flaying
by noncker
Flaying changes what happens when a mob dies: instead of dropping items at once, it leaves a carcass that must be butchered with a sword.
What it does
Mobs that die leave behind a three-dimensional carcass rather than popping their item drops immediately. A player right-clicks the carcass with a sword blade to butcher it, and the loot comes from that action. The number of hits needed scales with the size and health of the mob, so larger creatures take more work to process.
The mod adds enchantment and fire aspect support for the butchering swing, and it respects item and entity type tags, including groups such as the boss, undead and sword tags. Carcasses rot and disappear after five minutes, a duration that can be changed in the configuration file flaying-common.toml. Sound effects, blood particles and swing cooldowns accompany each butchering step.
Flaying runs on NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1 and is needed on both the client and the server. It is released under the MIT License but is not open source, and its files are published only for 1.21.1.
Key features
Carcasses instead of drops
Killed mobs leave a physical carcass on the ground, and the loot stays there until it is butchered.
Sword butchering
Right-clicking a carcass with a sword blade butchers it, with the required hits scaling with the mob's size and health.
Enchantment and fire aspect
Enchantments and fire aspect apply to the butchering swing, so the choice of weapon still matters.
Rotting carcasses
Uncollected carcasses disappear after five minutes by default, a value set in the configuration file.
Effects during butchering
Sound effects, blood particles and swing cooldowns play during each butchering action.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Hunting-focused survival
Players who want mob kills to feel like a task rather than a quick loot grab can make butchering part of their routine.
Modpacks
Modpack authors can include the mod to change how loot is gathered from every mob that has NeoForge support.
Who it’s for: Players who want mob loot to come from a butchering step rather than an instant drop, and modpack authors building hunting or survival packs on NeoForge 1.21.1.
Questions
Does Flaying need to be installed on the server?
Which tool is used to butcher a carcass?
How long do carcasses last before they disappear?
In the catalog
flaying is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A hunting, carcass & butchering overhaul for Minecraft. Flaying replaces standard instant mob drops with physical carcasses that you need to butcher to get items and meat.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/flaying
- Owner
- noncker
- Published
- 2026-08-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15