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Hot Potato

by ZXTCG

Hot Potato adds a food item with a twist to NeoForge for 1.21.1, and the twist can hurt the player who eats it.

NeoForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.21.1

What it does

The item is a potato that behaves like ordinary food, but eating it can damage nearby players and entities and can also damage the eater, so players weigh its use before consuming it. Hot Potato keeps the item in inventories and can make it harmful even when it is only carried. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Only NeoForge builds exist, and the single game version is 1.21.1.

Deaths caused by the potato come with their own funny death messages that name the item, which makes those deaths distinct from other losses in a session. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source, so its code cannot be reused under an open license. Its first file, 1.0.0 for 1.21.1, was published on 2026-07-07, the same day the page was created.

Key features

  1. A food item with a twist

    The potato is an ordinary-looking food item, but eating it has an effect that is not expected from most food.

  2. Damage to nearby players and entities

    Holding the potato in the inventory can damage players and entities nearby, so it is not a safe item to keep.

  3. Deaths decided by eating

    Eating the potato can kill the player who eats it, which lets a player choose a fatal outcome deliberately.

  4. Custom death messages

    Deaths caused by the hot potato show messages written for that cause, separate from the standard death text.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.11.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who want a cursed food item for survival or multiplayer worlds on NeoForge 1.21.1, and server owners who run a shared world on the same loader.

How it compares

Full comparison

Good Luck Potato! also adds a potato-based item, but it is for Fabric and NeoForge with 1.21.7 – 26.1 files, under a custom license, and it is not open source. Sweet Potato for NeoForge 1.21.1 is under the MIT License and is not open source, so it is a closer match for the same loader and version as Hot Potato, which stays under All rights reserved. Sweet Potato (SweetPotato) is the open-source option on the same loader and version, under the MIT License.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Hot PotatoNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2026-07-07
Good Luck Potato!Fabric and NeoForge1.21.7 – 26.1Client and server2026-04-07
Sweet PotatoNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2026-06-17
SweetPotatoNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2025-11-07

Questions

Does Hot Potato need another mod to run?

No dependencies are listed for it. No required dependency is listed for NeoForge.

Does the server need Hot Potato installed?

Yes. Installation covers the server and each player's game.

Which loader does Hot Potato use?

Only NeoForge builds are published, so Fabric and Forge players cannot install it.

Can the potato hurt the player who eats it?

Yes. Eating the potato can kill the player who eats it, which is the point of the item.

In the catalog

Hot Potato 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.

Food mods6,151NeoForge modsMods for 1.21.132,366

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Official listing

Owner
ZXTCG
Published
2026-07-07
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-07
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

CursedFood
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