In 1.20, Mojang made a change that the community is still on the fence about to this day. Netherite Upgrade Smithing Templates. Some members thought the search for Ancient Debris, and the 4 scrap to one ingot, was enough of a barrier for Netherite gear. Others agreed with Mojangs changes, those changes of course where adding Netherite Upgrade Templates and requiring the user not only to find Ancient Debris but also these templates that only spawn in Bastion Remnant chests. This datapack aims to rework the duplication recipe to make it slightly more balanced. After all, you did just spend 20+ hours running through the dangers of the nether, fighting off Piglin Brutes, and looting countless chests to find it.<\/p>\n
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I wanted to strike a balance between over kill, and too easy. With this rework I removed 3 diamonds, and added 3 Netherrack to the recipe. This still requires the base diamonds and Netherrack, but making the price easier to swallow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reworks the recipes for all smithing templates, and balances them out a bit more. Supports both the Netherrite Upgrade Template and all Trim Templates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":163119,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"upgrade-templates-reworked","_minecraft_project_id":"aK2baPSw","_minecraft_author":"WildFyr","_minecraft_license":"CC-BY-ND-4.0","_minecraft_downloads":303,"_minecraft_follows":3,"_minecraft_client_side":"optional","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"upgrade-templates-reworked.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":15465,"_minecraft_version_count":3,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T19:48:08.728219Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-01-06T09:28:53.733192Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-05-08T14:45:57.363578Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/upgrade-templates-reworked","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":163119,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-09T16:28:34+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"89533f0b4b9a95798a894b79254727ff","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[84,844,88,92],"mod_loader":[86],"minecraft_version":[62,37,73,74,38,78],"class_list":["post-163118","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-datapack","mod_category-economy","mod_category-equipment","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-datapack","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5"],"yoast_head":"\n