Recycling

✨ Features

♻️ Main description

This datapack adds a variety of simple and intuitive crafting recipes, with a key feature: recycling armor, tools, and items using a furnace or blast furnace.
These can be smelted to recover the base material they are made from.

⚙️ Use and benefits

No more waste! Unused or damaged equipment can be turned back into valuable resources.
This helps optimize materials, extend their usefulness, and make progression more efficient and satisfying.

🧩 Gameplay integration

The system integrates naturally with existing mechanics by using familiar in-game blocks.
Easy to understand, it encourages smarter resource management while maintaining overall game balance.

🧪 Recipes

🔲 Input

Armor (helmet / chestplate / leggings / boots) - Leather / Copper / Chainmail / Iron / Gold / Diamond / Netherite
Tools (sword / pickaxe / axe / shovel / hoe / spear) - Copper / Iron / Gold / Diamond / Netherite
Horse Armor - Leather / Copper / Iron / Gold / Diamond / Netherite
Nautilus Armor - Copper / Iron / Gold / Diamond / Netherite
Wolf Armor
Tutle Helmet

🔥 Smelted in

Furnace
Blast Furnace

🎁 Output

Leather -> 1x Leather
Iron / Chainmail -> 1x Iron Ingot
Copper -> 1x Copper Ingot
Gold -> 1x Gold Ingot
Diamond -> 1x Diamond
Netherite -> 1x Netherite Scrap
Wolf Armor -> 1x Armadillo Scute
Turtle Helmet -> 1x Turtle Scute

📥 Installation

📁 Datapack

Drop the .zip file into your world's datapacks folder.
Reload the world or use /reload.
Enjoy your enchanted adventure!

⚙️ Mod

Drop the .jar file into the mods folder of your instance.
Restart your game.
Have fun!