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Optimized Recipe Book (ORB)
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
I don't know my version or loader
Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.
No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.
ORB improves the performance of the recipe book without removing it from the game. This means you shouldn't experience any lag spikes related to the recipe book.
This mod is incompatible with mods like NERB! Use ORB as a replacement/upgrade for it.
Features
- improves performance of Recipe Book Menu
- shows progress messages when the search index isn't ready yet
- async checking if the recipes in the book are craftable
- improves performance of Creative Search Menu
- shows progress messages when the search index isn't ready yet
- isolates recipe book data from player data
- recipe book data is now serialized to/from a dedicated folder called recipe_book
- player nbt data (/data get entity Dev) will no longer contain recipe book data
- improves performance when awarding/unlocking a large amount of recipes (i.e. unlocking all recipes with the command \recipe give Dev *)
- Warning: while recipe unlocking is quick, the advancement triggering will take several seconds to complete
- expand the recipe command with \recipe get Dev to return the recipe book data
For 1.21.1:
- improves loading performance of player advancement data (e.g. when joining worlds with many unlocked recipe advancements)
For 1.20.1 and below:
- async rebuild/refresh of the search index
Compatibilities
Tested with ATM9 & ATM10.
- Compatible with FastWorkbench (don't forget to enable the recipe book button in the configs)
- Compatible with CraftingTweaks (don't forget to enable the recipe book button in the configs)
- Compatible with ModernFix
- Note: When ModernFix is installed for Minecraft 1.20.1, ORB will no longer rebuild the search index asynchronously. ModernFix handles the process instead, so you will not see the "updating search index" messages in the Recipe Book or Creative Search menu.
Incompatibilities
The mod is incompatible with all mods that prevent the server from sending recipe book data to the client.
- Incompatible with NERB
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
File checked by MCModsHub
- Ships as orb-neoforge-1.21.1-0.3.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 61 KB
- Download link checked 2 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.