Better Campfire Cooking
by The turtles
Better Campfire Cooking changes how campfires work by adding recipes and loot, so a campfire can cook food without needing fuel.
What it does
Campfires gain new crafting recipes and structure loot tables, so the mod extends what a campfire can do beyond the vanilla cooking behavior. The mod is listed as not affecting performance much. Better Campfire Cooking is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 across two release versions, with snapshot builds also published. The server must run it, while players may leave it out. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Extra campfire recipes
New recipes are added for campfires, widening the set of foods and items a campfire can produce.
Structure and loot tables
Structures and loot tables are extended, so campfire-related items can be found in the world.
Light performance cost
The author notes that the additions have little effect on performance, and the mod is listed as compatible with other mods.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
How it compares
Better Campfires is a NeoForge mod too, with a longer version range of 1.21.4 – 26.2 across Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt and other loaders, and it is also server required with client optional. Campfire Hopper is available for 1.21.5 under the MIT License and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Campfire Cooking | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-05-25 |
| Better Campfires | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt, Babric, BTA Babric, Legacy Fabric, Ornithe, Rift, LiteLoader, ModLoader, NilLoader and Java Agent | 1.21.4 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-11 |
| Campfire Hopper | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-06-22 |
Questions
Does Better Campfire Cooking need to be installed on the client?
In the catalog
Better Campfire Cooking is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,175 World generation mods for NeoForge. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
Have you ever been like "campfires are so op because ther don't need fuel to cook, but they can only cook food"? Well... Spoiler it makes camfires better with structures, loot tables, crafting recepies and more. Deosn't impact performance much and is very compatable.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bettercampfirecooking
- Owner
- The turtles
- Published
- 2025-05-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15