Spectrum Basics: Crafting, Smelting, and Simple Processing
Crafting Basics
The crafting system in Spectrum covers a wide range of recipes, from resource recycling to building blocks. For example, you can convert 
Ash Flakes into 
Ash (four flakes make one ash), or reverse the process by turning one Ash back into four Ash Flakes. Three Ash can also be combined into six 
Ash Pile. Decorative banner patterns are available by pairing 
Paper with either an 
Amethyst Cluster or an 
Amethyst Shard.
Most of the crafting recipes focus on stone and rock variants, particularly around 
Basal Marble and Basalt. These recipes follow the standard Minecraft pattern of converting full blocks into slabs, stairs, and walls. From Basal Marble, you can make slabs (three blocks yield six), stairs (six blocks yield six), or walls (six blocks yield six). Polishing Basal Marble produces 
Polished Basal Marble; four of these make four 
Basal Marble Bricks. From those bricks, you can craft slabs, stairs, or walls in the same quantities. Four Basal Marble Bricks also convert into four 
Basal Marble Tiles, which themselves have slab, stair, and wall variants. Two Polished Basal Marble make two 
Basal Marble Pillar.
The Basalt line works similarly. 
Polished Basalt Bricks can be made into slabs, stairs, or walls, and four of them convert into four 
Basalt Tiles. Those tiles also have slab, stair, and wall versions.
Smelting Basics
Smelting covers 32 recipes, primarily for ore processing and stone polishing. Ores smelted in a furnace yield their corresponding materials: 
Amethyst Ore gives Amethyst Shard, 
Citrine Ore gives 
Citrine Shard, 
Moonstone Ore gives 
Moonstone Shard, 
Onyx Ore gives 
Onyx Shard, and 
Paltaeria Ore gives 
Paltaeria Fragments. Blackslag variants of common ores also smelt normally: 
Blackslag Coal Ore gives 
Coal, 
Blackslag Iron Ore gives 
Iron Ingot, 
Blackslag Gold Ore gives 
Gold Ingot, 
Blackslag Diamond Ore gives 
Diamond, 
Blackslag Emerald Ore gives 
Emerald, and 
Blackslag Lapis Ore gives 
Lapis Lazuli. 
Cobbled Blackslag smelts into 
Blackslag.
Food and miscellaneous items are also included. 
Lizard Meat cooks into 
Cooked Lizard Meat, and a 
Glistering Melon Slice smelts into a 
Gold Nugget.
Smelting also handles stone transformation. Basal Marble smelts into Polished Basal Marble, and interestingly, 
Basal Marble Brick Stairs also smelt into Polished Basal Marble. 
Smooth Basalt and 
Basalt Brick Stairs both smelt into 
Polished Basalt. Blackslag and 
Blackslag Brick Stairs smelt into 
Polished Blackslag. 
Calcite and 
Calcite Brick Stairs smelt into 
Polished Calcite. 
Shale Clay and 
Shale Clay Brick Stairs smelt into 
Polished Shale Clay.
Blasting Basics
Blasting offers a faster alternative for many of the same ore recipes, with 48 total recipes. Ores like Amethyst Ore, Citrine Ore, and Blackslag Coal Ore behave the same as in smelting. Blasting also handles purified materials: 
Pure Coal blasts into Coal, 
Pure Copper blasts into 
Copper Ingot, 
Pure Diamond blasts into Diamond, and 
Pure Echo blasts into 
Echo Shard. Cobbled Blackslag blasts into Blackslag as well.
Simple Processing Notes
For stone blocks, smelting is the primary method for polishing raw materials. The stair-to-polished-block recipes are unusual but useful for recycling unwanted decorative pieces. When working with ores, choose between standard smelting for normal speed or blasting for quicker results, keeping in mind that both methods produce the same output for the listed items.
Covers the mod’s in-game guide topics: Crafting Smelting Blasting Stonecutting Gated Crafting Shaped Gated Crafting Shapeless