Alloy

An alloy is a metal item smithed onto base equipment to create an alloy tier. All alloys are renamed vanilla items.

Alloy	Replaces	Recipe	Upgrades	Repair
Steel Alloy	Resin Brick	Blast carbon-rich iron	Iron → steel	Iron ingots
Shakudo Alloy	Shulker Shell	4 blocks of copper, 2 blocks of gold	Copper → shakudo	Blocks of copper
Hepatizon Alloy	Phantom Membrane	7 copper ingots, silver bullion, gold ingot	Copper → hepatizon	Blocks of copper
Electrum Alloy	Heart of the Sea	4 gold ingots, 4 silver bullion, divine fragment	Diamond → electrum	Blocks of diamond
Adamant Alloy	Netherite Ingot	4 adamant scrap, 4 gold ingots, divine fragment	Diamond → adamant	Blocks of diamond, adamant scrap

Smithing

Main article: Smithing

The base item goes in the base slot and the alloy in the addition slot of a smithing table; the template slot stays empty, except for mattocks, dolabras and claymores, which need a smithing upgrade template.

Design

The alloys were inspired by the Raspberry Flavoured modpack, according to the README. In the video the developer explains that alloy tools are "repaired using their base metal components" so that "even in late game, you'll need to go mining for materials."Klei Wright, "Minecraft punishes casual players. I made a datapack to fix it." (YouTube)

"All tools can be repaired forever. Alloy tools are repaired using their base metal components, except for adamant, which requires diamond blocks, gold blocks, or adamant scrap to repair. That means even in late game, you'll need to go mining for materials."

History

1.03	Added carbon-rich iron; electrum now needs a divine fragment.
1.10	"Palatinate" renamed to shakudo and "Bronze" to hepatizon. Shakudo alloy cost raised.
1.12.1-alpha	Smithing no longer needs base-metal ingots.