Cruelty-Free Slimeballs
by Blyrium
Cruelty-Free Slimeballs makes slimeballs craftable from plant-based ingredients, so players do not need to hunt slimes for them.
What it does
Three recipes turn carrageenan, pectin and xanthan gum into slimeballs, giving players a way to make the item in the crafting grid instead of collecting it from slimes. The author replaces the usual sugar cane and bucket of milk inputs with wheat, so the recipes draw on crops that are easier to farm. The mod is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1, and its files target the 1.20 – 1.20.1 range with 1.1.1+1.20.1 as the latest build, dated 2024-03-20.
Installation needs Fabric API, the required dependency named by the mod. The mod was checked against a Fabric API build for 1.20.1 during development. Since the environment is client and server, both the server and every player need the mod. The code is available as a public source repository, but the mod is not open source: it is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, which allows reuse for non-commercial purposes only.
Key features
Craftable slimeballs
Slimeballs can be crafted from three recipes that use carrageenan, pectin or xanthan gum as the base ingredient.
Plant-based inputs
Wheat takes the place of sugar cane and bucket of milk in the recipes, so no animal or slime drop is required.
Datapack-based recipes
The recipes are ported from the Cruelty-Free Slimeballs datapack by Vampycat237, keeping the same crafting approach in a Fabric mod.
Vanilla-friendly change
The mod leaves slime drops in place and adds crafting as an extra route, so survival progression can still use slimes.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Slimeball Recipe is a Fabric server-side only mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 under the MIT License, so players can join without installing anything. Craftable Slimeballs runs on Fabric and NeoForge for 1.14 – 26.2 with the server required and the client optional, and it is licensed All rights reserved. Dough Slime Ball Recipe covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, with the server required and the client optional.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruelty-Free Slimeballs | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-03-20 |
| Slimeball Recipe | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-03-04 |
| Craftable Slimeballs | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.14 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-05-04 |
| Dough Slime Ball Recipe | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-30 |
Questions
Does Cruelty-Free Slimeballs need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod for players to craft slimeballs?
Which game versions does Cruelty-Free Slimeballs support?
Can the mod be reused in a modpack?
In the catalog
Cruelty-Free Slimeballs is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod is a port of Vampycat237's Cruelty-Free Slimeballs datapack (license). Finding slimes to loot slimeballs is annoying, but it doesn't have to be this way! Introducing Cruelty-Free Slimeballs, a mod that makes slimeballs craftable.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cruelty-free-slimeballs
- Owner
- Blyrium
- Published
- 2024-02-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-03-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15