HoneyPots
by catfisj
HoneyPots lets bees turn pollinated flowers into honey potions with effects, so a Nether wart is no longer needed for the recipe.
What it does
Honey potions take their effect from the flower a bee pollinated. The mod ships a built-in datapack, honeypots:pre, in which blue orchids take the role that Nether wart plays in vanilla brewing, which allows honey potions to be made without the Nether. Potion recipes can be defined and overridden through datapacks, so a world can change which flowers produce which effects.
The mod works completely server-side, and the server is the side that needs it. Clients can run it as an optional addition to see a custom texture for honey potions, though the client-side part does little on its own without a way to apply the potion. Optional integration with Reliable Recipe Viewer (RRV) and WTHIT is included.
HoneyPots requires Fabric API and is published for Fabric only, with files for 26.1.2. The latest file, 1.1.4, is dated 2026-05-21. The code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later.
Key features
Flower-based honey effects
Each flower a bee pollinates sets the effect of the honey it produces, so the flower choice matters.
Nether-free brewing path
The built-in datapack lets blue orchids stand in for Nether wart, so honey potions can be brewed without travel to the Nether.
Datapack-driven recipes
Potion recipes can be defined and overridden in datapacks, letting world makers rebalance which effects appear.
Custom honey potion texture
A custom texture is shown for honey potions on the client, when the client has the mod installed.
Gallery
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.
Required 1
Optional 2
Use cases
Survival brewing without the Nether
Players who have not reached the Nether can still brew honey potions by using blue orchids and pollinated flowers.
Server-side potion balancing
Server owners can change which flowers grant which effects by editing the datapack recipes.
Who it’s for: Server owners and datapack authors who want honey potions tied to bee pollination, and players on those servers who brew them.
How it compares
Uncraftable Nether Wart Blocks is a Fabric server-side mod, open source under the MIT License, with files for 26.1.2 – 26.2. Beekeeping Pollinated is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1, released under the MIT License and not open source, and it needs both client and server. Easy Honey is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.21.11 that is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HoneyPots | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-05-21 |
| Uncraftable Nether Wart Blocks | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-15 |
| Beekeeping Pollinated | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-23 |
| Easy Honey | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-05-08 |
Questions
Does HoneyPots need Fabric API?
Does the server need HoneyPots?
Can HoneyPots work without Nether wart?
In the catalog
HoneyPots is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Pots being short for Potions, of course. This mod makes it possible for honey to grant potion effects, if bees pollinate nether wart! The resulting effect(s) are then based on the flowers they pollinate after the nether wart.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/honeypots
- Owner
- catfisj
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15