Instructions:

To disable iron from being craftable:

1. Put the datapack in your datapack folder
2. Run the command /datapack enable "file/NoSmeltingIron.zip" as OP.
3. Run the command /reload as OP.

To make iron craftable again:

1. Run the command /datapack disable "file/NoSmeltingIron.zip" as OP.
2. Run the command /reload as OP.

You have to manually add/remove the mod version to control iron being smelted.

Purpose:

The purpose of this data pack is for progression control.

Makes iron ingots (minecraft:iron_ingot) unobtainable from the following sources:

• Smelting any kind of iron ore (Smelting never starts)
• Crafting ingots from iron nuggets
• Smelting existing iron tools and armour back into nuggets

This datapack does NOT:

• Remove iron tools or ingots from structure loot pools
• Remove iron tools or ingots from monster loot pools
• Remove iron tools or ingots from world generation.