Leather Craft
by yigitguven
Leather Craft lets players cook Rotten Flesh in a furnace to get leather, so zombie drops are no longer thrown away.
What it does
Rotten Flesh can be smelted into leather, a resource that many recipes use. The recipe works in a standard furnace, and the mod offers faster and slower cooking options for players who want to tune the pace. Players who have built up large stocks of zombie drops can convert them without setting up any new machine.
Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Leather Craft is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 32 release versions, 1.16.1 – 1.21.11. Source code, an issue tracker and a wiki are linked from the project.
Key features
Rotten Flesh smelting
Rotten Flesh is added as a furnace input that produces leather, so drops from zombies gain a use.
Faster cooking option
A variant recipe cooks Rotten Flesh into leather more quickly than the standard furnace time.
Slower cooking option
A slower variant gives a relaxed pace for players who prefer a longer smelting process.
Source code and releases
The source code is available on GitHub, and builds are provided through GitHub Releases.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x5 of 5 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Turning drops into leather
Players who farm zombies can route Rotten Flesh into the furnace instead of discarding it, turning a common drop into a crafting material.
Who it’s for: Survival players who collect zombie drops and want a use for them, and server owners who want a small utility mod that adds one smelting recipe.
How it compares
Rotten Flesh into Leather is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20 – 26.1.2 and is not open source, under the MIT License. Rotten Flesh To Leather by Tia is server-side only, runs on 1.19.4 – 26.2 and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Leather Craft covers a wider range of game versions and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather Craft | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-06-01 |
| Rotten Flesh into Leather | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 26.1.2 | Not published | 2026-05-08 |
| Rotten Flesh To Leather | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.4 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-06-16 |
Questions
Does Leather Craft have to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does Leather Craft support?
Is there a version gap for Leather Craft?
In the catalog
Leather Craft is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Leather Craft is a simple but essential utility mod for Minecraft that allows you to convert Rotten Flesh into Leather by cooking it. No more throwing away potential resources!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/leather-craft
- Owner
- yigitguven
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15