Create Sifting Fabric

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English Introduction

Mod Overview

A Fabric port update for Create: Sifting! This is not just a port — it also adds a graphical config screen, a full netherite sifting chain, and many other practical features. It is currently the most feature-complete Create: Sifting adaptation for Fabric 1.20.1!

Key Highlights

1. Fully Graphical Config UI — Rebalancing for Everyone

This mod has long been discussed for its balance issues, so this port includes a full visual config overhaul. No manual config file editing required — even beginners can pick it up easily.

The following features require Mod Menu.

Open the config screen via Pause Menu → Mods → Create:Sifting, and you get:

1. Change difficulty presets: Five tiers from "Ultra" to "Low". Switch output efficiency and processing speed with one click, easily fitting casual survival, hardcore modpacks, skyblock, and more.
2. Per-recipe independent overrides: After entering a world, you can adjust each sifting recipe individually — each output's drop chance (0–100%) and per-roll count, or add/remove outputs. Changes take effect immediately, no restart needed.
3. Add recipes: You can add recipes and customize inputs, meshes, and outputs to suit all kinds of needs.
4. Recipe edit lock: Struggling to stop yourself from changing recipes and difficulty? Lock your recipes!

Enough talk — let's look at some screenshots:

Notes:

All configs are server-authoritative. Dedicated servers automatically sync settings to all clients, so whether you're playing singleplayer, on a multiplayer server, or making a modpack, you can quickly tune the balance experience you need. Editing recipes and selecting the "Ultra" difficulty require cheat/OP permissions (after all, it's not much different from enabling creative mode).

2. Full Netherite Sifting Port — High-Tier Gameplay in 1.20.1

This adaptation brings the netherite sifting gameplay that only exists in newer official versions fully to 1.20.1! No other 1.20.1 version of Create: Sifting has this (and honestly, I wanted to play with it, haha).

Not Sure How to Play?

Gameplay and Mod Content

Mechanics and Usage

Basic Operation

• Power input: The sifter needs rotational power from the side via cogs/gears to operate;
• Installing a mesh: Right-click the sifter with a mesh in hand to install it;
• Retrieving items: Right-click with an empty hand to take all outputs; if the output area is empty, it also returns items from the input slot;
• Removing the mesh: Shift + right-click with an empty hand to remove the currently installed mesh; the mesh is returned to your inventory;
• Inserting items: You can throw the block to be sifted onto the top of the sifter, or input it via hoppers, chutes, brass funnels, and other automation;
• Collecting outputs: After sifting, right-click to collect outputs, or extract from the side with automation.

Brass Powered Sifter

The Brass Powered Sifter is the upgraded version of the Powered Sifter:

• Processes 8 items per cycle for higher throughput;
• Supports output filtering, allowing you to specify which items are output;
• Stops working when receiving a redstone signal.

Waterlogged Sifting

Some recipes require the sifter to be "waterlogged" to trigger. Placing the sifter in water, or hand-sifting while in a liquid, counts as waterlogged.

Default Sifting Recipes

This adaptation includes 13 built-in sifting recipes. All recipes default to 500 ticks (25 seconds) processing time and can be adjusted or added to via the config UI. Here is the full list of built-in recipes:

Gravel

• Andesite Mesh: Copper Nugget 5%, Zinc Nugget 1%, Iron Nugget 1%, Gold Nugget 5%, Coal 10%, Flint 10%;
• Zinc Mesh: Copper Nugget 5%, Zinc Nugget 2%, Iron Nugget 5%, Gold Nugget 10%, Coal 10%, Lapis Lazuli 5%, Flint 10%, Experience Nugget 10%;
• Brass Mesh: Crushed Copper Ore 10%, Crushed Zinc Ore 10%, Crushed Gold Ore 5%, Crushed Iron Ore 10%, Lapis Lazuli 10%, Coal 15%, Flint 10%, Experience Nugget 10%;
• Advanced Brass Mesh: Crushed Copper Ore 10%, Crushed Zinc Ore 10%, Crushed Gold Ore 5%, Crushed Iron Ore 15%, Lapis Lazuli 10%, Diamond 5%, Emerald 2%, Experience Nugget 10%.

