{"id":84518,"date":"2026-06-04T23:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/improved-vanilla-recipes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T23:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:03:01","slug":"improved-vanilla-recipes","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/improved-vanilla-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved Vanilla Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p># Improved Vanilla Recipes<br \/>\nImproved Vanilla Recipes adds multiple quality of life recipes for Smelting, Blasting, Crafting and Stonecutting such as being able to **convert slabs back into blocks**, **smelting raw ore blocks**, **uncraft certain items**, **craftable Name Tags and Saddles**, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Additonally, check out **Goat Horn Sound Conversion**, which **lets you exchange any Goat Horn variant into a desired one**!<\/p>\n<p>## Features<br \/>\nThis datapack is compatible with JEI and similar recipe-lookup mods.<br \/>\nCrafting patterns are also displayed in the in-game recipe book.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Crafting<\/summary>\n<p>All of the following items can now be crafted. If an item was already craftable, an alternative crafting recipe has been added.<br \/>\n&#8211; Amethyst Cluster<br \/>\n&#8211; Brown Dye (With Dye mixing or with Brown Mushroom Block + Brown Mushroom)<br \/>\n&#8211; Brown Mushroom Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Chainmail Armor<br \/>\n&#8211; Cobweb<br \/>\n&#8211; Glow Lichen<br \/>\n&#8211; Green Dye (With Dye mixing or with Moss Block)<br \/>\n&#8211; Lead (With Strings and Iron Nugget)<br \/>\n&#8211; Moss Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Mossy Blocks (With Moss Carpets)<br \/>\n&#8211; Mycelium<br \/>\n&#8211; Name Tag (Respects version 26.1 recipe)<br \/>\n&#8211; Nether Brick<br \/>\n&#8211; Red Mushroom Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Saddle (Respects version 1.21.6 recipe)<br \/>\n&#8211; Warped Wart Block  <\/p>\n<p>![Chainmail Crafting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/7ac432f1457cabfa9f31b6679203f8dc95efb2a1.png)<br \/>\n![Nametag Crafting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/cc28a3d8c3d843dce74a7745c206d216d015e018.png)<br \/>\n![Saddle Crafting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/dc28475449905172a3b99ab4ce0601aa1ed01d70.png)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Uncrafting<\/summary>\n<p>Uncrafting items can be done by simply putting the singular item in any crafting table.  <\/p>\n<p>The following items return partial materials, for example one door will only return 2 planks, but 3 doors will return the whole material used to craft those doors.<br \/>\n&#8211; Any type of doors<br \/>\n&#8211; Any type of walls<br \/>\n&#8211; Any type of trapdoors<br \/>\n&#8211; Any type of slabs<br \/>\n&#8211; Any type of books (Returns leather only)  <\/p>\n<p>![Partial Material Return](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/6f635a88dd16b6b2dff19283eb4338fbf3ac6055.png)<br \/>\n![Slab to Block](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/7083a40217b0048ad5123dd5cfe974b1357d0c79.png)<br \/>\n![Slab to Block (alt)](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/39a3b8e20ff4ddf928f8051b5d215798cb18ef15.png)<\/p>\n<p>The following items return full materials, for example wool will return 4 string, therefore returns the whole material.<br \/>\n&#8211; Amethyst Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Blue Ice<br \/>\n&#8211; Bricks<br \/>\n&#8211; Brown Mushroom Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Clay<br \/>\n&#8211; Cobweb<br \/>\n&#8211; Dead Bush<br \/>\n&#8211; Filled Map<br \/>\n&#8211; Glowstone<br \/>\n&#8211; Honeycomb Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Magma Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Nether Bricks<br \/>\n&#8211; Nether Wart Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Packed Ice<br \/>\n&#8211; Polished Blocks<br \/>\n&#8211; Purpur Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Quartz Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Red Mushroom Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Saplings<br \/>\n&#8211; Snow Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Turtle Shell<br \/>\n&#8211; Warped Wart Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Wolf Armor<br \/>\n&#8211; Wool  <\/p>\n<p>![Full Material Return (4)](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/220c8ac23ff01f9a35b6625303b8fe1befed5223.png)<br \/>\n![Full Material Return (9)](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/1d48a990ffd115cc293e456e5024710ca06fefc5.png)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Smelting &#038; Blasting<\/summary>\n<p>Certain blocks can be now smelted to maintain material continuity, such as Stone Slabs being smelted into Smooth Stone Slabs.  <\/p>\n<p>The following items **can only be smelted**.<br \/>\n&#8211; Cobblestone Slab<br \/>\n&#8211; Cobblestone Stairs<br \/>\n&#8211; Quartz Slab<br \/>\n&#8211; Quartz Stairs<br \/>\n&#8211; Red Sandstone Slab<br \/>\n&#8211; Red Sandstone Stairs<br \/>\n&#8211; Sandstone Slab<br \/>\n&#8211; Sandstone Stairs<br \/>\n&#8211; Stone Slab  <\/p>\n<p>![Stone Slab Smelting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/6d50c3aee0fa1bc1bea8ee35512bd1f0e479d28a.png)<br \/>\n![Sandstone Stairs Smelting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/966e763106b9d1d2329764500fc2a71fc08e1d72.png)<\/p>\n<p>The following items **can be smelted and blasted**.<br \/>\n&#8211; Raw Copper Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Raw Gold Block<br \/>\n&#8211; Raw Iron Block  <\/p>\n<p>![Raw Iron Blasting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/6e06caf9d5bbd6020928e1b1c8a29e40a86b8e21.png)<br \/>\n![Raw Iron Smelting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/f8d129c1ed3c6783bd5ffbabe218e67a78fe0f1c.png)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Stonecutting<\/summary>\n<p>The following recipes have been added to stonecutters, these will only work with stonecutter compatible blocks.<br \/>\n&#8211; Bamboo Block to x9 Bamboo<br \/>\n&#8211; Stone to Cobblestone &#038; Other Variants<br \/>\n&#8211; Deepslate to Cobbled Deepslate &#038; Other Variants<br \/>\n&#8211; Stairs to Slabs<\/p>\n<p>![Deepslate Stonecutting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/727977d3129dce9baebb5431280e083745b7a277.png)<br \/>\n![Stone Stonecutting](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/aa5e904681643dbc8b41f47dfb8799e13dcde885.png)<br \/>\n![Cobblestone to other variants](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/c4b771dbfe884b08ca139ef7126945ce0cc0571c.png)<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Copper Oxidization<\/summary>\n<p>Any non-waxed copper block can now have their oxidization increased by one stage by combining the desired block with a Water Bucket.  <\/p>\n<p>![Oxidization Showcase](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/0448160913481863936078435195eb90c213e35e.png)<br \/>\n*Due to technical limitations, this process will consume the water inside the bucket and increase the oxidization stage to ***only one block****.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Coral Reviving<\/summary>\n<p>Any Coral block, Coral and Coral Fans can now be revived by combining the desired coral with a Water Bucket.  <\/p>\n<p>![Tube Coral Block Revival](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/85d7be79e57503333d08d50b2a41d4a419e76bb4.png)<br \/>\n![Bubble Coral Revival](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/c615bf465bcdfc30df024182a30655a41a2d59dc.png)<br \/>\n![Fire Coral Fan Revival](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/0418ee9cc1ad7b1136f302c8b0e0c6259d0a3a59.png)<br \/>\n*Due to technical limitations, this process will consume the water inside the bucket and revive ***only one block****.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Sherd Duping<\/summary>\n<p>Every single obtainable sherd can now be duplicated by combining a desired sherd with bricks.<\/p>\n<p>![Sherd Duplication Showcase](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/5dbd56b6e1f3b7405f5fe43af39715bee8b578f6.png)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>**This datapack was only tested for 1.21.1 and is likely only compatible with 1.21.1 and 1.21**<\/p>\n<p>## Licensing<br \/>\nThis Datapack is licensed under MIT, feel free to use this in your modpacks.<\/p>\n<p>Donations for development support are accepted through ko-fi. 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