Description
Foodables
A comprehensive culinary expansion mod for Minecraft 1.21.5
Transform your Minecraft culinary experience with 125+ new items, advanced food processing systems, and immersive farming mechanics. Foodables brings a comprehensive vanilla-plus approach to food, farming, and cooking that seamlessly integrates with your Minecraft world.
🍎 Features
Food & Culinary System
- 53 Unique Food Items - From simple fruits to complex multi-ingredient dishes
- Balanced Nutrition System - Tiered progression from basic foods (2-3 hunger) to premium meals (12+ hunger)
- Advanced Food Processing - Baking, drying, juicing, and multi-step crafting systems
- Smart Saturation Values - Complex recipes reward players with better saturation efficiency
- Always-Edible Drinks - Juices and beverages that can be consumed even when full
Farming & Agriculture
- 7 Fruit Trees - Apple, Banana, Lemon, Lime, Mango, Orange, and Peppercorn trees with natural generation
- 5 New Crops - Tomato, Lettuce, Brown Onion, Red Onion, and Garlic with full growth cycles
- 2 Berry Bushes - Blueberry and Blackberry bushes that generate naturally in forest biomes
- Tree Harvesting - Trees drop fruits when the leaves are breaking over time
Advanced Processing Systems
- Drying Rack Network - 10 wood variants (including new Pale Oak) for jerky production
- Food Preservation - Create jerky and dried foods with enhanced saturation and storage benefits
- Multi-Stage Cooking - Complex recipes requiring multiple ingredients and processing steps
- Tool Integration - 5 specialized tools (Mortar & Pestle, Knife, Juicer, Whisk, Crusher) for advanced crafting
World Generation Integration
- Natural Tree Generation - Fruit trees spawn organically in appropriate biomes
- Berry Bush Clusters - Discover berry patches throughout forest regions
- Salt Ore Deposits - Underground salt mining for food preservation and seasoning
- Configurable Generation - Toggle any world generation feature via in-game configuration
📦 Installation
Requirements
- Minecraft: 1.21.5
- Mod Loader: Fabric Loader 0.16.14+
- Fabric API: Latest version for 1.21.5 (Download)
- Java: 21 or higher
- Cloth Config: 18.0.0+ (Download) - Required for configuration GUI
Step-by-Step Installation
- Install Fabric Loader - Download and run the Fabric Installer
- Download Dependencies:
- Download Foodables - Get the latest version from CurseForge
- Install Mods - Place all
.jar files in your Minecraft mods folder
- Launch Game - Start Minecraft using the Fabric profile
Recommended Companion Mods
- REI (Roughly Enough Items) - Essential for viewing Foodables recipes and drying rack processes
- AppleSkin - Enhanced hunger and saturation display to understand food values
- Mod Menu - Required for accessing Foodables configuration options
⚙️ Configuration
Access Foodables configuration through Mod Menu → Foodables Config
World Generation Options
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
| Tree Generation |
Enabled |
Controls fruit tree spawning in new chunks |
| Berry Bush Generation |
Enabled |
Toggles natural berry bush patch generation |
| Ore Generation |
Enabled |
Controls salt ore deposit spawning underground |
Important Notes:
- Configuration changes require a world reload to take effect
- Only affects newly generated chunks - existing areas remain unchanged
- Disable features to reduce world generation load or for custom modpack balance
🎮 Getting Started
Your First Foodables Experience
- Explore and Gather - Find fruit trees and berry bushes by adventuring through your world
- Basic Farming - Collect seeds by breaking short grass to start your own crops
- Tool Crafting - Create a Knife and Mortar & Pestle for basic food processing
- Drying Rack Setup - Build drying racks for jerky production
- Advanced Cooking - Progress to complex multi-ingredient recipes for maximum nutrition
Food Progression Guide
- Early Game: Focus on raw fruits, vegetables, and basic cooked foods (2-4 hunger)
- Mid Game: Build processing infrastructure and create complex dishes (5-8 hunger)
- Late Game: Master multi-ingredient recipes and jerky production (9-12+ hunger)
🔧 Troubleshooting
Common Issues & Solutions
🚨 Game crashes on startup
- Verify Fabric API and Cloth Config are installed for MC 1.21.5
- Ensure all mods match your Minecraft version exactly
- Confirm Java 21+ is installed and selected in launcher
- Check launcher logs for specific error messages
🌳 Trees or ores not generating in my world
- Check configuration settings in Mod Menu → Foodables Config
- Remember: only NEW chunks will have Foodables generation
- Try exploring unexplored areas or create a new world for testing
- Verify world generation is enabled in configuration
📖 Recipes not showing in REI/recipe viewers