Sand

• String Mesh: Redstone Dust 5%, Bone Meal 40%;
• Andesite Mesh: Redstone Dust 10%, Bone Meal 40%, Experience Nugget 10%;
• Zinc Mesh: Redstone Dust 15%, Bone Meal 40%, Experience Nugget 10%;
• Brass Mesh: Redstone Dust (×2) 25%, Glowstone Dust 10%, Bone Meal 40%, Blaze Powder 5%, Experience Nugget 20%.

Soul Sand

• Brass Mesh: Nether Quartz 10%, Nether Wart 5%, Experience Nugget 10%;
• Advanced Brass Mesh: Nether Quartz 45%, Nether Quartz 15%, Nether Wart 10%, Ghast Tear 5%, Experience Nugget 20%.

Dirt (Requires Waterlogged)

• String Mesh: Kelp 20%, Seagrass 30%, Tube Coral 5%, Brain Coral 5%, Bubble Coral 5%, Fire Coral 5%, Horn Coral 5%.

Crushed Basalt

This is a new recipe added by this adaptation compared with the official 1.20.1 version:

• Sturdy Mesh: Ancient Debris 2%, Netherite Scrap 1%, Experience Nugget 10%;
• Advanced Sturdy Mesh: Ancient Debris 5%, Netherite Scrap 2%, Experience Nugget 10%.

The Crushed Basalt recipes and Sturdy Mesh were ported by this adaptation from the newer official version (1.21) to 1.20.1; the official 1.20.1 version does not have this content. Full recipes can also be viewed in-game via JEI.

Added Content

Blocks

• Powered Sifter: Basic sifter, processes 1 item per cycle; stress impact 4su, minimum speed 1 RPM, output capacity 16;
• Brass Powered Sifter: Advanced sifter, processes 8 items per cycle, supports output filtering and redstone control, pauses processing when receiving a redstone signal; stress impact 8su, minimum speed 16 RPM, output capacity 64;
• Crushed Basalt: Obtained by crushing Basalt with Crushing Wheels, used to sift nether-related resources;
• Crushed End Stone: No built-in recipes by default, for modpack developers to add custom sifting recipes via datapacks;
• Dust Block: No built-in recipes by default, for modpack developers to add custom sifting recipes via datapacks.

Items (Meshes)

Meshes are required for sifting recipes; different meshes yield different outputs.

• String Mesh;
• Andesite Mesh;
• Zinc Mesh;
• Brass Mesh;
• Custom Mesh;
• Sturdy Mesh: Ported from official 1.21;
• Advanced Brass Mesh;
• Advanced Sturdy Mesh: Ported from official 1.21;
• Advanced Custom Mesh.
• Custom Mesh and Advanced Custom Mesh have no built-in sifting recipes; they are for modpack developers and regular players to add custom recipes.

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1
• Fabric Loader 0.17.2 or above
• Fabric API ≥ 0.92.11+1.20.1
• Create Fabric ≥ 6.0.8.1+build.1744-mc1.20.1
• Java 17 ~ 21

Servers and clients must use the same mod file. Clients must also install this mod, Create, and Fabric API, with versions matching the server exactly.

Compatibility

Compatibility

The following data is based on Minecraft 1.20.1 · Create 6.0.8.1+ · Fabric.

Confirmed Compatible (Tested)

• Core dependencies: Create 6.0.8.1+, Fabric API 0.92.11+, MC 1.20.1, Java 17/21 (tested on both client and dedicated server, including coexistence in a 270+ mod modpack).
• Optimization/rendering: Sodium 0.5.13, Sodium Extra, Iris 1.7.6, Indium, Lithium, C2ME, ModernFix, FerriteCore, Krypton, CreateBetterFps, EntityCulling, Dynamic FPS, MemoryLeakFix.
• Functional/utility: JEI 15.20.0.134 (recipes display correctly), Mod Menu 7.2.2, Cloth Config, Controlling, AppleSkin, BetterF3.
• Ecosystem/content: Twilight Forest, Create: Addition 1.3.4, Create Big Cannons 5.11.4.
• Other functional mods (load coexistence verified): Carry On, Waystones, Traveler's Backpack, FTB Ultimine, Inventory Profiles Next, Mouse Tweaks, Double Doors, Falling Leaves, Hardcore Revival, Simply Swords, Chat Heads, Eating Animation, NotEnoughAnimations, IMBlocker, Resolution Control+, LambDynamicLights, Modern UI, Zoomify, TaCZ Refabricated, I18nUpdateMod, AmbientSounds, Presence Footsteps, Sound Physics Remastered, LAN Server Properties, FastQuit, Voice Chat, JeCharacters, Open Parties and Claims, Do a Barrel Roll, Chunky, Continuity, Supplementaries / Amendments (+ Moonlight), Cull Less Leaves, Xaero's World Map, Terralith, YUNG's series, Lazydfu, GPUMemLeakFix, fast-ip-ping, etc.

