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Gold Nugget Recycling

Gold Nugget Recycling

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Lets you smelt most gold-requiring items into Gold Nuggets. Must-have for Vanilla+ playthroughs.
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Gold Nugget Recycling lets you smelt most gold-requiring items into Gold Nuggets. This can be useful when you craft too many Powered Rails or when you want some gold back from your Golden Carrots.

This is a data pack, mod version available here.

For Iron Nuggets check out Iron Nugget Recycling!

List of items that can now be smelted into Iron Nuggets:

 
  • Glistering Melon
  • Golden Apple
  • Enchanted Golden Apple
  • Golden Carrot
  • Clock
  • Powered Rail
  • Light Weighted Pressure Plate
  • Gilded Blackstone


List of items that can now be smelted into Gold Nuggets

Gold Nugget Recycling 1.21.5-1.21.8
MC 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.7, 1.21.6
Release 2025-09-03 Get
Gold Nugget Recycling 1.21.4
MC 1.21.4
Release 2025-01-12 Get
Gold Nugget Recycling 1.13-1.21.4
MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.21.4, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.15.2
Release 2024-12-05 Get
Gold Nugget Recycling 1.13-1.21.3
MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.15.2, 1.14
Release 2024-10-23 Get
Gold Nugget Recycling 1.13-1.21.1
MC 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.13.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.16.1, 1.18.1, 1.20.5, 1.14.4, 1.14.1, 1.17, 1.14.3, 1.15, 1.16, 1.13, 1.19.4, 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20.3, 1.15.2, 1.14
Release 2024-10-09 Get

Requirements & install

How to use this data pack in Minecraft
Mods needed
None, works in vanilla
Minecraft
1.20.3 – 1.21.8
Install folder
saves/<world>/datapacks

How to install data packs

  1. Download the data pack .zip file (do not extract it).
  2. New world: click Data Packs on the world creation screen and drop the .zip in. Existing world: open .minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacks.
  3. Put the .zip into the datapacks folder of the world (servers: world/datapacks).
  4. Run /reload in game (or rejoin the world) and check it with /datapack list.
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