- Ensure REI version is compatible with Minecraft 1.21.5
- Restart Minecraft after installing recipe viewing mods
- Check that Foodables is loading properly (items appear in creative menu)
- Try refreshing REI with
Ctrl+O in-game
🖼️ Missing textures or broken item models
- Verify mod file downloaded completely and isn't corrupted
- Check for conflicting resource packs that might override Foodables textures
- Try reinstalling the mod with a fresh download
- Ensure no other mods are conflicting with Foodables item registration
⚡ Performance issues or lag
- Consider disabling world generation features in heavily modded packs
- Reduce render distance when exploring for the first time with Foodables
- Check if other mods are conflicting with Foodables world generation
Getting Additional Help
- 🐛 Bug Reports: GitHub Issues - Use provided templates
- 💬 Community Support: Discord Server - Get help from the community
- 📖 Detailed Guides: Foodables Wiki - Comprehensive documentation
- 📧 Direct Contact: Check mod page for developer contact information
🎯 Mod Philosophy
Foodables follows a "Vanilla Plus" design philosophy:
- Seamless Integration - All features feel like natural extensions of Minecraft
- Balanced Progression - New content enhances rather than replaces vanilla systems
- Quality Over Quantity - Every item and feature serves a meaningful purpose
- Performance Conscious - Designed to work well in modpacks and multiplayer environments
🤝 Community & Support
Follow Development
Contributing
- Bug Reports: Help improve the mod by reporting issues with detailed information
- Feature Suggestions: Share ideas that align with the vanilla-plus philosophy
- Translations: Help make Foodables accessible to more players worldwide
📊 Version Information
- Current Version: 1.21.5-1.0.0
- Minecraft Compatibility: 1.21.5
- Mod Loader: Fabric
- License: MIT
- Development Status: Active development with regular updates
Note: This mod is built exclusively for Fabric. There are currently no plans for Forge ports or backporting to earlier Minecraft versions.
📜 License & Credits
Foodables is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for full details.
Special Thanks:
- The Fabric community for excellent development tools and documentation
- All contributors, testers, and community members who help improve Foodables
- Minecraft modding community for inspiration and technical guidance
Transform your culinary adventures today - Download Foodables and discover what Minecraft cooking should be!
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What means Verified?
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Compatibility: The mod should be compatible with the latest version of Minecraft and be clearly labeled with its supported versions.
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Functionality: The mod should work as advertised and not cause any game-breaking bugs or crashes.
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Security: The mod should not contain any malicious code or attempts to steal personal information.
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Performance: The mod should not cause a significant decrease in the game's performance, such as by causing lag or reducing frame rates.
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Originality: The mod should be original and not a copy of someone else's work.
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Up-to-date: The mod should be regularly updated to fix bugs, improve performance, and maintain compatibility with the latest version of Minecraft.
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Support: The mod should have an active developer who provides support and troubleshooting assistance to users.
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License: The mod should be released under a clear and open source license that allows others to use, modify, and redistribute the code.
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Documentation: The mod should come with clear and detailed documentation on how to install and use it.
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How to Install
Download Forge & Java
Download Forge from the offical Site or here. If you dont have Java installed then install it now from here. After Downloading Forge you can run the file with Java.
Prepare
Lounch Minecraft and select your Forge istallation as Version this will create a Folder called Mods.
Add Mods
Type Win+R and type %appdata% and open the .minecraft Folder. There will you find your Folder called Mods. Place all Mods you want to play in this Folder
Enjoy
You are now Ready. Re-start your Game and start Playing.
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