Better Crafting
ModAdds practical crafting recipes for useful ways to reuse materials.
Why gradeD
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 23 months−20 points
- No source code link−7 points
- Releases in only 3 of the last 24 months−4 points
- No public issue tracker−3 points
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Maintenance
16 points lost11 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.23 months ago (7 Dec 2024) 0 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.1.21.4 on Forge, Fabric, Quilt and NeoForge. 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.21.1. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.Releases in 3 of the last 24 months 2 / 6Stability
Full points22 / 22Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.5 of the 113 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (4%) 10 / 10Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.No quick fix in 2 years 7 / 7Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
10 points lost0 / 10Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.No link on the project page 0 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.No link to report problems 0 / 3Popularity
Full points4 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.499,872 4 / 4Track record
8 points lost0 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.5.4 years, 57 releases 0 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in all 8 latest files for recent Minecraft versions. See Security
36.6 of the 71 points that apply = 52 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Better Crafting adjusts and adds recipes to make crafting and processing more practical and balanced. It lets players reuse slabs to make blocks, craft six stairs at a time, and use Blackstone or Endstone to make stone tools. For food and materials, carrots can be cooked into a version that is eaten twice as fast, and Nether Wart Blocks can be turned back into Nether Warts. Blast Furnace recipes cover turning sand and red sand into glass, Netherrack into Nether Bricks, raw iron, copper, and gold blocks into metal blocks, clay blocks into terracotta, clay balls into bricks, and cobblestone or Cobbled Deepslate into their stone variants.
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In-game changes
Changes the game's code in 1 area: Server and world logicChanges 1 game code file in this area: the world, commands, scoreboards, saved data and game rules..
Adds 2 items: Cooked Carrot and Copper Nugget; 131 recipes.
Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.
Replaces 60 of vanilla Minecraft's recipes.
Often used with it
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- Creator
- MarsThePlanet
- License
- Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
- Downloads
- 500K
- Created
- 18 May 2021
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
- Links
- Discord
Security
No harmful code found
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How we checked
- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.45 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The answer above is about the 8 for recent versions. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
- Their codeWe turn the code of the files back into readable code and follow what it does, without running it. This shows what it downloads, what it sends and where your login goes.Read without running it
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
- Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.The internet, folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.
Privacy
We found nothing it sends
We read its code without running it: it contacts no web address while you play.
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How we checked
- Files readWe read the code without running it. We list each web address the code contacts while you play, and what it sends. Code that is never used is left out.The code of all 8 files, for recent Minecraft versions. See each file in Releases
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares crash reports, usage data and advertisements. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a project collects data on its users or shows advertisements.Nothing declared about crash reports, usage data or advertisements.
AI
No sign that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files and images and found none.
No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
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How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.No AI content or AI features declared.
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found12 of 40 changelogs read
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found1 image read
- Code of the modThe code and files of the mod, read without running it: addresses of AI services, AI libraries, AI model files and a place for your own AI key.No AI service, AI library or AI model file2 code files read
Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
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Fewer modpacks put it in their new versions than a year ago: 3 a month now, 8 a year agoThe average of the last 6 months, compared with the same 6 months a year before. We say it only when the change is large..
140 modpacks include Better Crafting in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Ultimate Lucky Oneblock386K downloadslast version with it 28 Aug 2026
Prison Escape - Beginnings47K downloadslast version with it 11 Jul 2025
Better than Better Than Wolves ( BTBTW )26K downloadslast version with it 8 Sep 2026
Better VR14K downloadslast version with it 26 Oct 2024
Prison Escape - Beginnings (reborn)8K downloadslast version with it 10 Jul 2026
Savaru I - Survival4.4K downloadslast version with it 15 Aug 2024
A Builder's Haven [FABRIC/FORGE]4.4K downloadslast version with it 7 Mar 2023
FF´s Essencials3.4K downloadslast version with it 30 Apr 2026
Origins Community Pack3.1K downloadslast version with it 10 Apr 2025
Pony Pony Panic3.1K downloadslast version with it 24 Sep 2026Often in the same modpacks
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TerralithAModin 37% of the modpacks with Better CraftingLatest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The files for recent versions come first. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.