Caro122's Better Leather
Caro122's Better Leather lets players turn rotten flesh into usable leather, restore dyed leather and uncraft leather gear for a little material back.
What it does
Rotten flesh can be processed into leather through a washing agent made from blue dye, copper and sodium. Sodium comes from mining sand, and the leather that results is a relatively rare drop, so the process is a deliberate step rather than a shortcut. Players should avoid going underwater while handling the reaction, which the author notes as a hazard.
Dyed leather can be undyed at a crafting table by placing one washing agent alongside the leather piece. Leather gear can also be uncraft at a crafting table, returning a small amount of leather. Low durability leather armor and horse armor types are covered, so leftover horse armor stops being useless. The mod works alongside the way players already craft leather, with no other required mods.
The mod is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 only, published under the MIT License, and it runs on client and server. Installation needs nothing else. The server and every player need the mod installed to play with it.
Key features
Rotten flesh washing
A washing agent made from blue dye, copper and sodium turns rotten flesh into leather.
Undyeing at the crafting table
Placing one washing agent beside dyed leather at a crafting table removes the dye.
Uncrafting leather gear
Leather gear can be placed in a crafting table to return a small amount of leather.
Horse armor types
Several horse armor types are included, so low durability leather horse armor stays useful.
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How it compares
Crafts: Flesh to Leather is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with the same client and server environment, released under All rights reserved. YARFTL (Yet Another Rotten Flesh To Leather Mod) is also for Forge 1.20.1, client and server, under All rights reserved. Smelted Flesh is for Forge 1.20.1 as a server-side only mod under the MIT License, so players can join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caro122's Better Leather | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-13 |
| Crafts: Flesh to Leather | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-04-25 |
| YARFTL (Yet Another Rotten Flesh To Leather Mod) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-08 |
| Smelted Flesh | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-12-17 |
Questions
Does Caro122's Better Leather need any other mods?
Does the server need Caro122's Better Leather?
Which versions are supported?
In the catalog
Caro122's Better Leather is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
sodium is natrully obtained by mining sand. it is a relatively rare drop. don't go underwater with it or it will 'react' washing agent is used to undye armour and turn rotten flesh into leather
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/caro122s-better-leather
- Owner
- avoandminer122
- Published
- 2025-05-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15