Tinkers' Construct Wiki & Guide

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The community wiki and guide for Tinkers' Construct — recipes, items, tags and mechanics, kept current for every Minecraft version the mod supports.

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About this mod

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Requires SlimeKnights Library Mod: Mantle

Recommended to include the a recipe viewer: Just Enough Items

Support Tinkers' Construct on patreon:

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Overview

Tinkers' Construct is a mod about putting tools together in a wide variety of ways, then modifying them until they turn into something else. The tools never disappear and can be named and changed to your heart's desire. Once you make them, they're yours forever. Many different materials can be used to make your tools.

This mod includes many related features, including:

Part builders, tinker stations, and modifier workstations for building and modifying your tools
The melter, alloyer, smeltery, and foundry for working with molten metals
Slime islands generating as part of the overworld, nether, and end, granting access to 4 different slime colors
Slimy geodes spawning deep underground
Cobalt ore in the nether

To get started, craft Materials and You then follow the introduction steps. For a more detailed overview, see one of the following links:

Tinkers' Construct 3 Overview: Overview of the mod contents since 1.16.
Tinkers' Construct 2 Overview: Overview of the mod contents between 1.8 and 1.12.

License

The mods binaries, as well as its textures and code are licensed under the MIT License.

Feel free to use the mod in any modpacks. You are allowed to use it, you do not need to ask for permission, in fact permission requests will usually be ignored. When using the mod, please use the Curse/CurseForge, Modrinth, or GitHub download and do not rehost the files.

Any modpack which uses Tinkers' Construct takes full responsibility for user support queries.

For anyone else, we only support official builds from Curse/Curseforge, Modrinth, and GitHub. No custom built jars. We also do not take bug reports for outdated builds of Minecraft.

This project currently has builds for 1.18.2+ along with 1.6.4, 1.7.10, 1.12.2, and 1.16.5. If you are using a Minecraft version other than that which has a Tinkers release, make a request on our discord and I will upload the older build.

Credits

Tinkers' Construct 3 - since 1.16

KnightMiner - Lead Developer
alexbegt - Developer
boni - former developer
mDiyo - Original author, game design input
RCXcrafter - Artist
See contributors on GitHub for a full list of contributors

Tinkers' Construct 2 - 1.8 to 1.12

boni - Lead Developer
KnightMiner - Developer
alexbegt - Developer/Updating
mDiyo - Original Author of the mod
Firedingo - General Task Support
Drullkus - Villager textures
Anbaric - Pattern chest and part chest model

Tinkers' Construct 1 - 1.7 and before

mDiyo - Lead Developer
boni - Developer
fuj1n - Landmines, Former Developer
progwml6 - Former Developer
Fudgy_Fetus - Cutlasses
NekoGloop - Thaumium Textures
Skyboy - New tool renderer
Zerokyuuni - Battlegear support
Vexatos - Translations
BluSunrize - Casting Channels
tonius11 - NEI Support
baddaspig - Slime Crystal graphics

Compatibility

Which Minecraft versions and mod loaders the mod supports.

Loader	MC 1.20.1	MC 1.19.2	MC 1.18.2	MC 1.16.5	MC 1.12.2	MC 1.7.10	MC 1.6.4
Forge	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Neoforge	✓	—	—	—	—	—	—

Dependencies

Other mods required (or optional) to run this mod.

Just Enough Items (JEI) (optional)Mantle (required)

Recent updates

Latest releases with the author's changelog notes.

3.12.0.220 2026-09-04 · forge, neoforge · MC 1.20.1

The slimesuit update makes several huge improvements to slimesuits, adds many features from the roadmap including Knightslime, and makes many internal changes to prepare for the 1.21 port.

For a full changelog, see https://github.com/SlimeKnights/TinkersConstruct/releases/tag/v3.12.0.220

3.11.2.166 2026-01-12 · forge, neoforge · MC 1.20.1

Hotfix to fix an issue with slot preservation and other mods soulbound, plus some damage type tag issues with Twilight Forest compatability.