Theoretically Compatible (Based on Official Compatibility Boundaries)

Create ecosystem addons (1.20.1 Fabric, latest versions meeting the Create 6.0.8.1 minimum): Steam 'n' Rails 1.7.2+, Copycats+ 3.0.8+, Create Deco 2.1.1, Slice & Dice 3.6.0, Enchantment Industry 2.5.2, Jetpack 4.4.2, Extended Cogwheels 2.1.1+, New Age, Ore Excavation, Power Loader (Fabric) 2.0.3, Diesel Generators [Fabric] 2.1.4, Interactive 1.2.1, Crystal Clear, Numismatics, Utilities, Contraption Terminals, Goggles 6.1.1, Trading Floor, Central Kitchen, Bells & Whistles, Interiors, Design n' Decor, Dreams & Desires, Copper & Zinc, Ultimine, Oxidized, Pattern Schematics, etc.

Common optimization/utility/library mods: Embeddium, Starlight, Cull Less Leaves, GPUMemLeakFix, Xaero map, JourneyMap, inventory/damage display/voice/localization mods, Architectury, Kotlin for Fabric, YUNG's API, GeckoLib, Terralith, YUNG's series, Farmer's Delight family, Supplementaries (tested), etc.

Recipe viewers: EMI / REI can coexist without conflict, but this mod only implements a JEI plugin; sifter recipes do not display in EMI / REI (JEI 15.20+ recommended).

Unknown Compatibility

• Mods that deeply modify the recipe system (KubeJS recipe scripts, CraftTweaker family): no integration; theoretically compatible, but loading behavior may be altered;
• Custom rendering pipelines (Canvas, etc.): compatibility with Create's Flywheel is determined by Create;
• Addons that deeply integrate with the kinetic network / block entities (specific Interactive interactions, TFMG, etc.).

Incompatible

Item · Type · Behavior
Create 0.5.1 and earlier · Dependency rejection · Loader refuses to start (not a crash)
Create 6.0.0 ~ 6.0.8 · Dependency rejection · Requires ≥ 6.0.8.1
OptiFine / OptiFabric · Officially incompatible with Create · Incompatible across all versions
| Old addons deprecated by Create (railways 1` does it impose an additional speed threshold. Built-in recipes do not set this field, so they impose no extra threshold.

6. Sifting Recipe System

6.1 Recipe JSON Format

Recipe type createsifter:sifting, placed in datapack data//recipes/sifting/*.json (or any path, vanilla rules). Fields:

Field · Type · Default · Description
type · String · Required · createsifter:sifting
ingredients · Array · Required · Recipe ingredients. Order-independent: automatically categorized by item type — the first "mesh-type item" is the mesh, the first "non-mesh item" is the siftable; remaining entries are ignored during matching
results · Array · Required · Results. Each entry: { "item": id, "chance": 0~1, "count": amount (default 1) }
processingTime · Integer · 0 · Base processing time (ticks), multiplied by difficulty time multiplier at runtime
waterlogged · Boolean · false · Whether waterlogged is required (see 6.2)
minimumSpeed · Float · 1 · Recipe-level minimum speed requirement (see 5.3)

Example (full structure of built-in sand_brass_mesh):

{
"type": "createsifter:sifting",
"ingredients": [
{ "item": "minecraft:sand" },
{ "item": "createsifter:brass_mesh" }
],
"processingTime": 500,
"results": [
{ "chance": 0.25, "count": 2, "item": "minecraft:redstone" },
{ "chance": 0.1, "item": "minecraft:glowstone_dust" },
{ "chance": 0.4, "item": "minecraft:bone_meal" },
{ "chance": 0.05, "item": "minecraft:blaze_powder" },
{ "chance": 0.2, "item": "create:experience_nugget" }
]
}

• Mesh ingredients support item IDs and tags (e.g. #createsifter:mes