I don't want to kill them!!
by MoonFather
I don't want to kill them!! changes how crafting works so that materials such as leather, ink, feathers and sap come from animal-free or plant-based sources.
What it does
The mod adds animal-friendly alternatives to recipes that normally need animal parts. Chickens drop feathers, leather can be salvaged from leather armor found in the world, and hardened fabric is available as a material in crafting recipes that would otherwise call for regular leather or rabbit hide. Ink can be made from plant sources, including a glowing variant made with glow berries, and plant ink is used where recipes would normally take squid ink. Tree sap can be turned into oil through a charcoal kiln that the mod provides.
The mod is built for families and players who want to craft books, backpacks and bundles without killing animals, and it can be used in a world where children play. Several recipes come with fallbacks, such as sunflower seeds, hemp seeds or canola, and the mod can be configured to accept blue dye or to leave out drying racks. It is published for Fabric and NeoForge with the Forge Config API Port required as a dependency. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files target 1.21.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, under a custom license that is not open source.
Key features
Feather drops from chickens
Chickens drop feathers, giving players a source for recipes that use them without any other change.
Plant-based ink
Plant ink is crafted from black dye and plant oil, and a glowing version is made with glow berries.
Hardened fabric
Hardened fabric is available as a crafting material, and recipes normally needing leather or rabbit hide can accept it.
Salvaged leather
Leather can be salvaged from leather armor found in the world, with the amount depending on how damaged the armor is.
Tree sap and oil
Tree sap can be turned into oil in a charcoal kiln, and synthetic oils are available as an optional course.
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
How it compares
Random Kill Effects is a Fabric server-side mod under the MIT License, covering 1.21.8 – 26.1.2. Scrap Leather runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.5 – 26.3 with the server required and the client optional, under All rights reserved. Create: Recipes Plus is client and server for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I don't want to kill them!! | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-07 |
| Random Kill Effects | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-09-20 |
| Scrap Leather | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-21 |
| Create: Recipes Plus | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-21 |
Questions
Does I don't want to kill them!! need Forge Config API Port?
Does the mod have to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders are supported?
In the catalog
I don't want to kill them!! is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This mod adds animal-friendly ways to craft a bundle or a book-and-quill. This is made mostly because author wants to play Minecraft with his children soon and does not want to explain to them that they need to kill eight cows for a backpack or three different animals for book-and-quill.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/i-dont-want-to-kill-them
- Owner
- MoonFather
- Published
- 2026-08-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15