DrEnough's Forging

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A semi-realistic Iron, Bronze and Steel Age blacksmithing mod. Forge iron, alloy bronze, and cast simple metals.

Mod Loaders
Minecraft
26.2

About

Description

DrEnough's Forging has been completely rewritten and streamlined for NeoForge 26.1.2+.

⚠️ This mod is NeoForge-only for Minecraft 26.1.2+

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✅ Current Features

  • Alloy Furnace - Custom furnace with data-driven recipes (2 inputs + optional) and full JEI integration
  • Steel Age - Advanced metal progression: Coke → Pig Iron → Steel → Tools & Armor
  • Bellows - Essential tool for steel forging (durability system)
  • Casting Table - Simple ingot casting for copper, tin, and gold
  • Casting Basin - Mass Processing of Metal Blocks like Copper/Tin/Gold and Bronze
  • Paxels - Multi-tools (pickaxe + axe + shovel in one)
  • Iron Forging - Full blacksmithing system (smithing stone → anvil → tongs → quenching)
  • Bronze Alloying - Mix copper and tin, forge bronze components
  • Tongs Durability - Wear and tear system
  • Natural Water Quenching - Quench in rivers, oceans, any water
  • Smithing Hammers - Stone, Copper, Bronze, Iron, Steel tiers

🚀 Upcoming Features

Silver Age - A new precious metal between copper and gold:

  • Silver Ore, Ingots, Blocks
  • Cold forging on the Fired Forging Block
  • Heavy/Light Silver Components
  • Silver Tools & Armor

Jewelcrafting System - A semi-realistic diamond processing system:

  • Carving Chisel to extract diamonds from ore
  • Anvil processing (Rough Diamond → Shards → Dust)
  • Polishing Cloth to refine Rough Diamonds
  • Diamond Setting for tools and armor
  • Diamond Plate for armor crafting
  • A more immersive way to obtain diamond gear

📈 Progression System

Age Key Mechanics
Copper/Tin/Gold Ingots Simple casting table (no tongs required)
Bronze Age Alloy smelting, fired forging block, heavy/light components
Iron Age Smithing stone (early) → Smithing anvil (advanced), tongs durability
Steel Age Coke production → Pig Iron → Bellows + Hammer forging → Steel Tools & Armor

(Diamond and Netherite follow vanilla progression)


⚒️ Immersive Mechanics

  • Alloy Furnace with progress animations and fuel system
  • Steel forging requires Bellows + Hammer combo
  • Place hot items on anvil and hammer them
  • Tongs durability system
  • Natural water quenching
  • Visual block entities with item rendering
  • Particle and sound feedback
  • Full JEI integration (categories, recipe transfer, catalysts)

🛠️ Craftable Items

Steel Age

  • Steel Ingot, Plate, Block, Nugget
  • Full Steel Tool Set (Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, Hoe)
  • Full Steel Armor Set (Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots)
  • Coke, Coke Block

Iron Age

  • Iron Tools & Armor
  • Iron Plate, Tool Parts

Bronze Age

  • Bronze Tools & Armor
  • Bronze Components (Heavy/Light)

Tools & Equipment

  • Smithing Hammers (Stone, Copper, Bronze, Iron, Steel)
  • Blacksmith Tongs (with durability)
  • Bellows (with durability)
  • Smithing Stone
  • Smithing Anvil
  • Crucibles (Standard and Big)
  • Paxels (Stone, Iron, Bronze, Gold, Steel, Diamond, Netherite)

🔧 Requirements

  • NeoForge 26.1.2+
  • JEI - Optional but recommended

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need JEI? A: No, but recommended for recipe viewing.

Q: Can I use this in a modpack? A: Yes!

Q: Is this mod multiplayer compatible? A: Yes, fully synced with recipe support.

Q: What happened to copper/gold/diamond tools? A: They now use vanilla crafting. This mod focuses on iron, bronze, steel, and ingot casting.

Q: How do I make steel? A: Create Coke in the Alloy Furnace → Smelt Iron + Coke into Pig Iron → Use Bellows + Hammer on Smithing Anvil → Quench → Steel!


🙏 Credits

  • Slepykat - All custom textures (except bronze tools, some hot metal variants, and tin block ore variants) and more
  • DrEnough - Custom textures for bronze items, some hot metals variants, and tin block ore variants and more
  • SaltyWater - For inspiration and permission to use original textures as placeholders during development

🐛 Found an Issue or have suggestion?

Report here: https://github.com/drenough/drenough_forging-issues