional. Defaults to 1.
    "id": "minecraft:flint_and_steel"
  }
}

crafting_special_*

Section titled “crafting_special_*”
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crafting_transmute

Section titled “crafting_transmute”
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smelting

Section titled “smelting”
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smithing_transform

Section titled “smithing_transform”
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smithing_trim

Section titled “smithing_trim”
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smoking

Section titled “smoking”
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stonecutting

Section titled “stonecutting”
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Other information

Section titled “Other information”

Resources

Section titled “Resources”