Beef Jerky Essentials
by LukieD4
Beef Jerky Essentials adds a way to turn rotten flesh into jerky, plus other new food items, for Forge players.
What it does
Rotten flesh, which zombies drop, can be cooked in a furnace into Beef Jerky, so it stops being only a waste item. Zombies killed by fire may also release jerky straight from the kill, with no furnace involved. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files exist for Forge only, across 9 release versions, 1.18 – 1.20.6, and it is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Jerky from rotten flesh
Rotten flesh cooks in a furnace into Beef Jerky, giving a use to a common drop.
Fire-kill drops
Zombies killed by fire can release Beef Jerky at a chance rather than a fixed rate.
Additional food items
The mod introduces new food items alongside the jerky, extending the food options in survival play.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Beef Jerky Essentials need to be on the server?
Which loader is Beef Jerky Essentials built for?
In the catalog
Beef Jerky Essentials is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Slay zombies and cook their flesh, or set them ablaze and let the flames do the work for you. 🔥 Bonus: zombies killed while on fire have a chance to drop Beef Jerky directly — no furnace required.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/beef-jerky-essentials
- Owner
- LukieD4
- Published
- 2025-09-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15