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So in bookcraft, we have the cauldron/ You make this by surrounding a 2x2 area that is 3 blocks deep with smoothstone, and filling the bottom level with flat lava. The remaining 2x2 area above the lava is where the 8 possible ingredients can go.
I find this to be a really cool tool, yet as far as I know the only thing we can do with it currently is the default recipe to make grass:


However there is a lot of stuff in minecraft that you currently cannot get in smp, and I'm aware that cauldron recipes are customizable so i have some suggestions for cauldron recipes that would make these items acquire-able (but hopefully in a balanced way):

lightstone:20,20,20,20,76,76,76,76:89,2
(4 glass, 4 redstone torches = 2 lightstone blocks)
+ =

ice:80,80,80,80,9,9,9,9:79,2
(4 snow blocks + 4 water = 2 ice)
+ =

Slowsand:3,3,3,13,13,13:88,2
(3 dirt + 3 gravel = 2 slowsand)
+ =

netherstone:48,48,48,50,50,50:87,2
(3 mossy cobbelstone + 3 torches = 2 netherstone)
+ =


smoothstone:4,4,4,4,50:1,4
(4 cobbelstone+1 torch = 4 smoothstone. This is quicker than the furnace but you get only half as much smoothstone per coal this way)
+ =

Chainmail helm:42,11:302,1
chainmail boots:42,15,15,11,11:305,1
chainmail leggings:42,42,11,11:304,1
chainmail chestplate:42,42,15,15,11,11,11:303,1

(9 iron+1 lava = chainmail helm, 11 iron+2 lava = chainmail boots, 18 iron+2 lava = chainmail leggings, 20 iron +3 lava = chainmail chestplate)
(for the entire set: 58 iron+8 lava)

green record:49,49,49,15:2257,1
gold record:49,49,49,14:2256,1

(3 obsidian+1 iron = green record)
(3 obsidian+1 gold = gold record)

So I don't know if rbos will want to add these in or not but those are my suggestions Anyone else have any thoughts or ideas for this?

There would be nicce with a way to make sponges! Maybe something with leaf and water.....

Those aren't bad at all.

Okay, I"ve added them (except ice, which you can use Runecraft for). Let's see how it works.

Thanks for adding these in rbos!
There are a few problems so far:

• The lightstone, slowsand, netherstone, and smoothstone recipies work but they only give you one block of the item instead of multiple blocks. After looking at the script again, maybe I misunderstood how you are supposed to type it in.
  ie. to get 4 smoothstone maybe it should be:
  "smoothstone:4,4,4,4,50:1,1,1,1"
  instead of
  "smoothstone:4,4,4,4,50:1,4"
• The record and chainmail armor recipies don't seem to work at all for me. After thinking about it, my theory is that these are failing because they have spaces in their name in the script. So, instead of "green record" or "chainmail helm" it might work if it instead reads as "green_record" or "chainmail_helm".
  
  For the armor, it could also be that lava doesn't work as an ingredient?? If that is the case, may I suggest replacing the lava with netherstone (now that it is acquire-able), which would look like:
  Chainmail_helm:42,87:302
  chainmail_boots:42,15,15,87,87:305
  chainmail_leggings:42,42,87,87:304
  chainmail_chestplate:42,42,15,15,87,87,87:303

Also, for Yami's sponge block, an idea could be maybe 2 cloth+2 dirt+ 2 yellow flower?:

Sponge:36,36,3,3,37,37:19,19
+ + =

And another interesting idea I've had is half-door blocks. Perhaps these could be made from the following recipe:
half-door:64,43:64

So you would basically place a wooden door on top of a double-half-step in the cauldron, and (if I'm right) it would then give you a half-door.

Those are just some more ideas I've had since the original thread, I've also told other people in the server to post their ideas here. Thanks again rbos!

Hmmz i dont know about sponge.. but what ever lets roll with it!

What does sponge even do!?

Its supposed to suck up water within a radius but the water system in the game was changed and now it does nothing in SMP. It could only be used for decoration.

See http://wiki.sk89q.com/wiki/CraftBook/Cauldrons for the file format.

I've rewritten the thing and added the sponge recipe idea.

grass:3*3,6*2:2*2
lightstone:20*4,76*4:89*2
slowsand:3*3,13*3:88*2
netherstone:48*3,50*3:87*2
smoothstone:4*4,50:1*4
chainmail_helm:42,11:302
chainmail_boots:42,15*2,11*2:305
chainmail_leggings:42*2,11*2:304
chainmail_chestplate:42*2,15*2,11*3:303
sponge:36*2,3*2,37*2:19*2

The recipes give you the correct amount now, very cool! I guess my problem was that I was looking at an older version of the script.

The chainmail armor, however, still does not seem to work for me. It couldn't be an issue with the name anymore, so my guess is that it doesn't like lava being an ingredient. Maybe try Netherstone instead as I had suggested earlier? That's the only good alternative I can think of.