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Minecraft uses six iron ingots to craft three doors, yet it takes four ingots and redstone dust to create one compass. This makes no sense. So, this data pack updates the compass recipe to use three iron nuggets, one iron ingot and redstone dust.<\/p>\n

### notblue’s Metallurgy Packs
\n– Anvil Repair
\n– Copper Cutting
\n– Better Copper Recycling
\n– Cheaper Clocks
\n– Better Gold Recycling
\n– Cheaper Compasses
\n– Better Iron Recycling<\/p>\n

## License<\/p>\n

This pack is available under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license. You have permission to modify and share this pack under the following conditions:<\/p>\n

1. You don’t use it to make money.
\n2. You give credit (by keeping credits.txt and not modifying the attribution advancements). If you publish the pack online or in a modpack, include a link back to the original Modrinth page.
\n3. You distribute your modified pack under the same CC-BY-NC-SA license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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