Hunger for mobs
by hssenbelfort
Hunger for mobs gives villagers their own hunger meter, so a villager that goes unfed suffers the same way a player would.
What it does
Hunger for mobs is a NeoForge mechanic that adds a hunger system to villagers, a group of entities it treats differently from the player. A newly arrived villager starts with a hunger meter at 100, and that value drops gradually, by 0.01 per tick. When the meter is low, the villager can recover by eating bread, carrots, cooked potatoes, beetroot or loaf items, each of which raises the meter by 10 when the player right-clicks the villager while holding one.
When the meter falls to 40, the villager gains a slowing effect. At 10, a villager has a 10 percent chance each second to turn into a zombie villager. Once the meter reaches 0, the villager keeps losing health until it dies. A villager at a hunger level of 60 or below only engages in its activities when its meter is above that level, and a villager that gathers crops or fishes can eat the food directly to raise its meter.
Key features
Per-villager hunger meter
Each villager tracks its own hunger value from 100 downward, separate from the player's food bar.
Staged consequences
Hunger brings a slowing effect at 40, a chance of zombification at 10 and health loss at 0.
Feeding by right-click
Holding a suitable food item and right-clicking a villager raises its meter, and the mod counts that as a charity act for the player.
Hunger check with a Debug stick
Right-clicking a villager while holding a Debug stick shows how hungry it is.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival challenge
The mechanic adds a feeding task to survival play, with villagers that need food to stay productive and alive.
Who it’s for: Players who want villagers to depend on food and survival worlds that use villager trading. It is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft 1.21.8 only, and it works on a client, a server or both.
Questions
Which loader does Hunger for mobs require?
Does the server need Hunger for mobs?
Why does a villager turn into a zombie?
In the catalog
Hunger for mobs is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 12,140 Game mechanics mods for NeoForge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Introduction/This amendment adds a starvation system to a specific group of entities (currently the villagers) to introduce a new kind of challenge in their quest for survival. > villagers Hunger - Each newly arrived villager has a hunger meter of 100. It gradually decreases by 0.01 per tick. It can regenerate and be…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hunger-for-mobs
- Owner
- hssenbelfort
- Published
- 2026-05-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15