{"id":140686,"date":"2026-06-08T11:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:27:17","slug":"simple-tools","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

**What is this for?**
\n—
\nThis mod\/datapack lets you craft basic starter tools directly from your inventory using new simplified recipes. Now you won’t need to make a crafting table just for that wooden pickaxe that you’re going to throw away after mining 3 stone!<\/p>\n

![Gif cycling through the crafting recipes for each tool](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/eb30fc00bdc37ecc1eaa80da2d3e56e8447db9b8.gif)<\/p>\n

**Extra features**
\n—
\nWhy throw away that string when you could easily craft a new bow or fishing rod right from your inventory?<\/p>\n

![2×2 grid with 2 sticks on the bottom left and top right and a string on the bottom right.](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/8f7589c889f51902d6c0f8e58f6668a33ff792bb.png)
\n![2×2 grid with 1 stick on the top left and string in the other 3 slots.](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/6806438c6c464a7dc34b1e9eeef818651ef44afe.png)<\/p>\n

**Want more?**
\n—
\nIf you like this mod then you might also enjoy Easy Recipes, which adds new and more resource efficient recipes for crafting building resources directly from your inventory.<\/p>\n

![Icon for Easy Recipes, showing two wooden slabs above each other on the left, with a red arrow in the center pointing towards a wooden plank on the right.](https:\/\/modrinth.com\/datapack\/easy-recipes)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adds new quality-of-life crafting recipes for crafting basic tools in the 2×2 inventory grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":140687,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"simple-tools","_minecraft_project_id":"F8rjrvUt","_minecraft_author":"sleepkii","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":1203,"_minecraft_follows":3,"_minecraft_client_side":"optional","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"simple-tools.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":68373,"_minecraft_version_count":14,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T04:41:46.676653Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-01-26T04:48:50.360310Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-10-25T05:16:16.133030Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/simple-tools","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":140687,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-08T08:27:18+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"3a0f73a7b45a8e18a9cc2254c918c7f5","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[84,88,97,104,89,126,158,98,92],"mod_loader":[86,99,106,160,100],"minecraft_version":[59,36,60,93,94,101,102,62,37,40,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-140686","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-datapack","mod_category-equipment","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-forge","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-management","mod_category-neoforge","mod_category-quilt","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-datapack","mod_loader-fabric","mod_loader-forge","mod_loader-neoforge","mod_loader-quilt","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9"],"yoast_head":"\nSimple Tools - Minecraft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simple Tools - Minecraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adds new quality-of-life crafting recipes for crafting basic tools in the 2x2 inventory grid.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Minecraft\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/simple-tools\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/simple-tools\\\/\",\"name\":\"Simple Tools - Minecraft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/simple-tools\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/simple-tools\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/simple-tools-icon-87e74163c95e1535aee58c7ad34fcfb3ad04f1f6_96.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-08T08:27:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/simple-tools\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/simple-tools\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/simple-tools\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/simple-tools-icon-87e74163c95e1535aee58c7ad34fcfb3ad04f1f6_96.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/simple-tools-icon-87e74163c95e1535aee58c7ad34fcfb3ad04f1f6_96.webp\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/simple-tools\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mods\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/mods\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Simple Tools\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/\",\"name\":\"Minecraft\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vpesports.com\\\/minecraft\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Simple Tools - Minecraft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Simple Tools - Minecraft","og_description":"Adds new quality-of-life crafting recipes for crafting basic tools in the 2x2 inventory grid.","og_url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/","og_site_name":"Minecraft","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/","name":"Simple Tools - Minecraft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/simple-tools-icon-87e74163c95e1535aee58c7ad34fcfb3ad04f1f6_96.webp","datePublished":"2026-06-08T08:27:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/simple-tools-icon-87e74163c95e1535aee58c7ad34fcfb3ad04f1f6_96.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/simple-tools-icon-87e74163c95e1535aee58c7ad34fcfb3ad04f1f6_96.webp","width":96,"height":96},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/simple-tools\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mods","item":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Simple Tools"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/","name":"Minecraft","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod\/140686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mod"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mod_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod_category?post=140686"},{"taxonomy":"mod_loader","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mod_loader?post=140686"},{"taxonomy":"minecraft_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/minecraft_version?post=140686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}