Mods / Block Transmutation (v0.3.0)

Tags:
Crafting QoL Cheat Simplification
Author:
Brady_The
Side:
Both
Created:
Sep 7th 2025 at 11:40 AM
Last modified:
May 8th at 5:23 AM
Downloads:
381
Latest release (for Vintage Story 1.22.0 - 1.22.2, potentially outdated):
bradyblocktransmutation-v0.3.0_v1.22.2.zip  1-click install

Screenshots will follow as soon as I figure out a good approach

What? How? Why?
As the summary might have already suggest, this mod adds a couple of recipes and blocks to make normally unobtainable blocks obtainable without using commands or the Creative mode. This mod is largely aimed at creative builders who would like to stay immersed in their gameplay. This is reflected in the recipe costs.

This started out as a tiny request mod, grew a little, but is still, at its heart, a request mod. The release on the ModDB is mainly for convinience reasons.

Will I add your suggestion? Maybe. Maybe not. This will largely depend on whether it lines up with the vision of the original requester or not.

Content
Barrel recipes NEW
  • Transform Ashlar blocks with an acid bath into Aged ashlar blocks
  • Transform any log with vinegar into Aged logs
  • Transform Creativeglow and Creativelight Block Bases with dye into Creativeglow and Creativelight blocks.
Crafting grid recipes NEW
  • Transmute any coal item into a different coal item
  • Transmute any Glass block into a different colour
  • Transmute most Ceramic Shingle blocks into a different colour
  • Transmute any Gravel/Sand block, and Stone and Clay item into a different type
  • Transmute Ashlar blocks with a hammer into Cracked ashlar blocks
  • New Blocks:
    • Creativeglow Block Base
    • Creativelight Block Base
      • Required to craft Creativeglow and Creativelight blocks
Miscellaneous NEW
  • Harvest glow worms with shears
Usability Guide
Singleplayer  🟩  works
Multiplayer  🟥  must be installed on server
Known Issues
  • Glow worm farming
  • Harvesting glow worms does not reduce durability of shears. This might be correlated to how tools are handled in code. Currently too benign of a problem to investigate. (This means that I have no clue.)

Mod Version Mod IdentifierFor Game version Downloads Released Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
0.3.0 bradyblocktransmutation
1.22.0 - 1.22.2
58 May 8th at 5:23 AM bradyblocktransmutation-v0.3.0_v1.22.2.zip 1-click install

I completely forgot that this update existed.

