✨ AuraLite Realistic Crafting — Minecraft 1.20.1

1258 reworked recipes — almost every vanilla craft is now more realistic. Ships in 3 formats: vanilla datapack, Fabric mod, Forge mod.

📜 TL;DR license: You may freely use, modify and redistribute this mod with credit to AlexanderNyr and only for non‑commercial purposes; derivative works must use the same license. Full text in LICENSE.txt. Monetized YouTube/Twitch videos are fine — see the Rules & Permissions section below.

📦 Downloads (`build/` folder)

File	Where to put it	Requires
`AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-datapack-0.1.1.zip`	`<world>/datapacks/`	nothing — vanilla 1.20.1 client
`AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-fabric-0.1.1.jar`	`.minecraft/mods/`	Fabric Loader 0.14+
`AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-forge-0.1.1.jar`	`.minecraft/mods/`	Forge 47+

The datapack is a .zip (Minecraft data packs require this), while Fabric/Forge mods must be .jar files — the loaders ignore anything else in the mods/ folder. All three files contain the same JSON recipes; only the manifest differs.

🚀 Installation

Datapack (no mods needed, any 1.20.1 client)

Put AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-datapack-0.1.1.zip into <world_folder>/datapacks/.
Enter the world and run /reload. Verify with /datapack list.

Fabric

Install Fabric Loader 0.14+ for 1.20.1.
Drop AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-fabric-0.1.1.jar into .minecraft/mods/.
Launch the Fabric profile.

Forge

Install Forge 47.x for 1.20.1.
Drop AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-forge-0.1.1.jar into .minecraft/mods/.
Launch. The mod registers via lowcodefml (pure data — no Java code).

Works on servers too — same file goes into the server's mods/ folder or world datapacks/ folder.

🛠 What changed (1258 recipes)

🪵 Wood (11 types: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark_oak, mangrove, cherry, crimson, warped, bamboo)

1 log → 6 planks (realistic sawmilling)
3 planks → 9 slabs (a slab is half a block — more makes sense)
6 planks → 8 stairs
Doors, trapdoors, fences, gates, buttons, pressure plates, signs, boats, chest‑boats — all rebalanced
Hanging signs (1.20+) for every wood type
Bark stripping by crafting: log + stick → stripped log

⛏ Tools (6 materials: wood, stone, iron, gold, diamond, netherite)

All tools use a stick handle
Metal/diamond/netherite tools also require leather for a grip wrap on the handle
Pickaxes, axes, shovels, hoes, swords
Netherite upgrades via smithing transform (vanilla path)

🛡 Armor

Leather — classic, unchanged
Iron, gold, diamond — require leather padding (gambeson) inside the metal frame
Diamond — extra iron fittings on helmet & chestplate
Chainmail — now craftable from chains (vanilla can't!)
Horse armor (iron, gold, diamond) — now craftable (vanilla can't!)
Shield — leather + iron rim
Turtle helmet, recovery compass — full pipelines

🎨 16 colors — full coverage

For each of the 16 vanilla colors:

Concrete powder (8 sand + dye → 8)
Dyed terracotta (8 terracotta + dye → 8)
Glazed terracotta via furnace + blast furnace
Stained glass + panes (multiple paths)
Dyed wool, carpets, candles, beds, banners
Shulker boxes in all colors (and reset back to plain)
Candle cakes for every color
Banner patterns (Creeper, Flower, Skull, Mojang, Globe)

🌸 Dyes — every source

35+ recipes: flowers (single + tall), color mixing, bone meal, lapis lazuli, cocoa, ink sac, beetroot, dried kelp, etc.

