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!SYLA (Staining Your Life Away) logo

This mod brings a more natural feel to the vanilla woods using Stains. Players must harvest stripped logs of: Acacia, Birch, Cherry, Dark Oak, Jungle, Mangrove, Oak, and Spruce. Once harvested, put them into a Blast Furnace to create Pulp for whatever variety of wood was Blasted. Then players can use the Pulp combined with an Empty Bottle to make that variety of wood Stain. For example, if Stripped Oak Logs are Blasted, that becomes Oak Pulp. Oak Pulp and an Empty Bottle make Oak Stain. Substitute Oak for any of the vanilla woods already mentioned. Why all this work just for a bottle of Stain? Place an Oak slab on the ground, then Right-click it with the Oak Stain. Ta-da! It becomes the "natural" version of an Oak Slab. This works on: Planks, Stairs, Doors, Trapdoors, Fences, and Fence Gates for all the vanilla woods mentioned. Bonus feature of this mod includes the ability to turn a regular Barrel into an Acacia Barrel, or a Dark Oak Barrel, or a Birch Barrel, or a Cherry Barrel, or a Jungle Barrel, or a Mangrove Barrel, or a Spruce Barrel, or an Oak Barrel, (using the appropriate Stain). The contents of the Barrel will remain, but the Barrel will change to match the "natural" look of that wood. There are also recipes to craft all the new pieces using Slabs and Stain! Yes, I said Slabs! Let's go meet the family! !Stained Family Photo: Acacia, Birch, Cherry, Dark Oak, Jungle, Mangrove, Oak, and Spruce.

Acacia

The Acacia Family is first on the list, and the following Blocks are available for Staining:

• Barrel
• Stairs
• Block/Planks
• Trapdoor
• Door
• Fence
• Fence Gate

!The Acacia Family, with vanilla Acacia Planks added for comparison.

Birch

The Birch Family is next on the list, and the following Blocks are available for Staining:

• Barrel
• Stairs
• Block/Planks
• Trapdoor
• Door
• Fence
• Fence Gate

!The Birch Family, with vanilla Birch Planks added for comparison.

Cherry

The Cherry Family is third on the list, with the following Blocks available for Staining:

• Barrel
• Stairs
• Block/Planks
• Trapdoor
• Door
• Fence
• Fence Gate

!The Cherry Family, with vanilla Cherry Planks added for comparison.

Dark Oak

The Dark Oak Family is fourth on the list, with the following Blocks available for Staining:

• Barrel
• Stairs
• Block/Planks
• Trapdoor
• Door
• Fence
• Fence Gate

!The Dark Oak Family, with vanilla Dark Oak Planks added for comparison.

Jungle

The Jungle Family is next on the list, with the following Blocks available for Staining:

• Barrel
• Stairs
• Block/Planks
• Trapdoor
• Door
• Fence
• Fence Gate

!The Jungle Family, with vanilla Jungle Planks added for comparison.

Mangrove

The Mangrove Family is up next, with the following Blocks available for Staining:

• Barrel
• Stairs
• Block/Planks
• Trapdoor
• Door
• Fence
• Fence Gate

!The Mangrove Family, with vanilla Mangrove Planks added for comparison.

Oak

The Oak Family is next on the list, with the following Blocks available for Staining:

• Barrel
• Stairs
• Block/Planks
• Trapdoor
• Door
• Fence
• Fence Gate

!The Oak Family, with vanilla Oak Planks added for comparison.

Spruce

The Spruce Family caps off the list, with the following Blocks available for Staining:

• Barrel
• Stairs
• Block/Planks
• Trapdoor
• Door
• Fence
• Fence Gate

!The Spruce Family, with vanilla Spruce Planks added for comparison.

To help bring all this together, a few new Items were included besides all the Blocks above, and Recipes were created to tie all that into the new Blocks. So now that you have seen all the pieces, and you know which Woods were are working with, I give you...

Staining

The Process of Staining:

1. Harvest Stripped logs from source(s).
2. Blast Stripped logs into Pulp.!Pulp Blasting recipe: 1 Stripped Log = 1 Pulp
3. Combine 8 Pulp with 1 Empty Bottle to make Stain.!Crafting Stain: 8 Pulp + 1 Empty Bottle = 1 Stained Bottle
4. Equip Stain bottle, and right-click any vanilla piece from the list(s).

Recipes

Before, I mentioned being able to use Slabs to craft all these new Blocks too, and most of the time the only other ingredient is a bottle of Stain. Recipes have been balanced pretty fairly, currently Stain bottles have 24 uses each, but that could be subject to change in the future.!Crafting a Stained Oak Slab: Any 1 Slab + 1 Oak Stain = 1 Oak Stained Slab

Since the Block recipes are based in Slabs, matching the equivalent vanilla recipe meant sacrificing result quantity for crafting grid space, which meant juggling the ingredients a bit more.!Crafting a Stained Oak Block: 6 Slabs + 1 Oak Stain = 3 Oak Stained Blocks

Other recipes include obvious ingredients, like Glass, or Sticks, with the exception of each Trapdoor recipe that also includes an Iron Ingot.!Crafting a Birch Stained Door: 4 Slabs + 2 Glass Panes + 1 Birch Stain = 1 Birch Stained Door !Crafting a Birch Fence: 4 Slabs + 2 Sticks + 1 Birch Stain = 2 Birch Stained Fences

!Crafting a Birch Fence Gate: 4 Sticks + 2 Slabs + 1 Birch Stain = 1 Birch Stained Fence Gate

!Crafting Birch Stained Stairs: 8 Slabs + 1 Birch Stain = 2 Birch Stained Stairs

!Crafting an Oak Stained Trapdoor: 1 Iron Ingot + 2 Slabs + 1 Oak Stain = 1 Oak Stained Trapdoor

Requirements

Built and Tested on MC JAVA 1.21.1 and Neoforge 21.1.186 Converted and Tested on MC Java 26.1.2 and Neoforge 26.1.2.95 Converted to Fabric and tested on MC Java 26.1.2 This mod does not replace anything and adds a fun component to Minecraft, but it does require Neoforge/Fabric. Recipes are reasonably balanced, but lean more towards using the Stain versus Crafting.

Thank yous

Thank you to the MCreator team for all their hard work on making MCreator, and providing a decent source for the community to utilize.
MCreator
Thank you to the Mojang Team for Minecraft, without which none of us would be here.
Minecraft
Thank you to the Neoforge Team for picking up the pieces of Forge and pushing forward.
Neoforge
Thank you to Modrinth for hosting all our fun!
Thank you to the community!

FAQ

Q. Can I use your mod in my mod? A. Yes! If you could please include a Credits.txt file with the name of this mod.

Q. Why can't I change this _____ Slab/Block/Stair/Trapdoor/Door/Fence/Fence Gate into the natural version? A. Make sure you are using the same Stain as the target. Oak Stain will not work on a Birch piece.

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