Fair Recipes Plus

Fair Recipes is a gameplay-focused Minecraft mod that rebalances crafting and improves consistency across many core systems.

The goal is simple: make recipes more logical, more efficient, and more rewarding—without breaking vanilla gameplay.

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🧱 Suspicious Sand & Gravel Crafting

• Craft suspicious sand and gravel using 8 blocks + any item in the center
• The inserted item is stored and will be returned when brushed
• Empty variants can be crafted for decoration

⚒️ Netherite Upgrade Improvements

• Upgrade diamond tools and armor directly while preserving enchantments
• Removes unnecessary friction from late-game progression
• Netherite Upgrade smithing template can be crafted more simply than the duplication recipe, however it requires visiting the nether and a bastion to get gilded blackstone and netherrack.

🛏️ Stackable Beds

• Beds now stack up to 16 for improved inventory management
• Bed recipe gives 2 beds

🗺️ Map System Overhaul

• Craft maps using:
  • Feather + Ink Sac + Paper + Compass
  • Expand maps using:
    • Filled Map + Paper
  • Multiple paper increases map size in a single craft (up to 4x scale)
  • No unnecessary crafting steps or cartography table required

📦 Recipe Rebalancing

• Adjusted outputs for various recipes (e.g. panes, walls, bookshelves)
• Improved material efficiency across multiple crafting chains

🧵 Crafting Consistency Improvements

• Leather and rabbit hide unified via shared crafting logic
• Various recipes adjusted for better balance and usability

🖼️ Images

• All recipes or changes are detailed in attached image gallery

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Fair Recipes aims to:

• Reduce unnecessary grind
• Improve logical consistency
• Respect vanilla mechanics while enhancing usability
• Keep gameplay balanced but less frustrating

This is not a “cheat mod”—it’s a refinement mod.

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• Works on both client and server, but is not required on the client if used on a server
• Requires Fabric API
• Designed for Minecraft 1.21.11

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