Common JSON Value Types

Ingredient

Vanilla recipe input. Can be either an item stack or a tag.

FluidIngredient

A fluid recipe input.

Keys

name: The fluid's full name.
tag: Forge tag. Used when the recipe can have multiple possible inputs.
amount: Integer. The fluid amount in millibuckets.

Examples

"fluid": {
  "name": "tconstruct:molten_gold",
  "amount": 144
}

"fluid": {
  "tag": "forge:fluids/water_or_steam",
  "amount": 1000
}

EntityIngredient

An entity. Used for entity melting. The input can be an array of both types and tags.

Keys

type: Full entity type.
tag: Forge entity tag.
types: An array of entity types.

Example

"entity": {
  "type": "minecraft:creeper"
}

"entity": [
  {
    "tag": "minecraft:skeletons"
  },
  {
    "type": "minecraft:skeleton_horse"
  }
]

"entity": {
  "types": [
    "minecraft:villager",
    "minecraft:wandering_trader"
  ]
}

ItemOutput

Same as Ingredient. Used for recipe outputs where the exact item output is irrelevant, like ingot casting.

Example

"result": {
  "tag": "forge:ingots/invar"
}

FluidStack

Similar to FluidIngredient, but cannot take a tag (the fluid must be exact).

Example

"result": {
  "fluid": "tconstruct:molten_electrum",
  "amount": 288
}

ResourceLocation

https://mcforge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/resources/

IFluidHandlerItem

Full item name of a fluid container item. Must extend the IFluidHandlerItem interface.

Example

"container": "minecraft:bucket"

ToolCore

Full item name of a Tinkers tool. Must extend the ToolCore class.

Example

"result": "tconstruct:axe"

IMaterialItem

Full item name of a material based item, usually a tool part. Must extend the IMaterialItem interface.

Example

"result": "tconstruct:pickaxe_head"

MaterialId

Full name of a Tinkers material.

Example

"input": "tconstruct:bone"

Tick

1/20th of a second.