Crafting skills gate access to manufacturing recipes. Use "meta": "crafting" in the skill JSON.

Files live in: <pack_root>/data/skills/crafting/<skill_name>.json

Built-in Crafting Skill IDs (seeded by game)

IDPurpose
forgingSmelting ores into ingots
alloyingCombining ingots into alloys
circuit_assemblyCrafting electronic circuits
biology_engineeringProcessing bio materials (also science)

Example — Forging

{
  "displayName": "skills.category.mypack.crafting.forging",
  "description": "skills.category.mypack.crafting.forging.desc",
  "meta": "crafting",
  "category": "mypack:forging",
  "topLevel": 100,
  "math": { "start": 1000, "progressionCurve": 1.5 }
}

Example — Alloying

{
  "displayName": "skills.category.mypack.crafting.alloying",
  "description": "skills.category.mypack.crafting.alloying.desc",
  "meta": "crafting",
  "category": "mypack:alloying",
  "topLevel": 100,
  "math": { "start": 1000, "progressionCurve": 1.5 }
}

Recipe Progression Example

RecipeInputsOutputForging level
Smelt CopperCopper Ore + CoalCopper Ingotnone
Smelt IronIron Ore + Coal×2Iron Ingot1
Smelt TitaniumIlmenite Ore + Coal×10Titanium Ingot4
Smelt XeniteXenite Ore + Coal×15Xenite Ingot7
Smelt VoidstoneVoidstone Ore + Coal×20Voidstone Ingot9