====== Crafting recipes ======
===== Adding a basic crafting recipe =====
Make sure you [[tutorial:items|added an item]] before reading this tutorial, we will be using it.  
  
So far, our item is obtainable through the creative menu or commands.
To make it available to survival players, we'll add a crafting recipe for the item.  

Create a file named ''custom_item.json'' under ''resources/data/tutorial/**recipe**/'' (since 1.21) or ''resources/data/tutorial/**recipes**/'' (below 1.21) (replace "''tutorial''" with your namespace if appropriate).

Recipe files are conventionally named after their output, but they can have any name. Here's an example recipe for the ''custom_item'' we made (remember the path is //"recipes"// before 1.21 and //"recipe"// since 1.21, and in the ''%%"result"%%'' field, replace ''%%"id"%%'' with ''%%"item"%%'' for versions before 1.21):

<code javascript resources/data/tutorial/recipe/custom_item.json>
{
  "type": "minecraft:crafting_shaped",
  "pattern": [
    "WWW",
    "WR ",
    "WWW"
  ],
  "key": {
    "W": {
      "tag": "minecraft:logs"
    },
    "R": {
      "item": "minecraft:redstone"
    }
  },
  "result": {
    "id": "tutorial:custom_item",
    "count": 4
  }
}
</code>
Breakdown of the recipe:  
  *  **type**: This is a shaped crafting recipe. 
  *  **result**: This is a crafting recipe for 4 ''tutorial:custom_item''. The ''count'' field is optional. If you don't specify a ''count'', it will default to 1.
  *  **pattern**: A pattern that represents the crafting recipe. Each letter represents one item. An empty space means that no item is required in that slot. What each letter represents is defined in **key**.
  *  **key**:  What each letter in the pattern represents. ''W'' represents any item with the ''minecraft:logs'' tag (all logs). ''R'' represent the redstone item specificly.  For more information about tags see [[https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Tag|Tag page in Minecraft Wiki]].
  * **category**: The category of the item to display in the recipe book.

In total, the crafting recipe would look like this:

^           Recipe for 4 custom_item           ^^^
|Any Log|Any Log|Any Log|
|Any Log|Redstone|Nothing|
|Any Log|Any Log|Any Log|

For more information about the format of basic recipes, see [[https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Recipe|Recipe page in Minecraft Wiki]].

Recipes can also be generated dynamically on runtime, for more information see [[dynamic_recipe_generation|Dynamic recipe generation tutorial]].

===== More on the recipe type =====
The ''type'' value can be changed so it can be used in the corresponding crafting block (stone cutter, blast furnace, smiting table, ...), see all types and values [[https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Recipe#List_of_recipe_types|Recipe page in Minecraft Wiki]].

You can even create your own recipe type: [[recipe_types_introduction|Introduction to RecipeTypes]]