v0.3.0 - 10.02.2026
Added
  • Travertine to Ashlar cracked skipVariants to prevent error messages
Fixed
  • Ceramic transmutation logic to prevent issues
0.2.9 bradyblocktransmutation
1.21.1 - 1.21.6
66 Jan 4th at 4:17 PM bradyblocktransmutation-v0.2.9_v1.21.6.zip 1-click install
v0.2.8 - 03.01.2026
Added
  • Missing grid recipe to transmute anthracite
  • Thank you, AmbrosianGal!
0.2.8 bradyblocktransmutation
1.21.1 - 1.21.6
31 Jan 3rd at 7:36 PM bradyblocktransmutation-v0.2.8_v1.21.6.zip 1-click install
v0.2.8 - 03.01.2026
Added
  • Grid recipe to transmute coal/coke
  • Thank you, AmbrosianGal!
0.2.7 bradyblocktransmutation
1.21.1 - 1.21.6
46 Dec 27th 2025 at 11:37 AM bradyblocktransmutation-v0.2.7_v1.21.6.zip 1-click install
v0.2.7 - 27.12.2025
Changed
  • Separated ceramic recipes into different recipeGroup to prevent overwriting the default recipe previews
Fixed
  • Ability to transmute anything but clay roof/ridge beams
0.2.6 bradyblocktransmutation
1.21.1-rc.1 - 1.21.6
33 Dec 26th 2025 at 6:29 PM bradyblocktransmutation-v0.2.6_v1.21.6.zip 1-click install
v0.2.6 - 24.12.2025
Added
  • Grid recipe to transmute glass
  • Thank you, JunidO!
  • Grid recipe to transmute clay
  • Grid recipe to transmute ceramic shingles
  • ConfigLib support to remove the Glow worm consumption (still required for recipe)
Changed
  • Creative Glow/Light Base ratio to a more appropriate number (was 1:1). This is a cheat mod after all.
0.2.5 bradyblocktransmutation
1.20.0 - 1.20.3 1.20.5 - 1.20.7 1.20.8 - 1.20.10 1.20.11 - 1.20.12
97 Sep 7th 2025 at 7:09 PM bradyblocktransmutation-v0.2.5_v1.21.0.zip 1-click install
WhoopsDB Update - v0.2.5 - 07.09.2025
Fixed
  • Asset folder named "bradysoiltransmutation" not reflecting name change
Note
  • This update is optional
0.2.4 bradyblocktransmutation
1.20.0 - 1.20.3 1.20.5 - 1.20.7 1.20.8 - 1.20.10 1.20.11 - 1.20.12
50 Sep 7th 2025 at 12:18 PM bradyblocktransmutation-v0.2.4_v1.21.0.zip 1-click install
ModDB Update - v0.2.4 - 07.09.2025
Changed
  • Mod name and ID from "Soil Transformation" into "Block Transformation" to reflect mod additions
Fixed
  • Added "skipVariants" for Suevite to "crackedstonebricks" grid recipe to prevent error messages in log
  • Added "allowedVariants" excluding Suevite to "agedstonebricks" barrel recipe to prevent error message in log
v0.2.3 - 30.04.2025
Changed
  • Made Creative Glow and Light Base block cheaper
Whoops Update - v0.2.1 - 29.04.2025
Fixed
  • Barrel recipes for Creative Glow and Light blocks
Let there be Light Update - v0.2.0 - 28.04.2025
Added
  • Crafting grid recipe for ashlar bricks requiring stones instead of polished rock slabs with a penalty (4:1 instead 1:4)
  • Barrel recipe for Aged logs
  • Glow worms are harvestable (requires shears) as a requirement for:
    • Crafting grid recipe for creative glow and light base block
  • Barrel recipes for creative glow and light blocks
Changed
  • Brought v0.1.0 recipe quantity requirements in line with v0.0.1 recipes (32 instead 64)
Ashlar Update - v0.1.0 - 21.04.2025
Added
  • Crafting grid recipe for Cracked ashlar blocks
  • Barrel recipe for Aged ashlar blocks
Initial Release - v0.0.1 - 08.04.2025
Added
  • Crafting grid recipe to transform any Gravel/Sand block and Stone item into a different type

12 Comments (oldest first | newest first) (threaded | flat)

AmbrosianGal, Jan 4th at 6:15 PM

Oh sick, thank you so much!!!

Brady_The , Jan 4th at 4:18 PM

AmbrosianGal That was an actual oversight! It turns out that not all coal items in VS contain the word coal.

AmbrosianGal, Jan 4th at 4:00 PM

Oh actually, just tested it out, it seems like for some reason the coal transmutation is specifically incompatible with Better Anthracite, cause every other coal can be transmuted.

AmbrosianGal, Jan 4th at 6:52 AM

tysm!!

Brady_The , Jan 3rd at 7:36 PM

AmbrosianGal It's up!

AmbrosianGal, Jan 3rd at 6:56 PM

Can you add coal transmutation?

Brady_The , Dec 26th 2025 at 6:30 PM

New update. Glas transmutations are now supported, JunidO.

Nyxara, Oct 17th 2025 at 6:59 PM

thanks for the quick answer Brady_The. Well I guess I'm at step one again. I hope I figure out what could be causing the problem. 

Brady_The , Oct 17th 2025 at 6:50 PM

Hey Nyxara, this mod utilized vinegar in only one place, as an ingredient in a barrel recipe. It's not adding any transitional properties.

Nyxara, Oct 17th 2025 at 5:14 PM

I wanted to ask if this mod changes anything about making cleaning vinegar bc when I was trying to make aged wine it eventually just turned into vinegar and what is odd is that one barrel contains 500 liter of vinegar. It could be a mod conflict. I'm using the wildcraft mods(trees and fruits & nuts) and the more mead options mod. 

Brady_The , Oct 7th 2025 at 6:20 PM

JunidO Could you explain further? What kind of recipe would it be, what ingredients, and so forth?

Also, not to stoke any hopes, it is not necessarily my final decision if a feature makes it in or not. 

Will I add your suggestion? Maybe. Maybe not. This will largely depend on whether it lines up with the vision of the original requester or not.

Cheers for the suggestion, though!

JunidO, Sep 20th 2025 at 1:23 PM

nice mod, could you add colored glass, too?