Hearts as Food
Hearts as Food lets players eat hearts for health in a Fabric food mod for 1.21.8.
What it does
An edible heart can be eaten to restore hearts, and the mod gives players a way to survive longer when food is short. The heart is craftable, and its recipe is shown in the gallery. Client and server both need the mod, so the server and every player install it. Builds exist for Fabric only, with 1.0.0 for 1.21.8 as the latest file, released under All rights reserved and not open source.
Key features
Edible hearts
A heart item can be eaten and adds health when consumed, extending how long a character lasts.
Craftable hearts
Hearts can be crafted from ingredients, and the recipe is listed in the mod gallery.
Health boost from food
Eating a heart raises the health total beyond the default, which is the core change the mod makes.
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
Spice of Life: Discovery is a Fabric food mod for 1.21.1 that the server requires while clients may leave it out, released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Rotting Food is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 for Fabric on 1.21 – 1.21.10 and runs on client and server together.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearts as Food | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-05-12 |
| Spice of Life: Discovery | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-06-29 |
| Rotting Food | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2026-02-23 |
In the catalog
Hearts as Food is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Welcome! This mod adds a edible heart that when eaten will give hearts. It is craftable and the recipe for it is shown inside the gallery! What does this mod add? The mod adds an edible heart that when eaten gives more hearts for you to survive longer!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hearts-as-food
- Owner
- passtheballaround
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15