Better Eating Mod
by qtquwu
Better Eating Mod removes the delay that normally follows eating food, so a player holding a torch in the off-hand can place it straight away.
What it does
Eating in vanilla Minecraft locks the player out of placing blocks or interacting for a short moment, which makes holding a torch in the off-hand awkward. Better Eating Mod shortens that wait and lets the player act right after finishing a meal. The delay is configurable between 0 and 20 ticks, which is 0 to 1 second, through Mod Menu.
Key features
Shorter eating delay
Removes the lockout that keeps the player from placing blocks right after finishing a food item.
Configurable delay
The wait after eating can be set from 0 to 20 ticks, with the value adjusted in the mod's settings screen.
Off-hand torch use
A torch held in the off-hand can be placed immediately once eating finishes, without waiting.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 1
Questions
Does Better Eating Mod need Fabric API?
Does the server need Better Eating Mod?
Which Minecraft versions are supported?
In the catalog
Better Eating Mod is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
The Better Eating Mod seeks to eliminate a simple yet persistent problem in Minecraft - there is no delay between eating and placing or interacting with blocks. If you eat and become full and are holding torches in your off-hand, for instance, you'll immediately place a torch down. This mod adds a fully configurable…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-eating
- Owner
- qtquwu
- Published
- 2021-05-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-08-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15