Molding Recipe JSON

This recipe allows combining two items on top of a casting table to modify one of the items. It is primarily used for creating sand casts.

Keys

• type: Must be either tconstruct:molding_basin for basin recipes or tconstruct:molding_table for table recipes
• material (Ingredient): Item placed into the casting implement first. pattern (Ingredient): Item placed into the casting implement second. If undefined, this recipe instead defines behavior for picking up an item from the table. pattern_consumed (boolean): If true, the pattern is consumed during the molding operation. Defaults to false.
• result (ItemOutput): Item produced from the molding recipe.

Example

Defines a recipe where placing a repair kit on a blank sand cast produces a repair kit sand cast. The repair kit is preserved and can be picked up.

{
  "type": "tconstruct:molding_table",
  "material": {
    "item": "tconstruct:blank_sand_cast"
  },
  "pattern": {
    "item": "tconstruct:repair_kit",
    "type": "tconstruct:material"
  },
  "result": "tconstruct:repair_kit_sand_cast"
}

Defines that picking up any sand cast results in a blank sand cast on pickup.

{
  "type": "tconstruct:molding_table",
  "material": {
    "tag": "tconstruct:casts/sand"
  },
  "result": "tconstruct:blank_sand_cast"
}

More examples in TConstruct.jar/data/tconstruct/recipes/casts/sand_casts/