Gild N' Glisten
by KodaBunn
Gild N' Glisten adds a gilded melon block and a set of food items built from Glistering Melon Slices, for NeoForge on 1.21.1.
What it does
Players eat Glistering Melon Slices, which the mod intends as a mid to late game food source. Before this, golden carrots were one of the few options and they were mostly useful for brewing potions and distracting piglins. The mod is meant to be the first of several content additions by its author.
Gilded Melon is a newly added block: a golden form of the melon block, built mainly from nine Glistering Melons. It is crafted mainly from nine glistering melons and breaks with an axe of iron tier or higher, yielding three to seven Glistering Melon Slices, the way a normal melon does. Melon Plating and the Melon Plating Mold are the last two items added, and placed or grown melon blocks convert instantly into Gilded Melon blocks.
The mod is client and server, so both the server and every player need it installed. It is released under the MIT License and is open source, with the source code published. Files exist only for NeoForge on 1.21.1, and the first file, 1.0.0, was published on 2024-09-16.
Key features
Eating glistering melon slices
Glistering Melon Slices can be eaten as food, filling the gap left by golden carrots in the mid to late game.
Gilded Melon block
A gold variant of the melon block, crafted from nine glistering melons and mined with an axe of iron tier or higher.
Fortune and drops
Like a normal melon, the Gilded Melon responds to fortune and yields three to seven slices when broken.
Melon Plating
Melon Plating and its mold turn placed or grown melon blocks into Gilded Melon blocks at once.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Automation setups
The author describes the melon items as primarily useful for automation alongside other mods.
Who it’s for: Players who want an extra food source built around glistering melons, and players building automated farms that use melon blocks.
How it compares
Better Glistering Melons is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later and covers 1.21 – 1.21.1 for NeoForge in a client and server setup, so it overlaps this mod on the same loader and version. CookedMelons is for NeoForge on 1.21.1 only and is All rights reserved, so its code is not open source. Enchanted Glistering Melon Slice runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 with a server-required, client-optional environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gild N' Glisten | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-16 |
| Better Glistering Melons | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-18 |
| CookedMelons | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-09 |
| Enchanted Glistering Melon Slice | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2025-11-03 |
Questions
Does Gild N' Glisten need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version does Gild N' Glisten support?
How is the Gilded Melon obtained?
In the catalog
Gild N' Glisten 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
Hello! This is my first (of hopefully many!) mods for Minecraft! The goal of this mod is to provide Glistering Melon Slices as a good mid-end game food source on par with golden carrots, as prior they have little to no use outside of brewing potions (and distracting piglins!)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gild-n-glisten
- Owner
- KodaBunn
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-09-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15