So far we decided that we would be removing all recipes for the stick. In vanilla minecraft, there is also only one, so that's not an issue. But what if we want to be more specific? Often there are multiple recipes for the same item, and we may want to remove one yet keep the others.

It is possible to be more specific in that case:

This will remove only a single recipe - even if there are other recipes.

It is also possible to remove all recipes that are shaped, or all recipes that are shapeless, by simply calling:

Also, wildcard patterns can be used to indicate that any kind of item would match for a certain position, as long as it's not empty:

Likewise, when removing shapeless recipes, it is possible to only specify one or more ingredients of the shapeless recipe and then tell minetweaker that the remainder of the recipe may contain anything:

Don't be fooled by the item name - it is the wool block.

There is no visual editor, so you have to understand how to write your recipes as text.

As a little introduction, let's consider the recipe for sticks. In vanilla minecraft, it takes 2 wood planks to make 4 sticks, and they have to put above each other. But what if we want to change that? What if, say, we find it more logical to put the two wood block diagonally instead? (this stick is diagonal, right?)

Modifying the sticks recipe is wonderfully easy. Make a script with the following contents:

Open a new game (or reload scripts, if you are already in a game). Now take 2 oak wood planks and test your recipe.

It works? Great! But now you may have noticed a flaw in the recipe: if you put birch or spruce wood, it doesn't work!

Why doesn't it work? The "planks" item has subitems that are distinguished by not only the item name, but also by its meta value. By default, if you retrieve an item with the bracket syntax, MineTweaker assumes you want the item with meta value 0. And that's what it returned - the "oak planks" item. But we want an ingredient which essentially means "any kind of wood".

Luckily, this is easy to fix. When using the bracket syntax, besides the name, we can also define a meta value. For instance, <minecraft:planks:1> refers to spruce wood. We can also use the wildcard (*) to get an item meaning "any meta value is good": <minecraft:planks:*>.

Thus, change your recipe and reload:

Fixed! Of course, you should use the ore dictionary entry for planks, which would be even better as it would be compatible with mod-added planks :)

If need the full name of an item, you can hold it in your hand and use the /minetweaker hand command. It will print the name and copy it to the clipboard, so you can just paste it directly in your script.