# \[Tutorial\] How to add a custom, craftable item

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/tutorial-how-to-add-a-custom-craftable-item/4782>\
**Category:** Modding\
**Created:** [January 5, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/tutorial-how-to-add-a-custom-craftable-item/4782 "2014-01-05T13:05:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Avairian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/avairian/32/47084_2.png) [@Avairian](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Avairian)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/tutorial-how-to-add-a-custom-craftable-item/4782/29 "2014-01-05T17:39:05Z")

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> [@Any advice from modders on how to present their mods in videos?](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/any-advice-from-modders-on-how-to-present-their-mods-in-videos/4712/24):
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> I can try and upload a direct smod file later today if that’ll help. One thing I noticed when creating test builds is to unzip the downloaded mod file in a separate location and then copy and past it to combine it with the original game files.
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> Also make sure that when you unzip the files it doesn’t put the stonehearth folder into another stonehearth folder (ex mods/stonehearth/stonehearth/entitites) as my unzipping program tries to do.
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> Idk if that makes any sense. Let me know if you try it out.

This could be the issue I have sometimes. Sometimes I’m working to fast and don’t pay much attention to what I’m doing. xD

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