Effortless Crafting

Effortless Crafting is a powerful fully client side crafting overhaul QoL mod that makes crafting faster and easier than ever! Along with many tweaks, it allows you to:

• craft using resources directly from reachable chests around you
• scroll to quickly queue / pull in or autocraft specific recipe counts
• request items with only the base ingredients, and it will automatically chain craft each step to the final result
• bulk craft tedious recipes, such as dispensers or thousands of gold nuggets from chests in a farm into blocks

To be as server-rule friendly as possible, it also caches items to minimize chest opening actions, and nearby chest usage can be completely disabled in settings. Note that automated chest opening could get flagged on public servers with anticheat and potentially result in a ban, so please use the nearby crafting feature with caution, knowing server rules.

Trailer / Quick Tutorial

Some Useful Features not Addressed in the Video

• Chain Crafting: Form of autocrafting where if enabled, autocrafts every step in between as well to reach the final desired item. Ex: logs-->planks-->chest-->hopper all automatically.
• Retrieval Mode: Used for finding and quickly pulling in existing items from nearby chests, activated by double tapping ctrl or holding it and clicking the craft result slot
• Right Click on a revolving recipe opens the Vanilla variant picker, which matters if you want one exact variant instead of letting the mod resolve from the whole recipe family.
• Holding Spacebar acts as an x16 multiplier while queuing or scroll-pulling.
• Right Click or Esc cancels any queued input before release while a request is being queued.
• Esc will immediately abort any crafting session initiated by the mod.
• Tap Alt to autocraft whatever is currently in the grid
• Hold Alt and click a recipe to instantly craft 1 of it

Quick Start

Most of the mod's power comes from recipe requests:

1. Hover a recipe.
2. Hold a modifier key.
3. Scroll to choose how much you want.
4. Release the modifier to send the request.

The three main modifiers are:

• Shift: queue a normal inventory-only craft
• Ctrl: allow nearby containers to be used
• Alt: queue the craft as an autocraft request

If you prefer clicking, the same modifiers also change what recipe clicks do.

Pre-existing Vanilla behaviors

• This mod does not modify existing vanilla recipe interactions and hotkeys
• Normal recipe clicks still behave like vanilla.
• Vanilla Shift + click remains the familiar max-craft action unless you combine it with the mod's other modifiers.
• Vanilla right click on a revolving recipe opens the variant picker.
• That variant picker matters if you want one exact variant instead of letting the mod resolve from the whole recipe family.

Modifier Controls

Combinations of these modifiers stack naturally.

Spacebar acts as an x16 multiplier while queuing or scroll-pulling.
Right Click or Esc cancels any queued input before release while a request is being queued.
Esc will immediately abort any crafting session initiated by the mod.

Common Combos

• Ctrl + Shift + click: nearby max craft
• Ctrl + Shift + click with bulk enabled: repeated nearby max crafts until resources run out or the session is stopped
• Alt + Shift + click: inventory-only max craft with autocraft enabled
• Ctrl + Alt + Shift + click: nearby max craft with autocraft enabled
• Ctrl + Alt + scroll: nearby autocraft request
• Shift + Alt + scroll: inventory autocraft request (same as just alt + scroll)

Good To Know

• Turning autocraft on will craft whatever is currently in the grid. This makes it possible to request a recipe first, then autocraft it afterward without rebuilding the request.
• Manual recipes are not auto-crafted unless autocraft is turned on while something is already staged in the grid.
• Alt + click can instantly craft 1 when Alt Click Instant Craft is enabled.
• Bulk mode removes the normal queue cap and enables repeated autocrafts and repeated max crafts.
• Shift + scroll over the result slot can also be used as a fast scroll to pull shortcut for crafted results.

Quality Of Life Tweaks

Smart Item Transfer

• Hotbar left-to-right: Automatically placed crafted items fill the hotbar from left to right instead of vanilla's usual right-to-left behavior to make new items easier to access
• Offhand stacking: Crafted items can be stacked directly onto the offhand slot and works for both 2x2 and 3x3 crafting grids.

