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# Recipes and Crafting

## Crafting Example

```yaml
recipe:
  # Layout for crafting. If you want no item in that slot, use a space ` `
  layout:
    - 'WWW'
    - 'WWW'
    - 'WWW'
  # Define each material below. Material name, e.g. `W` must be 1 capital letter
  materials:
    W: 
      type: CRAFTING_TABLE #Crafting Table
```

To create a custom crafting recipe, you will need to define a `layout` and a list of `materials`. The layout is a 3x3 grid represented by three strings with three characters each. Use a single capital letter to represent a specific material or a space if you want the slot to be empty.

In the `materials` section, you will map the single capital letter used in the layout to the actual Minecraft material. For example, in the example above, 'W' represents a crafting table.

Items use the universal item configuration format from our plugins, <https://wiki.advancedplugins.net/configuration/config-items>

## Using custom items in recipes

You can also use other custom items in crafting recipes! Here's an example of how an item can co-depend on another custom item to be crafted:

```yaml
recipe:
  # Layout for crafting. If you want no item in that slot, use a space ` `
  layout:
    - 'WWW'
    - 'WAW'
    - 'WWW'
  # Define each material below. Material name, e.g. `W` must be 1 capital letter
  materials:
    W:
      type: CRAFTING_TABLE #Crafting Table
    A:
      customItem: Teleporter
```

Simply define `customItem` in the config, which is custom item's name. This is case sensitive.


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