Foodables

Foodables

A comprehensive culinary expansion mod for Minecraft 1.21.5

Minecraft Version

Fabric API

License

Downloads

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.

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🍎 Features

Food & Culinary System

- Always-Edible Drinks - From simple fruits to complex multi-ingredient dishes - Always-Edible Drinks - Tiered progression from basic foods (2-3 hunger) to premium meals (12+ hunger) - Always-Edible Drinks - Baking, drying, juicing, and multi-step crafting systems - Always-Edible Drinks - Complex recipes reward players with better saturation efficiency - Always-Edible Drinks - Juices and beverages that can be consumed even when full

Farming & Agriculture

- Tree Harvesting - Apple, Banana, Lemon, Lime, Mango, Orange, and Peppercorn trees with natural generation - Tree Harvesting - Tomato, Lettuce, Brown Onion, Red Onion, and Garlic with full growth cycles - Tree Harvesting - 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

- Tool Integration - 10 wood variants (including new Pale Oak) for jerky production - Tool Integration - Create jerky and dried foods with enhanced saturation and storage benefits - Tool Integration - 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

- Configurable Generation - Fruit trees spawn organically in appropriate biomes - Configurable Generation - Discover berry patches throughout forest regions - Configurable Generation - Underground salt mining for food preservation and seasoning - Configurable Generation - Toggle any world generation feature via in-game configuration

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📦 Installation

Requirements

- Cloth Config: 1.21.5 - Cloth Config: Fabric Loader 0.16.14+ - Cloth Config: Latest version for 1.21.5 (Cloth Config) - Cloth Config: 21 or higher - Cloth Config: 18.0.0+ (%%MD1%%) - Required for configuration GUI

Step-by-Step Installation

1. Launch Game - Download and run the Launch Game 2. Launch Game: - %%MD1%% (Required) - %%MD2%% (Required for config menu) 3. Launch Game - Get the latest version from %%MD3%% 4. Launch Game - Place all `.jar` files in your Minecraft `mods` folder 5. 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

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⚙️ Configuration

Access Foodables configuration through Mod Menu → Foodables Config

World Generation Options

| Setting | Default | Description | |---------|---------|-------------| | Ore Generation | Enabled | Controls fruit tree spawning in new chunks | | Ore 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

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🎮 Getting Started

Your First Foodables Experience

1. Advanced Cooking - Find fruit trees and berry bushes by adventuring through your world 2. Advanced Cooking - Collect seeds by breaking short grass to start your own crops 3. Advanced Cooking - Create a Knife and Mortar & Pestle for basic food processing 4. Advanced Cooking - Build drying racks for jerky production 5. Advanced Cooking - Progress to complex multi-ingredient recipes for maximum nutrition

Food Progression Guide

- Late Game: Focus on raw fruits, vegetables, and basic cooked foods (2-4 hunger) - Late Game: Build processing infrastructure and create complex dishes (5-8 hunger) - Late Game: Master multi-ingredient recipes and jerky production (9-12+ hunger)

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🔧 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

- 🐛 Direct Contact: Direct Contact - Use provided templates - 💬 Direct Contact: %%MD1%% - Get help from the community - 📖 Direct Contact: %%MD2%% - Comprehensive documentation - 📧 Direct Contact: Check mod page for developer contact information

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🎯 Mod Philosophy

Foodables follows a Performance Conscious design philosophy: - Performance Conscious - All features feel like natural extensions of Minecraft - Performance Conscious - New content enhances rather than replaces vanilla systems - Performance Conscious - Every item and feature serves a meaningful purpose - Performance Conscious - Designed to work well in modpacks and multiplayer environments

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🤝 Community & Support

Follow Development

- Twitter: Twitter - See features being built in real-time - Twitter: %%MD1%% - Stay updated with new releases - Twitter: %%MD2%% - Quick updates and sneak peeks

Contributing

- Translations: Help improve the mod by reporting issues with detailed information - Translations: Share ideas that align with the vanilla-plus philosophy - Translations: Help make Foodables accessible to more players worldwide

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📊 Version Information

- Development Status: 1.21.5-1.0.0 - Development Status: 1.21.5 - Development Status: Fabric - Development Status: 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.

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📜 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

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*Transform your culinary adventures today - Download Foodables and discover what Minecraft cooking should be!*