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Burning Flesh: rotten flesh is a fuel

by meenimc

Burning Flesh makes rotten flesh usable as furnace fuel through a datapack, so players have a use for an otherwise low-value drop.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.01.13 – 26.2

What it does

The datapack treats rotten flesh as a low-quality fuel in furnaces, smokers and blast furnaces, and it cooks for a duration matching a stick. Its author describes rotten flesh as a mostly junk item and aims for a balanced alternative to other datapacks that smelt rotten flesh into leather, which the author considers overpowered because it removes the incentive for zombie farming. Burning Flesh is a datapack rather than a loader mod, so it is available for the data pack platform. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files covering 1.13 – 26.2 and 2.88.0 for 26.2 as the latest file. The server must run it, while the client can optionally add it.

Key features

  1. Rotten flesh as fuel

    Rotten flesh can be placed in a furnace and burns as low quality fuel.

  2. Timing matched to a stick

    Rotten flesh cooks for the same duration as a stick when used as fuel, keeping the recipe timing predictable.

  3. Balanced alternative

    The datapack avoids converting rotten flesh into leather, leaving zombie farming as a source of other rewards.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
26.22.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
26.1.22.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
26.1.12.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
26.12.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.112.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.102.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.92.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.82.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.72.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.62.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.52.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.42.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.32.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.22.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.21.12.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
1.212.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod2.88.0+mod
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
1.14.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.13.x1 of 1 version with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

2 older game versions (1.13 – 1.13.1) not shown. All files on Modrinth

How it compares

Full comparison

Rotten Flesh into Leather targets Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20 – 26.1.2 and turns rotten flesh into leather under the MIT License. Rotten Flesh Leather targets Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20.5 – 1.21.4 and is released under the BSD 2-Clause License. Burning Flesh instead uses a furnace fuel approach and is not open source.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Burning Flesh: rotten flesh is a fuelFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.13 – 26.2Server required, client optional2025-11-16
Rotten Flesh into LeatherFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20 – 26.1.2Not published2026-05-08
Rotten Flesh LeatherFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.20.5 – 1.21.4Server required, client optional2025-01-27

Questions

Does Burning Flesh need a loader mod?

It is a datapack, so it loads through the data pack platform. Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt files are also published for the mod itself.

In the catalog

Burning Flesh: rotten flesh is a fuel is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,159 Economy mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Economy mods2,072Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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What the author says

Burning Flesh is a Minecraft datapack that lets you use rotten flesh as a furnace fuel. The noxious flesh can be burned in the furnace, and smoker, with the same cooking time as a stick.
meenimc, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
meenimc
Published
2023-04-21
Updated on Modrinth
2025-11-16
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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