User:KnightMiner/Tag Standards

This page details standardized tag names for compatibility among modders. The following subsections give specific information on where the tags are used.

General

In general, tag names should follow a couple of conventions for consistency:

• Tag names should be plural.
• Tag names should be in US English, rather than English variants such as British English. This is for consistency with the default language.
• Tags should be stored under forge if they are used commonly between mods. Tags specific to a single mod should be stored under the mod ID.

Output Consistency

This section describes how to set up recipes for tagged output to allow to choose their preferred output for tagged outputs.

• If recipe involves crafting a tagged input into a tagged output, do not use tags on the input. This means that the recipe result is consistent for a given input.
• If a recipe involves crafting multiple tagged inputs into a tagged output, all inputs expect 1 should be tagged. This allows the user to select the preferred output by varying non-tagged input.
  • For linear recipes, the first slot should contain the untagged input.
  • For two-dimensional recipes (such as crafting tables), the centermost slot should contain the untagged input. If there is an even number of inputs, prefer the the upper-left slot of the center.

Examples:

• A recipe crafting 9 Tinkers' Construct copper nuggets should use a single Tinkers' Construct copper ingot as the input. If all mods their recipe for copper nuggets like this, the mod will be consistent between the recipe input an output.
• A recipe crafting a Tinkers' Construct copper ingot from 9 copper nuggets should use a Tinkers' Construct copper nugget in the center of the 3x3. If all mods their recipe for copper ingots like this, the mod will be consistent between the center item and the output, while nuggets on the outside can be from any mod.

Materials

Material tags all follow the general format of forge:<prefix>/<material>.

Common metals

This section contains names for many common metals that show up in multiple mods and names for materials named after real world materials.

ID	Name(s)	Obtaining
Gold	gold	Ore (vanilla)
Iron	iron	Ore (vanilla)
Netherite Scrap Ancient Debris	netherite_scrap	Ore (vanilla)
Netherite	netherite	Alloying 1 from 4 gold and 4 netherite scrap (vanilla)
Copper	copper	Ore Vanilla ore in 1.17
Aluminum	aluminum	Ore
Lead	lead	Ore
Nickel	nickel	Ore
Osmium	osmium	Ore
Platinum	platinum	Ore
Silver	silver	Ore
Tin	tin	Ore
Tungsten	tungsten	Ore
Uranium	uranium	Ore
Zinc	zinc	Ore
Steel	steel	Purifying iron, exact process varies
Brass	brass	Alloying 4 from 3 copper and 1 zinc
Bronze	brass	Alloying 4 from 3 copper and 1 tin
Constantan	constantan	Alloying 2 from 1 copper and 1 nickel
Electrum	electrum	Alloying 2 from 1 gold and 1 silver
Hepatizon	hepatizon	Alloying 4 from 2 copper, 1 cobalt, and 1 obsidian
Invar	invar	Alloying 3 from 2 iron and 1 nickel
Rose Gold	rose_gold	Alloying 4 from 3 copper and 1 gold
Silicon Bronze Tinker's Bronze	silicon_bronze	Alloying 4 from 3 copper and 1 silicon (sand)

Common non-metals

This section contains names for many common materials that are not metals. This means they will contain

Name(s)	ID	Type	Obtaining	Notes
Coal	coal	None	Ore (vanilla)
Redstone	redstone	Dust	Ore (vanilla)
Lapis Lazuli	lapis	Gem	Ore (vanilla)	Logically more similar to a dust, but classification used in Forge.
Diamond	diamond	Gem	Ore (vanilla)
Emerald	emerald	Gem	Ore (vanilla)
Quartz	quartz	Gem	Ore (vanilla)	Storage block is only 4 to 1 instead of 9 to 1. There are discussions to use a different storage block prefix.
Wood Wooden	wooden	Log Planks	Ore (vanilla)	Does not use most standard prefixes

Prefixes

This section describes common tag prefixes and their values relative to an ingot. Columns marked as ore means mod mechanics such as ore doubling can safely be used on the tag without the risk of crafting duplication.

Name	Prefix	Ratio		Is Ore	Notes
		Value	Ingots
Ingot	ingots	1	1	No
Nugget	nuggets	9	1	No
Block	storage_blocks	1	9	No
Ore	ores	1	1	Yes
Gems	gems	1	1	No	Unlike ingots, multiple may drop from mining ores using fortune. Non-standard, diamond and lapis lazuli respond from ores differently. Most ores either have gems or ingots/nuggets.
Nugget Ore	nugget_ores	9	1	Yes	Uncommon, most mods use poor ores instead
Poor Ore	poor_ores	3	1	Yes	Note that a 3 to 1 ratio means each ore is 3 nuggets
Dense Ore	dense_ores	1	3	Yes
Dust	dusts	1	1	No	Output from crushing ores typically, commonly used as part of an ore multiplying method. For some ores, the ore dropped dust directly. Multiple typically drop.
Tiny Pile of Dust	tiny_dusts	9	1	No	Output from crushing nuggets or nugget ores, uncommon
Plate	plates	1	1	No
Dense Plate	dense_plates	1	3	No
Rod	rods	2	1	No
Gear	gears	1	4	No
Wire	wires	2	1	No	Uncommon, used in mods such as Immersive Engineering
Fence	fences	3	5	No	Uncommon

Common Tags

The table below contains a list of common tags used in multiple mods that are not included in Forge or vanilla. Some of these tags have subtags, all items in the subtags are added to the base tag.

ID	Vanilla items	Notes
forge:workbenches	Crafting Table	Currently includes both wooden and non-wooden crafting tables. If needed additional subtags could be proposed.