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Combat Rebalance

by MidasDaEpik

Combat Rebalance changes how eating, natural regeneration, Ender Pearls, tridents and maces behave in combat, with each change adjustable in a config file.

FabricNeoForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.21.1

What it does

Natural regeneration now consumes hunger at a 1:1 rate, and healing starts at a faster pace of one heal every two seconds instead of four. Regeneration continues until the hunger bar reaches 8 rather than 18, and saturation no longer speeds healing, so high saturation from food stops producing burst recovery. Eating time scales with the saturation a food gives, with a minimum of half a second and a maximum of two seconds, and a short cooldown follows each meal. Food-based effects add a cooldown per effect level, which discourages chugging several gapples in a row.

Ender Pearls are weaker as an escape tool but still useful for long-distance travel. The trident and mace are reworked toward mid-range combo play, and the mod alters their attack damage, attack speed, reach and knockback. The mod requires YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) on both the client and the server, and it is open source under the MIT License. Its published files cover only 1.21.1, for Fabric and NeoForge. Changes to Ender Pearls break stasis chambers, a side effect the author notes.

Key features

  1. Configurable saturation healing

    Saturation-based healing is disabled by default, and server owners can re-enable it in the config file.

  2. Regeneration pacing

    Natural regeneration heals one point every two seconds and stops at hunger level 8, which steadies healing during fights.

  3. Food cooldowns

    Each meal adds a short cooldown, and effect-carrying foods add more time per effect level.

  4. Reworked weapons and pearls

    Tridents, maces and Ender Pearls receive new attack, reach, knockback and teleport values, all set in the config.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.11.0.0-1.21.1-fabric1.0.0-1.21.1-neoforge
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL)A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft!
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

HealME is a Fabric-only client and server mod for 1.21.10 under All rights reserved, so it does not cover the same version. Hungerbane runs on NeoForge only, for 1.21.1 – 1.21.6, and is also under All rights reserved. Monopearl is open source under the MIT License and server-side only, while Saturation Regen is server-side only under a non-commercial, no-derivatives Creative Commons license.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Combat RebalanceFabric and NeoForge1.21.1Client and server2025-04-08
HealMEFabric1.21.10Client and server2025-10-25
HungerbaneNeoForge1.21.1 – 1.21.6Client and server2026-06-14
MonopearlFabric1.21.11Server-side only2026-03-06
Saturation RegenFabric and NeoForge1.21.1 – 26.3Server-side only2026-09-25

Questions

Does Combat Rebalance need YetAnotherConfigLib?

Yes. YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) is a required dependency and must be installed alongside Combat Rebalance.

Does the server need Combat Rebalance installed?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

Which loaders and versions are supported?

Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge, and both target only Minecraft 1.21.1.

Can saturation healing be turned back on?

Yes. Saturation healing is disabled by default, and the config file lets players or server owners re-enable it.

In the catalog

Combat Rebalance is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.

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What the author says

All of the changes made by this mod can be tweaked and disabled through the config file. Make healing more steady in combat rather than in bursts with food, making high saturation foods not as overpowered as they are. And changes eating time based on hunger and saturation given which gives a use to lower nutrition…
MidasDaEpik, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
MidasDaEpik
Published
2025-04-08
Updated on Modrinth
2025-04-08
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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