Fish Drying Box
Fish Drying Box is a Forge food mod for 1.20.1 that adds a box for drying fish, and its author says it is still under development.
What it does
The box is meant to dry fish, and the author plans to extend it so that dried fish can be used to brew beer and to smoke other kinds of food. Those uses are described as work in progress, so the current build may not include all of them yet. The mod runs on client and server, so players and the server both need it installed.
Only Forge is listed, and the only game version with files is 1.20.1. The latest Forge file is 1.0.1, published on 2025-07-29, after the first release on 2025-07-14. The author credits UniversalCraft MCreator in the author notes. The code is all rights reserved, so the mod is not open source, and the author maintains an issue tracker for reports.
Key features
Fish drying box
A block that takes raw fish and turns them into dried fish over time, which is the core function of the mod.
Planned brewing use
The author intends dried fish to serve as an ingredient for brewing beer, as described in the development notes.
Planned smoking use
Dried fish is also planned as an input for smoking several types of food, a feature still in development.
Issue tracker
The author provides an issue tracker where players can report problems and follow development progress.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Food chains
Players who fish in bulk can preserve the catch in the drying box, then bring it into later food recipes.
Brewing and smoking
Once the planned uses ship, dried fish could feed beer brewing and smokehouse recipes in the same world.
Who it’s for: Players who want a fish preservation step in Forge 1.20.1 worlds, and server owners who can install the mod on both sides while the feature set is still growing.
How it compares
Legacy: [Let's Do] Brewery covers brewing on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20.1 under a custom license, and is not open source. Salted fish craft is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and is not open source. Advanced Fishing: Tides is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Drying Box | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-29 |
| Legacy: [Let's Do] Brewery | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-06-14 |
| Salted fish craft | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-24 |
| Advanced Fishing: Tides | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-07 |
Questions
Does Fish Drying Box need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Fish Drying Box support?
Can dried fish already be used for brewing or smoking?
In the catalog
Fish Drying Box is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
===============Note=============== \ Hi! This mod is the first version of itself. This means that it may contain bugs. The mod is quite raw, so if possible, I will try to update it as often as possible. \ ================================== \ This mod will allow you to dry fish just like in real life! This fish will…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fish-drying-box
- Owner
- FarsVarsLegend
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15