DrEnough's Forging

DrEnough's Forging has been completely rewritten and streamlined for NeoForge 26.1.2+.

⚠️ This mod is NeoForge-only for Minecraft 26.1.2+

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✅ 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

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🚀 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

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📈 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)

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⚒️ 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)

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🛠️ 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)

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🔧 Requirements

• NeoForge 26.1.2+
• JEI - Optional but recommended

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❓ 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!

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🙏 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

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🐛 Found an Issue or have suggestion?

Report here: https://github.com/drenough/drenough_forging-issues