Food Benefits
by RagnarDragus
With Food Benefits installed, eating a food item can grant status effects, heal the player and remove other effects, depending on the food and the configured settings.
What it does
Each food can be given its own potency and duration for the effects it grants, and it can also heal damage. The consumption time is limited to a configured time frame, so foods finish within a set period. Some foods may remove existing effects when eaten, which gives players a reason to choose one food over another in different situations.
The design takes cues from Zelda games and Breath of the Wild, where certain foods grant special effects. The aim is to change how food works in Minecraft while keeping the vanilla food system as the base. The mod is built for Forge and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Files cover 1.20.1 only and are released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later, so the code is open source. KubeJS is optional and can be installed alongside it.
Key features
Effects on eating
Eating a food can grant status effects with a configured potency and duration.
Healing
Foods heal the player by a set amount when consumed, alongside any effects they grant.
Effect removal
Some foods remove existing effects from the player when eaten.
Consumption time window
Eating time is kept within a configured time frame, so the consumption speed stays controlled.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Optional 1
How it compares
Zelda Stable is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server and is released under the ISC License. Botanical is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, with client and server use. Ar's Food is another Forge option for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, also client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Benefits | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-04 |
| Zelda Stable | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-05 |
| Botanical | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-22 |
| Ar's Food | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-07 |
Questions
Does Food Benefits require KubeJS?
Does the server need Food Benefits?
Which Minecraft version does Food Benefits support?
In the catalog
Food Benefits 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
Inspired by games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, where some foods grant special effects, this mod was developed to bring a similar experience to Minecraft's food system. Now, food can grant effects with customizable potency and duration, as well as heal or damage the player.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/food-benefits
- Owner
- RagnarDragus
- Published
- 2025-02-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15