diff --git a/src/crafting/CraftingManagerFromDataHelper.php b/src/crafting/CraftingManagerFromDataHelper.php
index c07182523..7e5362d22 100644
--- a/src/crafting/CraftingManagerFromDataHelper.php
+++ b/src/crafting/CraftingManagerFromDataHelper.php
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ use function json_decode;
 final class CraftingManagerFromDataHelper{
 
 	private static function deserializeIngredient(RecipeIngredientData $data) : ?RecipeIngredient{
-		if(!isset($data->name)){
-			return null; //TODO: not yet implemented
-		}
 		if(isset($data->count) && $data->count !== 1){
 			//every case we've seen so far where this isn't the case, it's been a bug and the count was ignored anyway
 			//e.g. gold blocks crafted from 9 ingots, but each input item individually had a count of 9
 			throw new SavedDataLoadingException("Recipe inputs should have a count of exactly 1");
 		}
+		if(isset($data->tag)){
+			return new TagWildcardRecipeIngredient($data->tag);
+		}
 
 		$meta = $data->meta ?? null;
 		if($meta === RecipeIngredientData::WILDCARD_META_VALUE){
diff --git a/src/crafting/TagWildcardRecipeIngredient.php b/src/crafting/TagWildcardRecipeIngredient.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ac261f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crafting/TagWildcardRecipeIngredient.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace pocketmine\crafting;
+
+use pocketmine\data\bedrock\ItemTagToIdMap;
+use pocketmine\item\Item;
+use pocketmine\world\format\io\GlobalItemDataHandlers;
+
+/**
+ * Recipe ingredient that matches items whose ID falls within a specific set. This is used for magic meta value
+ * wildcards and also for ingredients which use item tags (since tags implicitly rely on ID only).
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+final class TagWildcardRecipeIngredient implements RecipeIngredient{
+
+	public function __construct(
+		private string $tagName
+	){}
+
+	public function getTagName() : string{ return $this->tagName; }
+
+	public function accepts(Item $item) : bool{
+		if($item->getCount() < 1){
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return ItemTagToIdMap::getInstance()->tagContainsId($this->tagName, GlobalItemDataHandlers::getSerializer()->serializeType($item)->getName());
+	}
+
+	public function __toString() : string{
+		return "TagWildcardRecipeIngredient($this->tagName)";
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/data/bedrock/ItemTagToIdMap.php b/src/data/bedrock/ItemTagToIdMap.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5fb7952c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/bedrock/ItemTagToIdMap.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace pocketmine\data\bedrock;
+
+use pocketmine\errorhandler\ErrorToExceptionHandler;
+use pocketmine\utils\AssumptionFailedError;
+use pocketmine\utils\SingletonTrait;
+use pocketmine\utils\Utils;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Path;
+use const pocketmine\BEDROCK_DATA_PATH;
+
+/**
+ * Tracks Minecraft Bedrock item tags, and the item IDs which belong to them
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+final class ItemTagToIdMap{
+	use SingletonTrait;
+
+	private static function make() : self{
+		$map = json_decode(ErrorToExceptionHandler::trapAndRemoveFalse(fn() => file_get_contents(Path::join(BEDROCK_DATA_PATH, 'item_tags.json'))), true, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+		if(!is_array($map)){
+			throw new AssumptionFailedError("Invalid item tag map, expected array");
+		}
+		$cleanMap = [];
+		foreach($map as $tagName => $ids){
+			if(!is_string($tagName)){
+				throw new AssumptionFailedError("Invalid item tag name $tagName, expected string as key");
+			}
+			if(!is_array($ids)){
+				throw new AssumptionFailedError("Invalid item tag $tagName, expected array of IDs as value");
+			}
+			$cleanIds = [];
+			foreach($ids as $id){
+				if(!is_string($id)){
+					throw new AssumptionFailedError("Invalid item tag $tagName, expected string as ID, got " . gettype($id));
