Melting Recipe

Melting Recipe

Type: hephaestus:melting
Machines: Melter, Smeltery

Melts a single item into a fluid. Requires a fuel fluid in the tank below the melter, or inside the smeltery.

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JSON Structure

{
  "type": "hephaestus:melting",
  "ingredient": {
    "item": "minecraft:iron_ingot"
  },
  "result": {
    "id": "hephaestus:molten_iron",
    "amount": 90
  },
  "fuel": {
    "id": "minecraft:lava",
    "amount": 100
  },
  "temperature": 600,
  "time": 200
}

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Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
ingredient	Ingredient	true	The item to melt. Supports item, tag
result.id	string	true	Fluid identifier (namespace:path)
result.amount	integer	true	Amount of fluid produced in mB
fuel.id	string	true	Fuel fluid identifier
fuel.amount	integer	true	Fuel consumed per recipe
temperature	integer	true	Minimum temperature required
time	integer	true	Ticks to complete melting

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Using Tags

You can use item tags instead of specific items:

{
  "type": "hephaestus:melting",
  "ingredient": {
    "tag": "c:ingots/iron"
  },
  "result": {
    "id": "hephaestus:molten_iron",
    "amount": 90
  },
  "fuel": {
    "id": "minecraft:lava",
    "amount": 100
  },
  "temperature": 600,
  "time": 200
}

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Examples

Iron Ingot → Molten Iron

{
  "type": "hephaestus:melting",
  "ingredient": { "item": "minecraft:iron_ingot" },
  "result": { "id": "hephaestus:molten_iron", "amount": 90 },
  "fuel": { "id": "minecraft:lava", "amount": 100 },
  "temperature": 600,
  "time": 200
}

Blaze Rod → Molten Blaze (high temperature)

{
  "type": "hephaestus:melting",
  "ingredient": { "item": "minecraft:blaze_rod" },
  "result": { "id": "hephaestus:molten_blaze", "amount": 250 },
  "fuel": { "id": "hephaestus:molten_blaze", "amount": 50 },
  "temperature": 800,
  "time": 300
}

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Notes

• time is measured in ticks (20 ticks = 1 second)
• fuel.amount is consumed once when the recipe completes, not per tick
• The melter requires the fuel tank block directly below it
• Both the Melter and Smeltery use this recipe type

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