Recipe Book And UI Enhancements

• Type to search: Typing can jump directly into the recipe book search bar while ignoring keys that should not become text input.
• Search history: Use the up and down arrows to cycle through previous recipe book searches.
• 3x3 auto-focus: The search bar is automatically focused when opening a crafting table.
• Yield and queue indicators: The UI can show output totals and queued counts directly on recipes.
• Chat feedback: Missing ingredient reports and bulk craft summaries are surfaced in chat.
• Recipe filter toggle: Default key Spacebar quick toggles the craftable/uncraftable recipe filter when not being used for request scaling.
• Quick Craft hotkey: B by default opens a nearby 3x3 crafting table when possible, otherwise falls back to the 2x2 inventory grid and focuses search.

Auto-Crafting

• Hold vs Toggle modes: By default, autocraft uses hold mode. Holding Alt signals autocraft behavior for the current request. If preferred, autocraft can also be configured to use a toggle mode in settings. When autocraft is active, the arrow in the result slot indicates it.
• Quick autocraft from the grid: If a recipe is already staged, tapping Alt can craft it without needing to rebuild the request.
• Instant craft option: Alt + click can instantly craft 1 of the hovered recipe when Alt Click Instant Craft is enabled. If disabled, it behaves like a normal Alt request click instead.
• Smart placement: Autocrafted items are placed intelligently, including left-to-right hotbar filling instead of vanilla's usual right-to-left behavior.
• Offhand stacking: Autocraft can stack compatible outputs into the offhand slot and works for both 2x2 and 3x3 crafting grids.
• Manual recipe safeguard: Recipes placed into the grid manually are never auto-crafted unless autocraft is turned on while that recipe is already staged.

Chain Crafting

Chain crafting extends autocraft by working backward through craftable dependencies when the final recipe is missing intermediate ingredients.

• Dependency crafting: If you request an autocraft for something like a comparator but only have logs, redstone, stone, and quartz, the mod can craft planks, sticks, redstone torches, and then the comparator.
• Ask first or always: Chain crafting can be disabled, ask for confirmation, or run automatically from the mod settings.
• Nearby-aware requests: Holding Ctrl allows the chain planner to use cached nearby containers along with your inventory.
• Partial fallback: If the full requested amount cannot be crafted but at least one final output can, the mod can offer to craft the possible amount instead.
• Conservative execution: Intermediate results go into your inventory, and each step still uses the normal autocraft placement and validation path.
• Current limitation: Bulk chain crafting is not supported yet. Bulk requests that would require chain crafting are reported instead of starting a bulk chain session.

Bulk Crafting

• Enable bulk mode: Hold Alt and click the crafting result arrow. Bulk mode is shown with an orange outline around the arrow. It remains on even after alt is released until a craft has been completed or aborted, or toggled back off.
• What bulk changes: Bulk uncaps the normal queue limit, making it practical to craft large amounts of stackable and nonstackable items such as dispensers or cake if you wish.
• Bulk max craft: Ctrl + Shift + click while bulk is enabled repeatedly performs nearby max crafts until resources run out or the session is aborted.
• Dynamic staging and ejection: Bulk craft brings in as many items as possible at a time and can eject outputs when needed to keep large sessions moving.
• Variant continuation: Bulk can keep crafting the same variant or switch to another available variant in the same family depending on your settings.
• Safe shutdown: Bulk sessions shut off automatically when finished, when manually aborted with ESC, or when the game window loses focus.

Retrieval Mode

Retrieval Mode is a state exclusive to nearby crafting that lets you pull existing items directly from nearby chests instead of crafting them.

