Just Better Recipes
A Datapack/Mod which adds TONS (over 3.000) of new and useful Vanilla recipes!
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About this Mod
Just Better Recipes
is a DataPack / Mod which ads TONS (over 3.000 !!!) new useful Vanilla-friendly recipes.
Join the discord to discuss any feature requests, improvements or support!
List of all available recipes:
Special Recipes
- Automated Dye Production with smelting/smoking flowers
- Cut-able & Recycling Wood Recipes
- Re-colorable Beds, Wool and Carpets (pre 1.20 only)
- Re-colorable Banners, Glass, Glass Panes, (Glazed-)Terracotta, Concrete (-powder) & Candles
- Dead Coral to Living Coral ~~ Dead Coral + Bone Meal + Water Bucket
- Any Slab to Block ~~ Any Slab x2 + Slimeball
- Any Carpet to Block ~~ Any Carpet x4 + Slimeball
- Cut-able Wart Blocks
Smelting & Blasting Recipes
- Blasting Recipes for some Smelting Recipes (such as Terracotta etc.)
- Blasting Wood to Charcoal
- Blasting Equipment (vanilla-friendly, only returns you a nugget! Diamond & Netherite can be blasted too, just takes some time)
- Raw Ore Blocks
- Rotten Flesh to Leather
- Iron Bars
- Iron Trapdoor
- Iron Door
- Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
- Shears
- Flint and Steel
- Bucket
- Chain
- Lantern
- Soul Lantern
- Cauldron
- Hopper
- Minecart, Chest/Hopper/TNT/Furnace Minecart
- Rail, Activator/Detector/Powered Rail
- Compass
- Anvil, CHipped/Damaged Anvil
- Iron Horse Armor
- Bell
- Light Weighted Pressure Plate
- Clock
- Golden Horse Armor
- Lightning Rod
- Spyglass
- Diamond Horse Armor
- Leather Horse Armor
Stonecutting Recipes
- Cut-able Amethyst / Amethyst Cluster
- Wart Block to Nether Warts
- Cut-able Wood Recipes (and recycle)
- Better Stone Recipes
- Cut-able Deepslate
- Cut-able & Convertable Mossy Blocks
- Cut-able Bricks & Nether Bricks
- Cut-able Prismarine
- Cut-able Shulker (recycle)
- Cut-able Wool, Carpet & Banner (recycle)
- Cut-able Cobweb
- Better Quartz Recipes
- Cut-able Glass (Glass to Glass Pane, more efficient: gives 2 extra panes !!!)**
- Many more recycle Recipes such as Redstone stuff, Arrows, Bows, Crafting Table etc
Available Versions
How to Install Just Better Recipes on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Just Better Recipes". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1, 1.21, 1.20.6 (+49 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Just Better Recipes server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Just Better Recipes compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
Just Better Recipes officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21, 1.20.6. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Just Better Recipes – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Just Better Recipes consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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