🟧 Copper — every oxidation stage

cut_copper in all 4 stages + slabs + stairs
Waxing (12 recipes using honeycomb)
Lightning rod

🧱 Stone (40+ blocks)

All slabs: 3 → 9 (was 6)
All stairs: 6 → 8 (was 4)
All walls: 6 → 9
Chiseled variants via 2 stacked slabs
Cracked variants via smelting normal bricks
Polished, smooth, cut variants rebalanced
Mossy variants via moss block OR vine
Stonecutter support: 100+ recipes across 17 stone families

🔥 Lighting & fire

Torch: coal on top of stick → 2 torches (was 4)
Soul torch (2 paths), redstone torch, soul lantern
Campfire: sticks + log + coal
Lantern / soul lantern: 8 nuggets around a torch
Candle: string + honeycomb
TNT: gunpowder cross + sand corners
Charcoal from all 11 wood types (smelting)

🏠 Utility blocks

Crafting table: 4 planks + 2 sticks (legs)
Furnace: 8 cobblestone + clay ball (mortar) in the center
Blast furnace, smoker, smithing/cartography/fletching tables, loom, stonecutter — realistic builds
Chest with iron‑nugget hinges
Ender chest, shulker box, hopper, bucket, bowl (clay-ceramic, not wood)
Barrel, lectern, bookshelf (with actual books), armor stand
Decorated pot (1.20+)
Chiseled bookshelf (1.20+)

⚙ Redstone

Piston, sticky piston, observer
Repeater, comparator rebuilt with real torches
Redstone lamp, daylight detector
Rails: 24 per craft (was 16)
Activator, detector, powered rails balanced for transport

🚂 Transport

Minecart: 5 iron
All variants (chest/furnace/hopper/TNT) — combined with the cart
Saddle: leather + string + iron (2 different recipes)

⚔ Weapons

Bow: sticks + string + leather grip
Crossbow: sticks + iron + string + hook
Arrows: flint + stick + feather → 8 arrows (was 4)
Spectral arrows: + glowstone dust
Fishing rod, flint and steel, shears

🍞 Food

Bread: 3 wheat + egg + water bucket → 2 bread
Cookie: wheat + cocoa → 16 (bulk pattern)
Cake, pumpkin pie with alternative recipes
Pumpkin pie, rabbit stew, mushroom/beetroot/suspicious stew — ingredients revised
Golden apple/carrot, glistering melon balanced
Hay ↔ wheat both directions
Cooking via furnace, smoker, and campfire for every meat/fish/potato

🪄 Magic / enchanting

Enchanting table: book + 4 diamonds + 4 obsidian
Anvil, beacon, end crystal, conduit, brewing stand
Reinforced deepslate — now craftable from deepslate + echo + netherite!
Froglights (all 3 colors) — glowstone + magma cream
Tinted glass, calibrated sculk sensor, recovery compass

💎 Ingots ↔ blocks

9 materials (iron, gold, diamond, emerald, lapis, redstone, coal, netherite, copper) — block ↔ ingot, both ways
Iron/gold nuggets — convertible both ways
Netherite ingot craftable from 4 scrap + 4 gold
Amethyst block ↔ amethyst shard both ways

♻️ Recycling

Blasting iron/gold/chainmail armor and tools → nuggets
Diamond gear → diamonds back
Netherite gear → scrap back
Wool (all 16 colors) → string

🎆 Fireworks

Rockets of flight 1/2/3 with adjustable gunpowder
Firework star base + all 16 colors

🪟 Glass, bars, chains

Glass pane, iron bars with bulk recipes
Chain (single + bulk)
Iron door in bulk

🌿 Nature & extras

Packed/blue ice craftable
Clay block, mud, packed mud, mud bricks
Sculk and sculk vein craftable
Pointed dripstone ↔ dripstone block both ways
Soul soil from soul sand
Cobweb → string (9), nether wart block decompose

⚖️ Rules & Permissions (FAQ)