+				}
+				$cleanIds[] = $id;
+			}
+			$cleanMap[$tagName] = $cleanIds;
+		}
+
+		return new self($cleanMap);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @var true[][]
+	 * @phpstan-var array<string, array<string, true>>
+	 */
+	private array $tagToIdsMap = [];
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string[][] $tagToIds
+	 * @phpstan-param array<string, list<string>> $tagToIds
+	 */
+	public function __construct(
+		array $tagToIds
+	){
+		foreach(Utils::stringifyKeys($tagToIds) as $tag => $ids){
+			foreach($ids as $id){
+				$this->tagToIdsMap[$tag][$id] = true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string[]
+	 * @phpstan-return list<string>
+	 */
+	public function getIdsForTag(string $tag) : array{
+		return array_keys($this->tagToIdsMap[$tag] ?? []);
+	}
+
+	public function tagContainsId(string $tag, string $id) : bool{
+		return isset($this->tagToIdsMap[$tag][$id]);
+	}
+
+	public function addIdToTag(string $tag, string $id) : void{
+		$this->tagToIdsMap[$tag][$id] = true;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/network/mcpe/convert/TypeConverter.php b/src/network/mcpe/convert/TypeConverter.php
index 26b4a2ddf..27836a3c7 100644
--- a/src/network/mcpe/convert/TypeConverter.php
+++ b/src/network/mcpe/convert/TypeConverter.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use pocketmine\block\VanillaBlocks;
 use pocketmine\crafting\ExactRecipeIngredient;
 use pocketmine\crafting\MetaWildcardRecipeIngredient;
 use pocketmine\crafting\RecipeIngredient;
+use pocketmine\crafting\TagWildcardRecipeIngredient;
 use pocketmine\data\bedrock\item\BlockItemIdMap;
 use pocketmine\inventory\transaction\action\CreateItemAction;
 use pocketmine\inventory\transaction\action\DestroyItemAction;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\inventory\UIInventorySlotOffset;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\recipe\IntIdMetaItemDescriptor;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\recipe\RecipeIngredient as ProtocolRecipeIngredient;
 use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\recipe\StringIdMetaItemDescriptor;
+use pocketmine\network\mcpe\protocol\types\recipe\TagItemDescriptor;
 use pocketmine\player\GameMode;
 use pocketmine\player\Player;
 use pocketmine\utils\AssumptionFailedError;
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ class TypeConverter{
 		if($ingredient instanceof MetaWildcardRecipeIngredient){
 			$id = GlobalItemTypeDictionary::getInstance()->getDictionary()->fromStringId($ingredient->getItemId());
 			$meta = self::RECIPE_INPUT_WILDCARD_META;
+			$descriptor = new IntIdMetaItemDescriptor($id, $meta);
 		}elseif($ingredient instanceof ExactRecipeIngredient){
 			$item = $ingredient->getItem();
 			[$id, $meta, $blockRuntimeId] = ItemTranslator::getInstance()->toNetworkId($item);
@@ -127,11 +130,14 @@ class TypeConverter{
 					throw new AssumptionFailedError("Every block state should have an associated meta value");
 				}
 			}
+			$descriptor = new IntIdMetaItemDescriptor($id, $meta);
+		}elseif($ingredient instanceof TagWildcardRecipeIngredient){
+			$descriptor = new TagItemDescriptor($ingredient->getTagName());
 		}else{
 			throw new \LogicException("Unsupported recipe ingredient type " . get_class($ingredient) . ", only " . ExactRecipeIngredient::class . " and " . MetaWildcardRecipeIngredient::class . " are supported");
 		}
 
-		return new ProtocolRecipeIngredient(new IntIdMetaItemDescriptor($id, $meta), 1);
+		return new ProtocolRecipeIngredient($descriptor, 1);
 	}
 
 	public function netRecipeIngredientToCore(ProtocolRecipeIngredient $ingredient) : ?RecipeIngredient{
@@ -140,6 +146,10 @@ class TypeConverter{
 			return null;
 		}
 
+		if($descriptor instanceof TagItemDescriptor){
+			return new TagWildcardRecipeIngredient($descriptor->getTag());
+		}
+
 		if($descriptor instanceof IntIdMetaItemDescriptor){
 			$stringId = GlobalItemTypeDictionary::getInstance()->getDictionary()->fromIntId($descriptor->getId());
 			$meta = $descriptor->getMeta();