Auto Eat
by Zynwro
With Auto Eat installed, a player no longer has to stop mining or fighting to refill hunger, because the client eats for them when the hunger bar drops.
What it does
Auto Eat watches the hunger bar and eats a food item when the value falls below a configurable trigger. An optional setting keeps eating until the bar is full. Before eating, the mod returns the sword or tool that was in the hotbar slot, so combat and mining can continue without a manual swap. Food choice weighs nutrition, saturation, current health and how much a food would waste, so a large food is skipped when a smaller one is enough.
Golden foods are kept for emergencies and used only when health is low, while premium foods are preferred in panic mode. Modded foods are detected automatically, and a custom food list lets a player block individual items, with search filters and bulk actions. The mod is client-side only and built to stay light, so it adds no load to a server.
Auto Eat is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. It targets Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files for 1.15 – 26.3 and 43 release versions, and its key bindings appear in Minecraft's Controls menu.
Key features
Smart auto-eat
Eats when hunger drops, with a configurable trigger and an optional eat-until-full mode.
Restore slot
Returns the previous sword, tool or block to the hotbar after eating, so the work continues.
Smart food selection
Weighs nutrition, saturation, hunger waste and current health before choosing a food.
Panic mode and golden food control
Uses premium food when health is low and keeps golden foods for emergencies.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.15.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Long mining and exploring
Players who stay underground or travel far keep hunger topped up without leaving the task.
Modpacks with many foods
Detected modded foods join the selection, and a block list removes any unwanted item.
Who it’s for: Players who want hunger handled in the background during survival, adventure or modpack play. The mod runs only on the client, so server owners need nothing installed.
How it compares
Auto Food Eater is for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt only, covers 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 and is not open source. QuickEat is a Fabric mod for 1.20 – 1.21.11 released under CC0 1.0 Universal, so it is open source. Auto Biter is a Fabric-only build for 1.21.1 under the MIT License. All three are client-side only, like Auto Eat.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Eat | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.15 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-12 |
| Auto Food Eater | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-02-05 |
| QuickEat | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-02-03 |
| Auto Biter | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-06-15 |
Questions
Does Auto Eat need a server install?
Which loaders does Auto Eat support?
Can Auto Eat be limited to certain foods?
In the catalog
Auto Eat is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
AutoEat automatically eats for you when your hunger drops, so you can keep mining, fighting, exploring, and building without interruptions. Built to stay lightweight, client-side, configurable, and friendly for survival gameplay and modpacks. Key bindings can be changed from Minecraft's Controls menu.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/autoeat
- Owner
- Zynwro
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15