Beef Jerky

🧟 Overview

Dried zombie meat. Surprisingly safe to eat.

This mod turns useless zombie drops into a functional food & resource system. Cook flesh into Jerky, cook Jerky again into Dried Jerky, and convert 2x Dried Jerky into 1 Leather — perfect for early-game survival.

All recipes use standard Minecraft mechanics. No special tools or mods required. ### Cook Zombie Flesh → Jerky - Place **Zombie Flesh** in furnace, smoker, or campfire with fuel - Output: **Jerky** ### Cook Jerky → Dried Jerky - Place **Jerky** in furnace, smoker, or campfire with fuel - Output: **Dried Jerky** ### Craft Jerky Burger (Shaped) Also works Unshaped Use a crafting table with this layout: ``` B _ _ J C _ B _ _ ``` - `B` = Bread - `J` = Jerky - `C` = Carrot Output: **Jerky Burger** ### Craft Jerky Block - Fill all 9 slots of a crafting table with **Jerky** - Output: **Jerky Block** ### Craft Leather from Dried Jerky - Place **2 Dried Jerky** side-by-side in any row or column - Output: **Leather**

🔧 Updates

• Fixed naming: “Jerkey” → Jerky
• Always Edible: Eat Jerky even when full.
• Double-Cooking: Cook Jerky → Dried Jerky.
• Leather Recipe: 2x Dried Jerky = 1 Leather — reliable early-game source.
• Auto-Unlock: Get Zombie Flesh → unlocks Jerky crafting. Craft Jerky → unlocks Dried Jerky & Leather recipe.
• Balanced XP: Small, fair XP for smelting, smoking, campfire cooking — never game-breaking.
• Texture Upgrades: Jerky Block now uses multiple sides (not just one). Jerky Burger’s carrot has actual detail.
• New Creative Tab: All items grouped under “Jerky Mod”.
• NeoForge 1.21.8 supported.
• Fabric version coming soon.

⚙️ Technical

Made with MCreator. No external dependencies. Works out of the box.