For a full changelog, see https://github.com/SlimeKnights/TinkersConstruct/releases/tag/v3.11.2.166

3.11.2.165 2026-01-10 · forge, neoforge · MC 1.20.1

Bug fix update for Throwback update plus Slimeworld update.

For a full changelog, see https://github.com/SlimeKnights/TinkersConstruct/releases/tag/v3.11.2.165

3.11.1.158 2026-01-05 · forge, neoforge · MC 1.20.1

This update is primarily bug fixes and balance tweaks to the Throwback update, though it also provides a few smaller features such as cactus tool materials, slinging using traits, and worldgen improvements.

For a full changelog, see https://github.com/SlimeKnights/TinkersConstruct/releases/tag/v3.11.1.158

3.11.0.148 2025-12-24 · forge, neoforge · MC 1.20.1

Update adding in javelins, fishing rods, arrows, shurikens, throwing axes, Twilight Forest support, and more!

For a more complete changelog, see https://slimeknights.github.io/posts/2025/12/23/tinkers-3.11.0-changelog/

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Developer resources

Source code Report an issue

Guides

Tinkers' Construct: Building Your First ToolsTinkers' Construct Smeltery: Melting, Casting, and AlloysTinkers' Construct Tools, Materials, and Modifiers

Processes

Every recipe the mod adds, grouped by how it is made.

Crafting · 332 minecraft:blasting · 12 minecraft:smelting · 7 minecraft:stonecutting · 20 Part Builder · 21 tconstruct:basin_casting_composite · 1 tconstruct:basin_casting_material · 1 tconstruct:casting_basin · 109 tconstruct:casting_table · 102 tconstruct:casting_table_potion · 4 tconstruct:damagable_melting · 187 tconstruct:incremental_modifier · 46 tconstruct:item_part_builder · 116 tconstruct:material · 185 tconstruct:melting · 451 tconstruct:modifier · 114 tconstruct:modifier_repair · 1 tconstruct:molding_table · 58 tconstruct:multilevel_incremental_modifier · 2 tconstruct:multilevel_modifier · 1 tconstruct:ore_melting · 65 tconstruct:overslime_modifier · 16 tconstruct:retextured_casting_basin · 2 tconstruct:severing · 30 tconstruct:table_casting_composite · 23 tconstruct:table_casting_material · 42 tconstruct:table_tool_casting · 1 tconstruct:tinker_station_damaging · 6 tconstruct:tipped_tool_transform · 1 tconstruct:tool_building · 25

Structures

Every structure the mod generates, with biomes and placement.

Blood Island Clay Island Earth Slime Island End Slime Island Ocean Skyslime Island Sky Slime Island

Items

Bloody Seeds

Copper Can

Earthslime Seeds

Encyclopedia of Tinkering

Uncraftable Potion Bucket

Blocks

Frequently asked questions

How do you make tools in Tinkers' Construct?

Build tools from parts: shape a head, handle and binding from materials at the Part Builder, then assemble them at a Tinker Station. Each part's material sets the tool's stats.

Do Tinkers' Construct tools break?

No — the mod's tools never disappear. A worn tool is repaired with more of its material and can be renamed and re-modified freely, so you keep and improve one tool rather than replacing it.

How do you build a Smeltery?

Smelt Grout (sand and clay) into Seared Bricks, then build the Smeltery multiblock — walls, tank and controller — from seared blocks. A nether variant uses Scorched stone from Nether Grout.

Why use the Smeltery?

The Smeltery melts ores and metals and doubles ore output, and it casts tool parts and ingots using Casts made from Blank Sand Casts. It also makes alloys by combining molten metals.

What are modifiers in Tinkers' Construct?

Modifiers are upgrades applied to a tool at a modifier workstation, adding abilities and boosting stats. The available slots and modifiers depend on the tool and its materials, and you layer them as you gather rarer materials.

What materials can you use in Tinkers' Construct?

Many — vanilla metals plus the mod's own, including the slime family (Earthslime, Skyslime, Enderslime, Ichor, Cinderslime) and metals like Cobalt, Steel and Knightmetal, each giving parts a different trait.