diff --git a/items.lua b/items.lua
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+minetest.register_node("claycrafter:compressed_dirt", {
+		description = "Compressed Dirt",
+		tiles = {"claycrafter_compressed_dirt.png"},
+		groups = {crumbly = 1, oddly_breakable_by_hand = 1, soil = 1, cracky =1}
+})
diff --git a/recipes.lua b/recipes.lua
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+minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "claycrafter:compressed_dirt",
+		recipe = {
+			{"default:dirt", "default:dirt", "default:dirt"},
+			{"default:dirt", "default:dirt", "default:dirt"},
+			{"default:dirt", "default:dirt", "default:dirt"}
+		}
+})
+
+minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "claycrafter:glass_of_water 8",
+		recipe = {
+			{"vessels:drinking_glass", "vessels:drinking_glass", "vessels:drinking_glass"},
+			{"vessels:drinking_glass", "bucket:bucket_water", "vessels:drinking_glass"}, 
+			{"vessels:drinking_glass", "vessels:drinking_glass", "vessels:drinking_glass"}
+		},
+		replacements = {
+			{"bucket:bucket_water", "bucket:bucket_empty"},
+		}
+})
+
+minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "claycrafter:claycrafter",
+		recipe = {
+			{"group:wood", "default:steel_ingot", "group:wood"},
+			{"group:wood", "default:glass", "group:wood"},
+			{"default:stick", "bucket:bucket_water", "default:stick"}
+		}
+})