How to Craft Tools, Weapons, and Armor from New Ores

If you try to craft pickaxes and other tools from Crystalcraft Unlimited materials using ordinary wooden sticks, the recipe will not work. The mod replaces wooden handles with upgraded rods matched to the category of material you are shaping.

Matching Tool Handles to Your Material Type

Before laying out a tool recipe at a Crafting Table, prepare the proper handle item for your resource:

• Metal Tools: Use iron sticks when crafting tools from metals.
• Gem Tools: Use obsidian sticks when crafting tools from gems.
• Nether Ore Tools: Use vanilla blaze rods as the handle for tools made from Nether ores.

Open the Lexicon Krystallon encyclopedia to check the crafting recipes for iron sticks and obsidian sticks, as well as the exact patterns for the mod's custom swords and combat weapons.

Crafting Modded Armor Sets

Unlike tools, protective gear does not require special rods or extra binding materials. Open a Crafting Table and arrange your collected metals, alloys, or gems in the exact same shapes as vanilla Minecraft armor: five pieces for a helmet, eight for a chestplate, seven for leggings, and four for boots. Completing a matching set lets you turn newly discovered ores directly into upgraded protection.