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src/main/java/xyz/sillyangel/tutorialmod/TutorialMod.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package xyz.sillyangel.tutorialmod;
 
 import com.mojang.logging.LogUtils;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.CreativeModeTabs;
 import net.minecraftforge.api.distmarker.Dist;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
 import net.minecraftforge.event.BuildCreativeModeTabContentsEvent;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fml.event.lifecycle.FMLClientSetupEvent;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.event.lifecycle.FMLCommonSetupEvent;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLJavaModLoadingContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import xyz.sillyangel.tutorialmod.item.ModItems;
 
 // Very important Comment
 // The value here should match an entry in the META-INF/mods.toml file
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ public class TutorialMod {
         // Register ourselves for server and other game events we are interested in
         MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this);
 
-
+        ModItems.register(modEventBus);
 
         // Register the item to a creative tab
         modEventBus.addListener(this::addCreative);
@@ -44,7 +46,9 @@ public class TutorialMod {
 
     // Add the example block item to the building blocks tab
     private void addCreative(BuildCreativeModeTabContentsEvent event) {
-
+        if (event.getTabKey() == CreativeModeTabs.INGREDIENTS) {
+            event.accept(ModItems.NUGGET);
+        }
     }
 
     // You can use SubscribeEvent and let the Event Bus discover methods to call

src/main/java/xyz/sillyangel/tutorialmod/item/ModItems.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package xyz.sillyangel.tutorialmod.item;
+
+import xyz.sillyangel.tutorialmod.TutorialMod;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.Item;
+import net.minecraftforge.eventbus.api.IEventBus;
+import net.minecraftforge.registries.DeferredRegister;
+import net.minecraftforge.registries.ForgeRegistries;
+import net.minecraftforge.registries.RegistryObject;
+
+public class ModItems {
+    public static final DeferredRegister<Item> ITEMS =
+            DeferredRegister.create(ForgeRegistries.ITEMS, TutorialMod.MOD_ID);
+
+    public static final RegistryObject<Item> NUGGET = ITEMS.register("nugget",
+            () -> new Item(new Item.Properties()));
+
+
+
+    public static void register(IEventBus eventBus) {
+        ITEMS.register(eventBus);
+    }
+
+}

src/main/resources/assets/tutorialmod/lang/en_us.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "item.tutorialmod.nugget": "nugget"
+}

src/main/resources/assets/tutorialmod/models/item/nugget.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "parent": "minecraft:item/generated",
+   "textures": {
+     "layer0": "tutorialmod:item/nugget"
+   }
+}