The bug
Custom recipes for items with existing recipes don't stack with the original.
Recipes like purple dye can display different recipes for making the item. I added a custom recipe to make 4 normal chests out of 8 logs (any type) and it made a separate recipe, while I think this should stack with the original one.
How to reproduce
Create a custom recipe
Mine looks like this:
logs_to_chests.json
{
"type": "crafting_shaped",
"pattern": [
"###",
"# #",
"###"
],
"key": {
"#": {
"tag": "minecraft:logs"
}
},
"result": {
"item": "minecraft:chest",
"count": 4
}
}
3. Add it inside a data pack to your saves folder
4. Load the data pack
5. Craft the original and new recipe in a crafting table.
6. Open recipe book in a crafting table
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No problem. It's a little bit of a design weakness that you have to copy/modify the vanilla recipe, but unfortunately it's an intended one. Good luck with your project!
Vanilla recipes are grouped together because they have a
groupstring that tells them to do so. You'll need to ensure your custom recipe is in the same group as whatever other recipes you want. Note that since the vanilla chest recipe doesn't have a group, you'll need to override it to include one.