DrEnough's Forging has been completely rewritten and streamlined for NeoForge 26.1.2+.
⚠️ This mod is NeoForge-only for Minecraft 26.1.2+
✅ Current Features
- Alloy Furnace - Custom furnace with data-driven recipes (2 inputs + optional) and full JEI integration
- Steel Age - Advanced metal progression: Coke → Pig Iron → Steel → Tools & Armor
- Bellows - Essential tool for steel forging (durability system)
- Casting Table - Simple ingot casting for copper, tin, and gold
- Casting Basin - Mass Processing of Metal Blocks like Copper/Tin/Gold and Bronze
- Paxels - Multi-tools (pickaxe + axe + shovel in one)
- Iron Forging - Full blacksmithing system (smithing stone → anvil → tongs → quenching)
- Bronze Alloying - Mix copper and tin, forge bronze components
- Tongs Durability - Wear and tear system
- Natural Water Quenching - Quench in rivers, oceans, any water
- Smithing Hammers - Stone, Copper, Bronze, Iron, Steel tiers
🚀 Upcoming Features
Silver Age - A new precious metal between copper and gold:
- Silver Ore, Ingots, Blocks
- Cold forging on the Fired Forging Block
- Heavy/Light Silver Components
- Silver Tools & Armor
Jewelcrafting System - A semi-realistic diamond processing system:
- Carving Chisel to extract diamonds from ore
- Anvil processing (Rough Diamond → Shards → Dust)
- Polishing Cloth to refine Rough Diamonds
- Diamond Setting for tools and armor
- Diamond Plate for armor crafting
- A more immersive way to obtain diamond gear
📈 Progression System
| Age |
Key Mechanics |
| Copper/Tin/Gold Ingots |
Simple casting table (no tongs required) |
| Bronze Age |
Alloy smelting, fired forging block, heavy/light components |
| Iron Age |
Smithing stone (early) → Smithing anvil (advanced), tongs durability |
| Steel Age |
Coke production → Pig Iron → Bellows + Hammer forging → Steel Tools & Armor |
(Diamond and Netherite follow vanilla progression)
⚒️ Immersive Mechanics
- Alloy Furnace with progress animations and fuel system
- Steel forging requires Bellows + Hammer combo
- Place hot items on anvil and hammer them
- Tongs durability system
- Natural water quenching
- Visual block entities with item rendering
- Particle and sound feedback
- Full JEI integration (categories, recipe transfer, catalysts)
🛠️ Craftable Items
Steel Age
- Steel Ingot, Plate, Block, Nugget
- Full Steel Tool Set (Sword, Pickaxe, Axe, Shovel, Hoe)
- Full Steel Armor Set (Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, Boots)
- Coke, Coke Block
Iron Age
- Iron Tools & Armor
- Iron Plate, Tool Parts
Bronze Age
- Bronze Tools & Armor
- Bronze Components (Heavy/Light)
Tools & Equipment
- Smithing Hammers (Stone, Copper, Bronze, Iron, Steel)
- Blacksmith Tongs (with durability)
- Bellows (with durability)
- Smithing Stone
- Smithing Anvil
- Crucibles (Standard and Big)
- Paxels (Stone, Iron, Bronze, Gold, Steel, Diamond, Netherite)
🔧 Requirements
- NeoForge 26.1.2+
- JEI - Optional but recommended
❓ FAQ
Q: Do I need JEI? A: No, but recommended for recipe viewing.
Q: Can I use this in a modpack? A: Yes!
Q: Is this mod multiplayer compatible? A: Yes, fully synced with recipe support.
Q: What happened to copper/gold/diamond tools? A: They now use vanilla crafting. This mod focuses on iron, bronze, steel, and ingot casting.
Q: How do I make steel? A: Create Coke in the Alloy Furnace → Smelt Iron + Coke into Pig Iron → Use Bellows + Hammer on Smithing Anvil → Quench → Steel!
🙏 Credits
- Slepykat - All custom textures (except bronze tools, some hot metal variants, and tin block ore variants) and more
- DrEnough - Custom textures for bronze items, some hot metals variants, and tin block ore variants and more
- SaltyWater - For inspiration and permission to use original textures as placeholders during development
🐛 Found an Issue or have suggestion?
Report here: https://github.com/drenough/drenough_forging-issues
