Tinkerer’s Smithing

A sentimental and convenient gear crafting rebalance.

Server-side, but with some extra polish (and better EMI support) on the client.

Requires Connector and FFAPI on forge.

Tinkerer’s Smithing is a data-driven equipment crafting rebalance that:

• Allows repairing every vanilla item that has durability for no level cost (even fishing rods)
• Allows upgrading all tools and armor between material tiers (even chainmail)
• Encourages gradually improving your first set of tools and armor with materials and enchantments
• Makes all the enchanted treasure you find lying around actually useful
• Forgoes nerfing or removing mending or table-grindstone enchanting by instead buffing everything else
• Balances all of its recipe types on the vanilla cost of equipment

Anvil Recipes

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| | Anvil Repair (Tweaked)
No level cost, no work penalty applied to the result.
Netherite is rebalanced to use diamonds for repair.
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| | Anvil Combine (Tweaked)
No level cost for repairing.
The order of inputs doesn’t matter.
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| | Anvil De-Working
Reduces the cost multiplier for future anvil crafts.
(Usually called “Prior Work Penalty” or “RepairCost”.)
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Shapeless Recipes

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| | Shapeless Repair
Costs the same as crafting.
Only works when unenchanted.
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| | Shapeless Upgrade
Costs the same as crafting.
Keeps existing damage.
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Smithing Recipes

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| | Smithing Upgrade
Costs the same as crafting.
Use up to 4 less material for a damaged result.
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| | Sacrificial Upgrade
Any type of netherite equipment can be used.
Result damage is based on the sacrifice.
For “gilded” tiers (like netherite) only |
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Mechanic Changes

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| | Keepers (Broken Equipment)
Named or enchanted equipment won’t break.
Broken equipment is ineffective until repaired.
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Emergent Mechanics

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| Useful Treasure
All vanilla materials are linked to eachother via the upgrade tree.
It doesn’t matter if a pair of Protection IV leggings are made of gold, chain, or leather – just upgrade them to the right material, then use them at an anvil.
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| Miscellaneous Repair
All previously unrepairable items now have repair recipes – including utility tools. |
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Modpack Configuration

Recipes are driven by defining Tool Materials, Armor Materials, Equipment Types, and Unit Cost Overrides.

• Materials inherit from vanilla tool/armor materials. They define upgrade paths like Iron->Diamond.
• By default, all vanilla materials are defined.
• Types define “alike” items. Items with matching types can upgrade .
• By default, the 5 tools (e.g. c:swords) and 4 armor slots are defined.
• Unit Cost is what an item costs to upgrade to or repair. It’s usually guessed from the material and a recipe.
• By default, vanilla non-tool/armor items are made repairable by overriding this.
• Netherite is also overridden to have appropriate diamond unit costs.

For data structure examples, check out the built-in datapack or the mod compatibility packs in Tinkerer’s Quilt.

Older Versions

For minecraft 1.15-1.17, 1.0 is available as a datapack for NBT Crafting – see the old readme for features.

Afterword

All mods are built on the work of many others.

This mod is included in Tinkerer’s Quilt – our modpack about rediscovering vanilla.

We’re open to suggestions for how to implement stuff better – if you see something wonky and have an idea – let us know.

Tinkerer’s: Quilt – Smithing – Origins – Statures – HUD
Loveletters: Tabs – Atlas – Portable Crafting – Drogstyle
Others: Switchy – Crunchy – Starcaller