Recipe Notes & Discovery
A & A Cooking uses a generic Recipe Note item (aandacooking:recipe_note) that stores one Recipe Book recipe ID.
Discovering a recipe
Section titled “Discovering a recipe”Recipes can be discovered through successful experimentation at A & A Cooking stations or by using a Recipe Note. See the Recipe Book guide for experimental discovery behavior.
To use a Recipe Note, use a valid note on a placed Recipe Book to discover the stored recipe. A successfully used note is consumed. A recipe already known by the book is not added a second time.
Structure discovery
Section titled “Structure discovery”Recipe Notes appear in selected vanilla structure chests.
| Structure group | Chance | Eligible Recipe Book categories |
|---|---|---|
| Villages | 45% | Meals, Sides, Baking, Desserts, Sauces & Condiments, Other |
| Shipwrecks | 55% | Soups & Stews, Drinks |
| Stronghold Library | 80% | All categories |
Village notes can appear in Armorer, Butcher, Cartographer, Desert House, Fisher, Fletcher, Mason, Plains House, Savanna House, Shepherd, Snowy House, Taiga House, Tannery, Temple, Toolsmith, and Weaponsmith chests.
Shipwreck notes can appear in Map, Supply, and Treasure chests.
The note recipe is selected from the current 233 Recipe Book entries eligible for that structure group.
Copying a known recipe
Section titled “Copying a known recipe”A player near the Recipe Book can copy a discovered recipe onto a generic Recipe Note.
- In Survival, copying costs 1 Paper.
- In Creative, Paper is not consumed.
- The player must remain within 8 blocks of the Recipe Book.
The resulting note stores the selected recipe ID and can be given to another player.
Sharing
Section titled “Sharing”Recipe Notes are ordinary items, so copied discoveries can be shared through normal Minecraft inventory and multiplayer interactions. Using the note on another Recipe Book transfers that recipe into the receiving book’s progress.
Compatibility notes
Section titled “Compatibility notes”Older fixed recipe note items remain registered for save compatibility. New discovery and copied notes use the generic aandacooking:recipe_note item.
Related pages
Section titled “Related pages”Village Recipe Note trades
Section titled “Village Recipe Note trades”Chefs and Bakers can offer Recipe Notes among their higher tier trades, depending on their profession and kitchen capabilities. See also Village Markets and World Generation & Discovery.
Reading a Recipe Note
Section titled “Reading a Recipe Note”Hold a Recipe Note with an assigned recipe and use it to open a paper styled reading screen. This shows the recipe’s ingredients, preparation steps, cooking station, cooking time, temperature information, and instructions. The screen supports scrolling and displays temperatures in the configured Celsius or Fahrenheit unit.
You can also hold Shift while viewing the note tooltip to see a summary of the recipe’s ingredients and instructions without opening the note. Recipe Note page sounds follow the Recipe Book sound setting.
Reading a note does not itself consume it. To add its recipe to a placed Recipe Book, use the note on that book as described above.