Videos & Streams: You are free to showcase, stream, and use this datapack/mod in your videos — including monetized channels on YouTube, Twitch, Kick, TikTok, etc. Showing the mod in monetized content does not count as "commercial use" under this license. A mention/credit in the description is appreciated but not required.
Modpacks: You are free to include this datapack/mod in your free modpacks on CurseForge, Modrinth, Technic, or any other platform. Please keep the original credit to AlexanderNyr in the modpack description.
Personal Tweaks: You can freely modify the recipes / code for your own personal use, your own server, or your community.
No Re‑hosting: Do not upload the raw files to third‑party download sites (especially behind ad‑links like AdFly, Linkvertise, and similar). Always link to the official authorized source.
Derivative Works: If you modify this mod/datapack and distribute your version publicly, your release must be free, open‑source, and licensed under the exact same CC BY‑NC‑SA 4.0 license, with clear attribution to the original author AlexanderNyr.
Commercial use: Selling the mod, paywalling access to it, including it in paid modpacks/servers, or any other direct commercialization is not allowed without explicit written permission from the author.

License at a glance

✅ BY — give credit: AlexanderNyr + a link to the project.
🚫 NC — non‑commercial use. Monetized video content is allowed; selling the mod/datapack itself is not.
🔁 SA — derivative works must be released under this same CC BY‑NC‑SA 4.0 license.

Full legal text: see LICENSE.txt or https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode. Human‑readable summary: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.

📁 Project structure

AuraLiteRealisticCrafting/
├── src/data/minecraft/recipes/    ← 1258 JSON recipe sources
├── scripts/
│   └── package.sh                 ← builds all 3 archives
├── formats/
│   ├── datapack/                  ← unpacked datapack contents
│   ├── fabric/                    ← unpacked Fabric mod contents
│   └── forge/                     ← unpacked Forge mod contents
├── build/
│   ├── AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-datapack-0.1.1.zip
│   ├── AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-fabric-0.1.1.jar
│   └── AuraLiteRealisticCrafting-forge-0.1.1.jar
├── pack.png                       ← 128×128 pixel-art "A" icon with aura
├── LICENSE.txt                    ← full CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 text
└── README.md

📝 Changelog

v0.1.1

New recipes:
- Brush (1.20) — realistic archaeological brush: feather/stick/copper + alternate rabbit-hide variant
- Calibrated Sculk Sensor — enhanced recipe requiring redstone tuning
- Recycle Brush — dismantle brushes back into copper nuggets
- Recycle Spyglass — dismantle spyglasses back into copper nuggets
- Recycle Compass / Clock — dismantle back into iron/gold nuggets
- Recycle Saddle / Crossbow / Bow / Shears / Bucket / Flint & Steel — smelting returns materials
- Recycle Lead — unravel back into string
- Beehive — realistic woodworking recipe with honeycomb
Build system:
- Added JSON validation and duplicate-ID detection in scripts/package.sh
- Updated Fabric & Forge manifests with links, issue tracker and better metadata
- CHANGELOG.md now ships inside every archive
Bug Fixes:
- Enchanted Golden Apple — corrected result item (was golden_apple, now enchanted_golden_apple)
- Anvil — fixed recipe cost (was 7 iron blocks / 63 ingots, now 3 blocks + 4 ingots)
- Removed duplicate recipes: locator_map, white_wool_alt, empty_map_v2
- Removed misleading apple_pie recipe (produced pumpkin_pie under wrong filename)
Quality:
- All 1258 recipes validated for JSON correctness before packaging

v0.1.0-beta

Initial release with 1247 realistic recipes covering tools, armor, dyes, stone, redstone, food, transport, magic, recycling and more.

🔧 Rebuild from source

Want to tweak a recipe?

Edit a JSON file in src/data/minecraft/recipes/.
Run:
```
bash scripts/package.sh
```
The built archives appear in build/.

⚙ Compatibility

✅ Minecraft 1.20.1 (pack_format 15)
✅ Fabric Loader 0.14+ / Forge 47+
✅ Server + client (sided = BOTH)
⚠️ Will conflict with other mods that override the same recipe IDs
ℹ️ The in‑game recipe book picks up the new formulas automatically

AuraLite Realistic Crafting

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