The in-game discovery of item recipes is something that's definitely lacking for new players. There's a great mod that fixes this, Not Enough Items (NEI). It a

The in-game discovery of item recipes is something that's definitely lacking for new players. There's a great mod that fixes this, Not Enough Items (NEI). It adds a nice in-game gui that lists all of the items, what their recipes are and also what recipes they're used in.