Slowcraft is a library for creating Slow Tools, ‘Progressive Crafting’ items inspired by the Knitting system from the Better Than Wolves mod.<\/p>\n
Slow Tools are intermediary items which require holding down right click to finish a ‘progress bar’ as represented by their durability. Upon completion, the tool is replaced with the finished item.<\/p>\n
This mod does nothing on its own.<\/p>\n Making Slow Tools is easy! … But it isn’t data-driven, you’ll need to implement Slowcraft into your mod.<\/p>\n For the time being, use Modrinth Maven to add Slowcraft as a dependency to your project.<\/p>\n The `SlowTool` Class extends `ToolItem`, so making a new one is as easy as making a typical `ToolItem` plus a few extra constructor parameters and one component in the item’s recipe.<\/p>\n Here’s an example of a Slow Tool Class:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – Parameter 1 is the output of the craft as `ItemConvertible` via `itemOutput` Additionally, when constructing the recipe for Slow Tools, they require a `component` of `minecraft:damage` set to the same value as their `itemUses` (durability). The easiest way to do this is to simply add the component to the recipe’s JSON, set to the same value:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n **!The `minecraft:damage` value must be the same as your item’s itemUses (Parameter 2 above)!**<\/p>\n If you’re generating your recipes via code, you’ll have to add the component to your output.<\/p>\n Drawbacks? Planned? Credit<\/p>\n FlowerChild and BTW CE 3.0 Community for art assets<\/p>\n Ivangeevo for assistance with item logic<\/p>\n _This library is mostly for a modpack I’m making, but anyone is free to use\/utilize it._<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A library for creating low-tech Progressive Crafting items, inspired by Better Than Wolves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"slowcraft","_minecraft_project_id":"lK5knzE0","_minecraft_author":"nibstuh","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":287,"_minecraft_follows":2,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"slowcraft.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":10018,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T18:50:07.929087Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-07-22T02:51:13.275430Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-07-18T04:22:52.321288Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/slowcraft","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":0,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-08T13:03:36+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"f310c16853bb496d5571e47f74e4b5c3","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[97,89,873],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[37],"class_list":["post-143377","mod","type-mod","status-publish","hentry","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-library","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-21-1"],"yoast_head":"\nCreating Slow Tools<\/summary>\n
\n– Parameter 2 is the maximum durability of the item (how long it will take to craft) as `int` via `itemUses`. Slow Tools progress at a rate of `tps % 5`, about 4 times per second, so an `itemUses` of 240 will require 60 seconds to finish.
\n– Parameter 3 is the sound played as the player crafts the item as `SoundEvent` via `usageSound`
\n– Parameter 4 is the sound played when the craft is finished as `SoundEvent` via `finishSound`
\n– Parameter 5 is the typical `Item.Settings()` section, where standard item settings can be applied<\/p>\n
\n– Slow Tools require a Material to function, hard-set to SlowMaterial in the SlowTool Class constructor
\n– Requires manually setting the damage component through recipe definition<\/p>\n
\n– Classic Eating animation from BTW on Progressive Crafts
\n– Input Item return<\/p>\n<\/details>\n