Compost
by yurisuika
With Compost, the composter turns what players toss into it into compost whose output can be set by the server's own rules.
What it does
Compost changes what a composter produces. Instead of the vanilla results, the loot table decides the output, so a player can make an item renewable that normally is not, build a layered system where different compostable items matter, or have the compost yield a modded compost item. The default loot table is set up to show the compostable matching condition, which makes bone meal available to villager farmers.
The mod also lets mushrooms appear in a composter that gets wet from weather, as long as the game version supports the required conditions. Compost is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with builds covering 1.16 – 26.3 across 40 release versions. It is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Fabric API is required on Fabric.
Key features
Custom compost output
The composter's results come from a loot table, so pack authors can change what compost yields.
Compostable matching condition
A loot table entry can check which compostable item was thrown in, allowing specific items to produce specific results.
Renewable items
Items that vanilla does not make renewable can be set up as composter outputs through the loot table.
Modded compost items
Compost can give a compost item from another mod instead of the vanilla product.
Rain-driven mushrooms
Mushrooms can appear in a composter exposed to weather in versions that support the necessary conditions.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
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
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Villager bone meal
The default loot table supplies bone meal, which helps villager farmers in survival worlds.
Custom compost economies
Server owners can build deeper compost chains in modpacks by mapping several compostable items to different outputs.
Who it’s for: Pack makers and server owners who want the composter to produce items beyond the vanilla results, and players who keep farms or automated systems around composters.
Questions
Does Compost need Fabric API?
Does Compost have to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Compost support?
Can the compost output be changed without code?
In the catalog
Compost is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Create compost based on what you toss into a composter! You can make some items renewable that should be but are not, create deep interactions with different compostables for a complex and realistic compost, or simply make the compost give a modded compost item. The choice is yours!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/compost
- Owner
- yurisuika
- Published
- 2022-02-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15