Golden Apple Timer
While a Golden Apple or Enchanted Golden Apple is being eaten, a countdown for the remaining eating time appears right under the crosshair in the Golden Apple Timer client mod.
What it does
Golden Apple Timer shows a live countdown beneath the crosshair from the moment a player starts eating a golden apple until the eating finishes. The timer ticks down in tenths of a second, from 1.6s to 0.0s, and disappears at once if the eating is cancelled. Because the number sits directly under the crosshair, a player can keep watching the fight and still judge when the next hit is safe to take.
Both apple types are supported. The mod detects whichever one is being eaten, so regular and enchanted golden apples share the same display. The timer uses Minecraft's native text system and respects the HUD visibility settings, so it reads as part of the interface rather than a separate overlay. Players can change its colour and size from the settings screen, which includes a live preview, reachable through Mod Menu or from the mod's own settings. The mod is client-side only, so a server needs no installation for it to work.
The mod is published for Fabric on Minecraft 1.21.11 only. Fabric Loader 0.18.0 or newer is required, and Fabric API and Cloth Config are needed as dependencies. The code is licensed under the MIT License, and the project is not open source.
Key features
Live eating countdown
A timer below the crosshair counts down in tenths of a second while a golden apple is eaten, then vanishes on completion or cancel.
Both apple types
Regular golden apples and enchanted golden apples are both detected, and the timer follows whichever one the player eats.
Colour options
A fixed colour can be picked with sliders for each channel, or a dynamic colour mode that shifts smoothly as the countdown runs down.
Adjustable scale
The timer text can be enlarged or reduced to suit the screen resolution, GUI scale and personal preference.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Fast gapple is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 that runs on the client and server together, and it is released under All rights reserved. GapOptimizer is client-side only, published for 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, so it covers a narrower version range than Golden Apple Timer does not. No Golden Apples is server-side only, for 1.21 – 1.21.10, and is All rights reserved, so it works on a different side of the connection.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Apple Timer | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-10-13 |
| Fast gapple | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-14 |
| GapOptimizer | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-20 |
| No Golden Apples | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Server-side only | 2025-12-01 |
Questions
Does Golden Apple Timer need Fabric API?
Does a server need Golden Apple Timer installed?
Can the timer be moved or resized?
In the catalog
Golden Apple Timer is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Golden Apple Timer is a lightweight, client-side Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.21.11 that displays a countdown while you eat a Golden Apple or Enchanted Golden Apple. No more needing to guess whether your apple will land before you take that next hit, the timer shows you exactly how much eating time remains, right below…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/golden-apple-timer
- Owner
- MestyTheBesty
- Published
- 2026-07-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15