Butchercraft
by Lance5057
Butchercraft replaces the single drop of a slain animal with a full butchering process, from slaughter through cooking, for players on Forge and NeoForge.
What it does
Butchercraft adds a butchering system that takes an animal through each step from slaughter to cooking. Breaking down the whole carcass yields far more than the few bits, some meat and leather that a plain kill produces, so the rest of the animal is no longer lost. The system is built from its own blocks, items and tools, and the food it produces can be combined with recipes from Extra Delight.
Butchercraft is published for Forge and NeoForge across 7 release versions, 1.19.2 – 1.21.3, and it is a NeoForge only mod for current builds, with Forge used for earlier updates. Installation covers the server and each player's game. The code is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license and is not open source, though source code and an issue tracker are public. ButcherExtension requires Butchercraft.
Key features
Butcher knife
A sharp blade that slaughters an animal and cuts through its meat, activated by right-clicking a specified entity.
Meat hooks
A bar of metal hooks for hanging carcasses, which makes handling large creatures easier.
Butcher block
A wooden table for butchering small animals and cutting meat with a knife.
Meat grinder
Grinds meat into mince and can also serve as a sausage stuffer.
New meat types
Many new types of meat are added, with recipes that pair them with Extra Delight when it is installed.
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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.
Required by 1 mod
How it compares
Mobs Drop Meat is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.10, server-side only, under All rights reserved and not open source. Drop the Meat supports Forge and NeoForge for 1.16.3 – 1.21.1, is client and server, uses a custom license and is not open source. Doom's Axifier is open source under the MIT License and covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20 – 1.21.4, but it is server-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butchercraft | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2026-03-18 |
| Mobs Drop Meat | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2025-11-22 |
| Drop the Meat | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.3 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-19 |
| Doom's Axifier | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-02-14 |
Questions
Does Butchercraft need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader should be used for newer versions?
Can Butchercraft be extended with datapacks?
In the catalog
Butchercraft is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 13,252 mods support Minecraft 1.21.3.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/butchercraft
- Owner
- Lance5057
- Published
- 2024-03-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15