Better Beets
Better Beets changes how beetroot works on a Fabric server, adding a shapeless crafting recipe and new uses for the crop.
What it does
Beetroot gains a shapeless recipe that turns 2 beetroot and 3 sugar into a single item. Cows, sheep, goats, pigs and llamas can be bred with beetroot, and horses, donkeys and mules can be healed with it. Beetroot soup gets a stronger effect, and the food value is set to a nutrition of 10 with a saturation of 0.6.
The mod is a server-side only addition, so the server runs it and players connect without installing anything. It is released under CC0 1.0 Universal and is open source, with public source code and an issue tracker. Files are published for Fabric only, and the 1.0.1 file covers 1.21.11.
Key features
Shapeless beetroot recipe
Two beetroot and three sugar can be combined in any crafting grid to produce a single item.
Beetroot breeding
Cows, sheep, goats, pigs and llamas accept beetroot as a breeding food.
Beetroot healing
Horses, donkeys and mules can be healed with beetroot, which is useful on long rides.
Stronger beetroot soup
Beetroot soup restores more after it is eaten, with the food value and saturation tuned by the mod.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Farms with livestock
Farms that raise cows, sheep, goats, pigs or llamas can use beetroot to breed them without bringing in other foods.
Long horse travel
Players who ride horses, donkeys or mules across large maps can carry beetroot to heal them on the way.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want beetroot to have more uses, and players who grow beetroot on a Fabric server.
How it compares
Healing Sleep is a Fabric mod for 1.21.4 – 1.21.9, released under All rights reserved and not open source, and it needs the client and server together. Better Your Game is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.21.11 under the Apache License 2.0, which is not open source. Upgraded Food is also server-side only, for 1.21.8 under CC0 1.0 Universal, and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Beets | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-03-03 |
| Healing Sleep | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.9 | Client and server | 2025-10-01 |
| Better Your Game | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-07-16 |
| Upgraded Food | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2025-08-23 |
Questions
Does Better Beets need to be installed on the client?
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In the catalog
Better Beets is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Originally suggested by /u/somerandom995 on /r/MinecraftSuggestions
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-beets
- Owner
- colinarelliott
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15