• Enable retrieval mode: Hold Ctrl and click the result slot, or double-tap Ctrl (ensure neither autocraft nor bulk craft are toggled on).
• What retrieval changes: Indicated by an 'X' in the result slot, this mode tells the recipe book to retrieve items from nearby containers into your inventory instead of crafting them. Manual crafting remains possible while this mode is active.
• Expanded visibility: Shows icons for all items you have seen at least once in-game, including those with no crafting recipes.
• Availability indicators: A green dot on an item icon denotes that at least 1 of that item is currently available in nearby containers to be retrieved.

Scroll To Pull

Scroll to pull is a specialized fast-output workflow that pairs well with the Spacebar x16 multiplier.

• Shift + scroll down while hovering the result slot pulls the crafted result into your inventory, or ejects it if inventory space is unavailable.
• Shift + scroll down while hovering an inventory slot tries to pull the crafted result directly into that slot.
• Shift + scroll up appends the crafted result to your cursor stack.

Core Mechanics

Intelligent Resource Management

• Variant resolution: The mod can resolve revolving recipe variants based on your request, the selected variant, your settings, and the resources currently available.
• Smart chest interaction: Nearby pulls favor near-empty slots to help keep storage clean and consolidated.
• Item return and inventory restore: The mod remembers your inventory and chest layout and tries to return items to their original places after crafting.
• High-performance caching: Nearby container contents can be cached to speed up repeated crafts and improve craftability feedback.

Nearby Crafting

• Nearby container usage: Ctrl lets recipe requests use reachable storage around you in addition to your inventory.
• Exact variant requests: Right click on revolving recipes to open vanilla's variant picker when you want one exact recipe instead of family-based resolution.
• Large nearby requests: Nearby requests can combine with autocraft and bulk for large multi-stage crafting sessions.

Quality Of Life Tweaks

Smart Item Transfer

• Hotbar left-to-right: Automatically placed crafted items fill the hotbar from left to right instead of vanilla's usual right-to-left behavior.
• Offhand stacking: Crafted items can be stacked into the offhand slot and work for both 2x2 and 3x3 crafting grids.

Recipe Book And UI Enhancements

• Type to search: Typing can jump directly into the recipe book search bar while ignoring keys that should not become text input.
• Search history: Use the up and down arrows to cycle through previous recipe book searches.
• Smart recipe sorting: The recipe book can prioritize recent crafts, directly craftable recipes, chain-craftable recipes, and nearby-craftable recipes while keeping vanilla sorting available in settings.
• 3x3 auto-focus: The search bar is automatically focused when opening a crafting table.
• Yield and queue indicators: The UI can show output totals and queued counts directly on recipes.
• Chat feedback: Missing ingredient reports and bulk craft summaries are surfaced in chat.
• Recipe filter toggle: Spacebar still supports the craftable/uncraftable recipe filter toggle when not being used for request scaling.
• Recipe book navigation: Scroll or use arrow keys to easily page through the recipe book.
• Revolving craft menus & tooltips: Expanding recipes with multiple variants now clearly displays accurate tooltips for each variant.

Extra Controls

• Quick Craft hotkey: B by default opens a nearby 3x3 crafting table when possible, otherwise falls back to the 2x2 inventory grid and focuses search.

Customization And Filtering

High Customizability

Effortless Crafting is designed to fit different playstyles. Most behavior can be adjusted in the mod settings with Mod Menu and Cloth Config, including autocraft handling, variant behavior, queue behavior, and whether the mod is enabled at all.

Container Filtering System

• Global container blacklist: Prevent entire container types such as hoppers or ender chests from being used unless explicitly allowed with the in-world whitelist.
• In-world blacklist / whitelist: With in-world filtering enabled, hold Ctrl inside a container UI to inspect and change that container's blacklist, neutral, or whitelist state via a clickable dot near the top of the container's UI.
• Visual wireframes: Optional wireframes show filtered container states in the world.

Credits And License

This project is licensed under LGPL-3.0-or-later.

It draws inspiration and certain implementation patterns from:

• stack-to-nearby-chests by xiaocihua (LGPL-3.0)

Questions

If you have questions feel free to message me at https://www.reddit.com/user/ekra8154/