About Visual Crafting ⛏️ [1.16.5 - 1.21.11]
From SpigotMCVisualizes the crafting process
Visual Crafting
Visualizes the crafting process
Compatibility Visualizes the crafting process
Compatible with Spigot & Paper 1.16.5 - 1.21.11
The newer versions also include support for Folia and Purpur.
How it works
1.16.5-1.19.3:
The plugin downloads the Minecraft textures directly from Mojang and displays them on invisible maps. Please note that not all items and blocks can be displayed (for example stairs).
1.19.4+:
The plugin utilizes the new item display entities to display the items. All items and blocks are supported, even custom ones from resource packs.
Visual Crafting compared to other similar resources
Visual Crafting is a lightweight alternative to many other more performance intensive resources.
- Visual Crafting does not store any items in any blocks
- Visual Crafting only supports crafting tables (for now)
- Visual Crafting utilizes invisible item frames, maps and display entities (completely client side)
- Visual Crafting does not utilize armor stands or any server side entities
- Visual Crafting is free
Installation
1. Download the plugin
2. Drop the plugin into your plugins folder
3. Restart your server
4. (Optional) Configure the plugin (permission etc)
It's that simple! On 1.16.5-1.19.3 the first start might take a little while depending on your server hardware since the plugin has to download all of the textures.
Support
Please join my Discord server if you have any questions or if you encounter any bugs. That's the only place where I will be able to help you.
Images
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Videos
(Updated version, 1.20.2, display entities)
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(Old version, 1.16.5, maps)
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Donating
Donations are completely voluntary and greatly appreciated!
PayPal - GitHub Sponsors
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Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 7 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Visual Crafting ⛏️ [1.16.5 - 1.21.11] on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Spigot, Paper
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.4.9, released 2025-12-31
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.16 to 1.21 (7 versions) | 1.21 |
| Spigot | 1.16 to 1.21 (7 versions) | 1.21 |
From 10 recorded builds of Visual Crafting ⛏️ [1.16.5 - 1.21.11].
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.9 | 2025-12-31 | 1.16 to 1.21 (7 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.4.8 | 2025-10-15 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.4.7 | 2025-10-01 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.4.5 | 2025-07-25 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.4.4 | 2025-07-09 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.4.3 | 2025-04-10 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run Visual Crafting ⛏️ [1.16.5 - 1.21.11] on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogListed on SpigotMC as “Plugins”
Weapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists Visual Crafting ⛏️ [1.16.5 - 1.21.11] as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- SpigotPaper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21 and 6 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorCerus, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
