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limited_crafting

booleanJava 26.2 only

Controls whether players can only craft items whose recipe they have unlocked. When true, undiscovered recipes are unavailable in the crafting grid — useful for progression-based adventure maps.

Enable limited_crafting

Only unlocked recipes can be crafted. Players must discover recipes before using them.

Java/gamerule limited_crafting true

Disable limited_crafting

All crafting recipes are available from the start regardless of recipe book progress (default).

Java/gamerule limited_crafting false

Default: false. Restore with /gamerule limited_crafting false

What limited_crafting does

Controls whether players can only craft items whose recipe they have unlocked. When true, undiscovered recipes are unavailable in the crafting grid — useful for progression-based adventure maps.

limited_crafting is a Java Edition-only gamerule and is not available in Bedrock.

Related gamerules

All Gamerule commandsJava vs Bedrock guide