Gastroarchaeology
by A11v1r15
Gastroarchaeology sends players digging for ancient food: dig sites reveal long-lost recipes, crops and treasure items for NeoForge on 1.21.1.
What it does
Players find archaeology sites where Sniffers dig up treasure that holds recipes for foods long lost to the world. Each recovered recipe opens new food items that a player can then cook and eat. The mod centers on rediscovering edible crops such as cassava, tomatoes and peppers, and on recipes like tapioca wrap, paçoca, yogurt and pizza that the player can make once the recipe is known.
The mod also adds cheese, which is made through a crafting method, along with placeable pizza, roulette and spicy chips that can be set down in the world as decoration. Trading with friends works on multiplayer servers, and the mod aims to add more placeable food. Gastroarchaeology is open source under the MIT License and is published for NeoForge on 1.21.1. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Chickensaurs and Minecon Ruins are optional dependencies that extend its content.
Key features
Ancient crops
Cassava, tomatoes and peppers are rediscovered as edible crops that grow in the world after being found.
Recipes from treasure
Treasure items recovered at archaeology sites hold recipes that let the player make new foods.
Placeable food
Pizza, roulette and spicy chips can be placed in the world as blocks, adding food to builds.
Cheese making
Cheese is produced with a dedicated method that turns ingredients into a new food product.
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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 2
Use cases
Multiplayer trading
Players on a server can trade recovered foods and recipes with friends, and with other players they meet.
Food-themed builds
Placeable pizza and snacks let builders decorate kitchens, markets and restaurants.
Who it’s for: Players who want more food content and recipe discovery in a survival or adventure world, and server owners who run NeoForge 1.21.1 with a shared economy of foods.
How it compares
Ancient Harvest is also a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.4, released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and not open source. Spicy covers Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 under All rights reserved, and is not open source. Ediblifier targets only 1.21.4 on NeoForge under the MIT License, while Gastroarchaeology covers the single version 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastroarchaeology | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-12 |
| Ancient Harvest | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-01-15 |
| Spicy | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-09-20 |
| Ediblifier | NeoForge | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-07-26 |
Questions
Does Gastroarchaeology need Chickensaurs?
Which loader does Gastroarchaeology use?
Does the server need Gastroarchaeology?
In the catalog
Gastroarchaeology is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,596 Food mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A mod about finding more ancient edible crops and long-lost recipes! You can find them in archaeology sites and through our good friends Sniffers. The recipes are new treasure items that you'll want to hold on to yourself to be able to make new foods or to trade with friends and foes in multiplayer servers. The mod…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gastroarchaeology
- Owner
- A11v1r15
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-11-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15