Crafting Changes¶
These datapacks add new ways to obtain blocks and items that are normally tedious, wasteful, or impossible to get in vanilla survival. They complement the Vanilla Tweaks recipes with additional server-specific crafting changes.
Cauldron Recipes¶
Two datapacks turn the cauldron from a mostly decorative block into a genuinely useful crafting station.
Cauldron Concrete¶
Convert concrete powder into concrete by throwing it into a water-filled cauldron. No more placing and breaking blocks one at a time.
How to Use
- Place a cauldron and fill it with water (use a water bucket).
- Hold your concrete powder (any color).
- Throw the concrete powder item (press ++q++ or your drop key) into the water cauldron.
- The concrete powder converts into concrete of the same color.
Does the cauldron empty?
The cauldron's water level decreases with each conversion. You'll need to refill it periodically with water buckets. One full cauldron handles several blocks before running dry.
Bulk Crafting
This is dramatically faster than the vanilla method of placing concrete powder next to water and mining each block. For large building projects, set up a row of cauldrons and keep water buckets handy.
Cauldron Mud¶
Convert dirt into mud by throwing it into a water-filled cauldron. This gives you easy access to mud without needing to find a mangrove swamp.
How to Use
- Fill a cauldron with water.
- Throw a dirt block into the cauldron.
- Pick up the resulting mud block.
Why This Matters
Mud is used to craft packed mud and mud bricks, which are popular building materials. In vanilla, you need water bottles and dirt blocks, or you need to find a mangrove swamp. This cauldron method is much more convenient.
Block Drops¶
These datapacks change what drops when you break certain blocks.
Glass Drops¶
Breaking glass blocks and glass panes now drops the item instead of shattering into nothing. Silk Touch is not required.
How It Works
Simply break any glass block or glass pane with any tool (or your fist). The glass drops as an item you can pick up and place again. This applies to:
- Regular glass blocks
- Stained glass blocks (all colors)
- Glass panes
- Stained glass panes (all colors)
Tip
This is a huge quality-of-life improvement for builders. Misplaced glass is no longer a waste. You can also harvest glass from generated structures without needing a Silk Touch tool.
Renewable Resources¶
These datapacks make certain blocks obtainable through renewable means, so you don't need to strip-mine rare biomes.
Renewable Deepslate¶
Obtain deepslate through a renewable process. You no longer need to mine below Y=0 for every piece of deepslate you want to build with.
Why This Matters
Deepslate and its variants (cobbled deepslate, deepslate bricks, deepslate tiles) are some of the most popular building blocks. Making them renewable means large-scale builds don't require massive mining operations in the deep underground.
Renewable Coral¶
Obtain coral blocks and coral fans renewably without needing Silk Touch. In vanilla, coral is extremely fragile — it dies when placed outside water and requires Silk Touch to harvest. This datapack provides an alternative path.
Note
This is especially valuable since coral is used in several decorative builds and conduit crafting. Having a renewable source saves you from depleting ocean biomes.
New Crafting Recipes¶
These datapacks add crafting recipes for blocks that are normally only found through world generation.
Craftable Calcite¶
Adds a crafting recipe for calcite, the white stone block found in amethyst geodes.
Why This Matters
Calcite is a beautiful building block, but in vanilla it only generates in the thin shell around amethyst geodes. The supply is very limited. With this recipe, you can craft as much as your builds require.
Craftable Tuff¶
Adds a crafting recipe for tuff, the grey stone block found in ore veins and underground.
Why This Matters
Tuff and its variants (tuff bricks, polished tuff, chiseled tuff) were expanded significantly in recent updates. Having a craftable source means you can use tuff as a primary building material without extensive mining.
Craftable Suspicious Blocks¶
Craft suspicious sand and suspicious gravel for use in archaeology. This lets you set up your own archaeological dig sites or create adventure maps.
How to Use
Check the recipe book in your crafting table for the suspicious sand and suspicious gravel recipes. These crafted blocks can be placed and brushed just like naturally generated ones.
Do crafted suspicious blocks contain loot?
The behavior of crafted suspicious blocks depends on the datapack's implementation. They may contain loot from a default loot table or may be empty. Experiment to find out how they work on the server.
Quick Reference
| Datapack | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Cauldron Concrete | Throw concrete powder into water cauldron to get concrete |
| Cauldron Mud | Throw dirt into water cauldron to get mud |
| Glass Drops | Glass drops as an item when broken (no Silk Touch needed) |
| Renewable Deepslate | Obtain deepslate through a renewable method |
| Renewable Coral | Obtain coral renewably without Silk Touch |
| Craftable Calcite | Crafting recipe for calcite |
| Craftable Tuff | Crafting recipe for tuff |
| Craftable Suspicious Blocks | Craft suspicious sand and gravel for archaeology |