Expanding Your Tool Arsenal with InmT: A Tinker’s Construct Addon That Adds More Materials
If you’ve spent any time in a modded Minecraft world, you’ve likely fallen in love with Tinker’s Construct. The ability to craft custom tools from a huge variety of materials, each with unique stats and traits, is simply addictive. But even the most dedicated tinkerer sometimes hits a wall. You’ve smelted every ore, alloyed every combination, and you start to wonder: what if there were more? That’s exactly the gap that the InmT mod, short for “I need more Tinker,” steps in to fill. It’s a straightforward yet deeply satisfying addon that injects fresh life into your smeltery by introducing a host of new materials, many of which come from the most unexpected corners of the vanilla game.
What Exactly Does InmT Add?
As the name cheekily suggests, this mod is all about giving you more options to play with in Tinker’s Construct. It currently introduces 15 brand-new materials that can be melted down, cast, and forged into tool parts. The real charm lies in how it takes everyday blocks and items you’ve ignored for years and turns them into viable tool components. Suddenly, that stack of dirt in your chest isn’t just landfill—it’s a potential pickaxe head with quirky properties. The mod is perfect for players who love experimenting with odd material combinations or for modpack creators who want to expand the early-to-mid-game progression without adding worldgen clutter.
The Full Material Lineup
Let’s break down everything you can now toss into your smeltery. The materials fall into two neat categories: those sourced from vanilla items and two completely new substances with their own items and blocks.
13 Vanilla-Derived Materials
These are the familiar resources you’ve walked past a thousand times. Each one has been given stats and traits that make them surprisingly useful, especially when you’re just starting out or looking for niche tool builds.
- Sandstone – A brittle but lightweight material that can make fast, disposable tools.
- Red Sandstone – Similar to sandstone but with a slightly different color palette and marginally improved durability.
- Dirt – Yes, dirt. It’s weak, but it’s the ultimate cheap material for making tool parts when you’ve got nothing else.
- Glass – Offers a sharp edge but shatters easily; perfect for a high-risk, high-reward sword blade.
- Brick – A step up from stone, with decent durability and a rustic look.
- Potato – Because why not? A humorous addition that might give you a tiny speed boost or just a laugh.
- Bread – Slightly tougher than potato, and you can literally bake your tool components.
- Raw Meat – Slippery and flexible, ideal for tool bindings with unusual properties.
- Cookie – A sugary treat that melts into a brittle but incredibly fast material.
- Coal – A classic fuel source that now doubles as a dark, durable material for basic tools.
- Chorus – The ender-infused fruit gives tools a strange teleportation-related trait, adding a fun twist.
- Purpur – Sturdy and otherworldly, this block from End cities makes for excellent high-tier handles.
- Shulker – The shell of those pesky floating foes creates a material with incredible knockback resistance.
2 Brand-New Materials
Beyond the vanilla remixes, InmT introduces two completely original materials that come with their own crafting recipes, items, and blocks. They feel like a natural extension of the Tinker’s Construct ecosystem.
- Rubyon – A ruby-iron alloy that strikes a beautiful balance between the sharpness of gemstones and the sturdiness of iron. It glimmers with a deep red hue and makes for stunning tool heads that perform well in the mid-game. You’ll need to alloy molten iron with a new ruby item to create it.
- Magipowder – A magical powder that, as the mod author puts it, is “nothing else”—but don’t let that fool you. When smelted and cast, it forms a material with enchanting properties, potentially boosting the experience gained or adding a faint glow to your tools. Its exact mechanics invite experimentation, and that’s where the fun begins.
If you’re looking to get these materials into your game without fussing over manual installation, you’ll be pleased to know that the mod can be easily installed via the foxygame.net launcher. This convenient, flexible, and modern Minecraft launcher lets you browse and download mods right from its menu, so you can jump straight into tinkering with Rubyon and Magipowder in minutes.
How to Use These New Materials in Your Game
Integrating InmT into your world is seamless. Once installed, all the vanilla items and blocks become valid smeltery inputs. For example, you can throw a stack of cookies into the smeltery controller and watch them liquefy into molten cookie. The new materials, Rubyon and Magipowder, require you to craft their base items first—ruby gems and magic powder respectively—which then get melted down. You can cast them into tool parts using the standard Tinker’s Construct casting table and molds. The mod doesn’t add any new machines or complicated mechanics, so it stays true to the spirit of the original mod.
Why This Mod Deserves a Spot in Your Modpack
InmT isn’t trying to overhaul the game or add a dozen new ores to your world generation. Its beauty is in its simplicity. It rewards creative thinking by turning overlooked resources into functional tool components. Early-game survival becomes more flexible when you can make a quick pickaxe out of dirt and coal instead of hunting for iron. The addition of Rubyon gives you a meaningful goal to work toward after you’ve mastered iron, and Magipowder adds a touch of mystery for those who love magical builds. Modpack creators will appreciate how lightweight it is and how it can be used to smooth out progression curves or add comedic relief with potato swords.
Tips for Getting the Most Out of InmT
- Experiment with tool bindings. Many of the vanilla materials have unusual handle or binding stats that can drastically change a tool’s durability multiplier or attack speed.
- Automate the smeltery. Since materials like dirt and sandstone are so abundant, setting up a simple hopper-fed smeltery can give you an endless supply of basic tool parts for repairing or mass-producing cheap gear.
- Combine with other Tinker’s addons. InmT plays nicely with other mods that expand Tinker’s Construct, allowing for even wilder material combinations.
- Check for modpack permissions. The mod author explicitly states “Modpack? - No problem,” so you’re free to include it in any public or private pack without worry.
Final Thoughts
InmT – I need more Tinker delivers exactly what its name promises. It’s a small, focused addon that injects 15 new materials into your Tinker’s Construct experience, ranging from the absurdly mundane (dirt tools, anyone?) to the genuinely useful (Rubyon and Magipowder). The mod respects the core mechanics of Tinker’s while encouraging you to look at your inventory with fresh eyes. Whether you’re a solo player tired of the same old tool progression or a modpack builder looking for a lightweight expansion, InmT is a delightful addition that punches above its weight. So go ahead, melt that cookie, and see what kind of pickaxe you can bake up.