Slower Progression

Adds gradual tool and armor upgrade paths through the smithing table.

Dependencies

Required

• Simplest Copper Gear - provides the copper armor and tools used in the upgrade paths. Declared as a required dependency and pulled in automatically by Gradle.

Optional

• Just Enough Items (JEI) - when installed, all smithing-table upgrade recipes are shown in their own JEI category with the correct material counts.

What it does

• Replaces the vanilla smithing table interaction with a custom upgrade menu.
• Adds count-aware upgrade recipes: place the base item plus the required amount of material in the smithing table to receive the upgraded item.
• Preserves item components (enchantments, custom names, durability, etc.) from the base item.
• Overrides the vanilla smithing table crafting recipe so it no longer requires iron.
• Disables direct crafting for all higher-tier tools and armor - they can only be obtained by upgrading at the smithing table. Wooden tools and leather armor remain craftable.

Example:

Upgrade paths

Armor

Tools

Material amounts

Can also be seen with JEI

Smithing table recipe

License

Mapping names used by NeoForge are covered by the Mojang license. See the NeoForm reference copy.