Anvil Crushing Recipes

Imagine a world where a falling anvil does more than just deal damage. With the Anvil Crushing Recipes add-on, that heavy block of iron becomes a transformative tool, reshaping your Minecraft environment in surprising and useful ways. This data-driven mod introduces a new recipe type that defines exactly what happens when an anvil lands on a block or an entity, opening up a realm of automation, resource conversion, and creative gameplay possibilities. Whether you are a map maker, a modpack creator, or a survival player looking for fresh mechanics, Anvil Crushing Recipes delivers a unique twist that feels right at home in the vanilla game.

How Anvil Crushing Recipes Work

At its core, Anvil Crushing Recipes adds a new recipe type to Minecraft: anvil_crushing_recipes. These recipes are completely data-driven, meaning you can define custom inputs and outputs using JSON files in a data pack. The mod listens for anvil landings and checks if the impacted block or entity matches any defined recipe. Inputs can be specific blocks, entities, or even tags, giving you incredible flexibility. When a match is found, the anvil can produce a new block, drop items, or both. The system works server-side, so players joining a server don't need the mod installed to experience the effects, though they will need it client-side if they want REI (Roughly Enough Items) integration to view recipes in-game.

This add-on is built for Fabric and also runs seamlessly on Quilt. It supports modern Minecraft versions, including 1.19 and 1.20, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of other mods. The data-driven approach means you can tweak every interaction without touching a single line of code, making it perfect for custom maps and modpacks.

Built-in Data Packs for Instant Fun

To get you started, Anvil Crushing Recipes comes with several built-in data packs that you can enable or disable at will using the standard /datapack command. These packs showcase the mod's potential and provide immediate gameplay changes:

• Anvil Crushing Block Breaking (enabled by default): Anvils smash weak blocks like pumpkins, saplings, and flowers on impact.
• Anvil Crushing Block Degradation (enabled by default): Landing anvils damage stone-type blocks, turning smooth stone into regular stone, and stone bricks into cracked stone bricks.
• Anvil Crushing Stone to Cobble (enabled by default): Converts stone blocks into cobblestone. This pack is separate from degradation to avoid conflicts with the compress stone to deepslate pack.
• Anvil Crushing Compress Stone to Deepslate (disabled by default): Drop an anvil onto a pillar of three stone blocks to compress them into deepslate, offering a renewable source of this otherwise finite resource. This only works if the stone-to-cobble pack is disabled.
• Anvil Crushing Ice Compression (enabled by default): Crushing three ice blocks with an anvil creates packed ice, and crushing three packed ice blocks creates blue ice. This provides an alternative to crafting and mirrors the renewable ice feature from Carpet Extra.
• Anvil Crushing Crush Ores (enabled by default): Anvils now pulverize ore blocks, causing raw materials to pop out and degrading the ore into cobblestone, deepslate, or netherrack depending on the ore type. For example, crushing nether gold ore yields gold nuggets and netherrack.
• Anvil Crushing Wither Skeleton on Basalt to Blackstone (enabled by default): Drop an anvil on a wither skeleton standing on basalt, and the basalt transforms into blackstone, making this coveted building block renewable.

These built-in packs are just the beginning. The community has already started creating additional data packs, such as one by SpaceEagle17 that converts cobblestone to sand when crushed by an anvil, replicating a popular feature from Carpet Extra. You can find that pack and others on the mod's repository page.

How to Install Anvil Crushing Recipes

Installing Anvil Crushing Recipes is straightforward. First, ensure you have the Fabric Loader and Fabric API installed for your Minecraft version. Then, download Anvil Crushing Recipes and place the JAR file into your mods folder. If you are playing on a server, only the server needs the mod; clients can join without it, though they will miss out on REI recipe viewing unless they also install the mod client-side. For those who enjoy a streamlined modding experience, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click installation for Anvil Crushing Recipes, automatically handling version compatibility and mod updates so you can jump straight into the game.

Once installed, you can manage the built-in data packs using the /datapack enable or /datapack disable commands. To add your own custom recipes, create a data pack with JSON files following the format detailed on the mod's wiki. The structure is designed to be as vanilla-like as possible, with plenty of examples in the built-in packs to guide you.

Creating Your Own Anvil Crushing Recipes

The true power of Anvil Crushing Recipes lies in its customizability. Each recipe is a JSON file placed in the data/<namespace>/anvil_crushing_recipes folder of a data pack. You can specify one or more inputs using block IDs, entity type IDs, or tags, and define the resulting block and/or item drops. For instance, you could create a recipe that turns dirt into grass when crushed with a bone meal item nearby, or one that spawns a silverfish when an anvil hits stone bricks. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

If you prefer a more convenient way to manage your mods, the foxygame.net launcher includes a built-in add-on catalog that makes discovering and installing Anvil Crushing Recipes effortless, while also keeping it up to date with the latest features and bug fixes. The mod's developer has provided extensive documentation and examples, so even if you are new to data pack creation, you will find it easy to get started. The format is intentionally vanilla-like, ensuring that anyone familiar with Minecraft's recipe system can jump right in.

Compatibility and Community

Anvil Crushing Recipes is designed exclusively for Fabric and Quilt, with no plans for a Forge port by the original developer. However, the mod is licensed under MIT, so anyone is free to port it to other loaders. The developer encourages linking back to the original page if you modify or redistribute the project. The mod works perfectly in single-player and on dedicated servers, and its server-side nature means you can add it to an existing world without requiring all players to install it.

Translations are community-driven via Crowdin, so if you would like to help localize the mod into your language, you can contribute there. The built-in data packs are a fantastic starting point, but the real magic happens when you combine Anvil Crushing Recipes with other mods and your own creativity. Whether you want to automate resource processing, add new challenges, or simply enjoy the spectacle of anvils reshaping the world, this add-on delivers a fresh and engaging experience.

Anvil Crushing Recipes breathes new life into a familiar game mechanic, turning the humble anvil into a versatile tool for world manipulation. Its data-driven design, built-in examples, and active community make it a must-have for anyone looking to expand Minecraft's possibilities. Download Anvil Crushing Recipes for Minecraft today and start crushing your way to a more dynamic world.