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Minecraft: Java Edition
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Sensible Smelting is a vanilla-friendly Minecraft datapack that completely overhauls the game's thermal progression and resource reclamation systems. By introducing a balanced cross-smelting matrix across furnaces, smokers, and blast furnaces, it brings logical consistency, custom cooking speeds, and scaled experience gains to early-game and late-game survival.
The datapack expands the utility of your resources by adding intuitive recycling loops for old gear, streamlining the processing of forestry and masonry blocks, and giving new purpose to organic waste like rotting flesh. Every custom recipe features seamless recipe book integration, a custom advancement tree mapped to the L-key menu, and a permission-safe welcome notification upon entering your world.
Core Mechanics & Recycling Loops
• Added a custom shaped crafting recipe for the Smoker tier. (1)
• Added a custom shaped crafting recipe for the Standard Furnace tier. (2)
• Added a custom shaped crafting recipe for the Blast Furnace tier. (3)
• Added a cooking recipe for Iron Armor/Tools recycling.
• Added a cooking recipe for Gold Armor/Tools recycling.
• Added a cooking recipe for Chainmail Armor recycling.
• Added a cooking recipe for Rotten Flesh into Leather.
• Added a cooking recipe for Oak Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Spruce Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Birch Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Jungle Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Acacia Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Dark Oak Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Mangrove Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Cherry Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Pale Oak Logs.
• Added a cooking recipe for Crimson Hyphae.
• Added a cooking recipe for Warped Hyphae.
• Added a cooking recipe for All Deepslate/Stone Ores.
• Added a cooking recipe for Ancient Debris.
• Added a cooking recipe for Cobblestone masonry.
• Added a cooking recipe for Stone masonry.
• Added a cooking recipe for Smooth Stone masonry.
• Added a cooking recipe for Deepslate masonry.
• Added a cooking recipe for Sand masonry.
• Added a cooking recipe for Red Sand masonry.
• Added a cooking recipe for Sandstone masonry.
• Added a cooking recipe for Red Sandstone masonry.
• Added a cooking recipe for Nether Bricks.
• Added a cooking recipe for Netherrack.
• Added a cooking recipe for Netherite Ingots.
Thermal Performance Upgrades
• Optimized thermal conversion efficiency across MOST metallurgical items. Universal Recipe and Tag Overhauls
• Allowed Smoker, Furnace, and Blast Furnace units to act as functional tier-gates for all standard processing recipe lines.
• Validated full material interchangeability for custom recipes, allowing players to utilize any base wood or ore variant interchangeably without strict individual folder restrictions.
• Updated functional cooking paths to accept the modernized result syntax using 'id', fully supporting vanilla formats.
Thermal Resource Integration
• Updated the Tier 1 Smoker recipe to accept all verified smelting items/blocks.
• Updated the Tier 2 Furnace recipe to accept all verified masonry variants.
• Updated the Tier 3 Blast Furnace recipe to accept all verified metallurgy variants.
• Updated the Cooking Time recipe to offer smooth integration.
Furnace Speeds + XP
Smoker:
- Speed: 20 Seconds
- XP: 0.5x
Furnace:
- Speed: 10 Seconds
- XP: 1.0x (Standard)
Blast Furnace:
- Speed: 2 Seconds
- XP: 2.0x (Double For Resource Sacrifice)


