Don't Eat That
Don't Eat That, a Fabric mod for 1.20.4, layers a seven-nutrient system onto food, so what a player eats changes its status effects and its damage.
What it does
Food items contribute to seven nutrient pools: Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Fiber, Spiky and one more. Keeping a nutrient at a high enough level activates a lasting effect, such as Night Vision, Poison immunity, passive regeneration, damage reduction on hit, a regeneration boost or faster nutrient absorption, with stronger effects at higher levels. A varied diet is what makes these effects available.
Eating cactus builds up Spiky points, which give a thorns-like body effect. Damage dealt to the player is returned to the attacker, scaled by the Spiky level, with five more Spiky icons beyond the base set.
The mod is published for Fabric only, for 1.20.4, with 1.0.0 as the latest file from 2026-06-04. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is public, but the mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Seven nutrient types
Each food adds to one or more of seven pools, so players track balance across the whole diet.
Lasting status effects
Keeping a nutrient above its threshold maintains its effect, with Night Vision, regeneration and other effects tied to each vitamin.
Spiky damage reflection
Cactus raises Spiky points, and higher levels return incoming damage to attackers with a growing multiplier.
Food-driven combat changes
Damage from fire, lava, drowning and starvation scales with the same Spiky multiplier and point count.
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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.
How it compares
NutritionZ is open source under the MIT License, client and server, for Fabric 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Easy Eat is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, for Fabric 1.20.1 – 1.21.4. Eat With Ease is client-side only and open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, for 1.21 – 1.21.5. Don't Eat That is the only one of these built for 1.20.4 and the only one with a Spiky damage mechanic.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Eat That | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2026-06-04 |
| NutritionZ | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
| Easy Eat | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-02-07 |
| Eat With Ease | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-04-24 |
Questions
Does Don't Eat That need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Don't Eat That support?
How does cactus affect the Spiky mechanic?
In the catalog
Don't Eat That is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
A Minecraft mod that adds a comprehensive nutrient system with 7 nutrient types, each providing distinct status effects and gameplay mechanics. Eat a balanced diet to gain benefits, or overindulge in cactus to unlock a dangerous thorns-like body curse. Eating cactus grants spiky points. At 5 or more spiky icons: …
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dont-eat-that
- Owner
- some-random-guy
- Published
- 2026-06-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15