The bug
When the doLimitedCrafting gamerule is set to true, recipes cannot be unlocked.
There is already a gamerule for that, it’s called recipesUnlock.
How to reproduce
Run these commands:
/gamerule doLimitedCrafting true /gamerule recipesUnlock true /recipe take @a *Enter water
Expected result
You should unlock the boat recipe
Observed result
You don’t. If you run /gamerule doLimitedCrafting false, the recipe will finally unlock, even though recipesUnlock has been true the entire time.
Notes
This is not parity with Java’s behavior
Comments 2
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