LemonSkin
by myxazaur
LemonSkin shows food values, saturation and exhaustion on screen, and it is a Forge continuation of AppleSkin for Minecraft 1.12.2.
What it does
Holding a food item shows the hunger and saturation it would restore, and tooltips list the food value of each item. A HUD overlay visualizes the current saturation and exhaustion, and a debug overlay on the F3 screen shows the hunger, saturation and exhaustion values. Two rendering modes are available, named Legacy and Modern, and the Modern mode backports several visualizations from newer AppleSkin releases.
The mod is a fork of AppleSkin made specifically for 1.12.2, and its stated goals are fixing existing bugs in that version and backporting useful features from newer versions. New features are also added on top of the original. Forge is the only loader it is published for, and the Forge build targets 1.12.2 alone.
Only the client needs LemonSkin, so players install it and the server can run without it. The source code and issue tracker are public, and the mod is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Food value tooltips
Tooltips show the hunger and saturation restored by each food item in the inventory.
Saturation and exhaustion HUD
A HUD element displays the current saturation and exhaustion levels while the player is in the world.
Potential restoration preview
Holding food shows how much hunger, saturation and health it would restore before it is eaten.
Debug overlay
The F3 debug screen gains hunger, saturation and exhaustion information for troubleshooting.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Planning meals
Players can compare foods by their restoration values before choosing what to eat in a survival run.
Checking exhaustion
The HUD lets players see how close their saturation and exhaustion levels are to changing their hunger.
Who it’s for: Players of Minecraft 1.12.2 with Forge who want food and hunger values visible on screen, and people who used AppleSkin and need a version that targets 1.12.2.
How it compares
AppleSkin is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod covering 1.10.2 – 26.3, released under The Unlicense, with a client or server optional environment. Retro Hunger Legacy is a Forge mod for 1.12.2 only that runs client and server under the MIT License. Hunger Plus is a Forge mod for 1.16.5, client and server, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. LemonSkin is a Forge mod for 1.12.2 alone that players must install on the client, while the server may run without it, and it is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LemonSkin | Forge | 1.12.2 | Client required, server optional | 2026-03-15 |
| AppleSkin | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.10.2 – 26.3 | Client or server, optional | 2026-09-17 |
| Retro Hunger Legacy | Forge | 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2025-05-14 |
| Hunger Plus | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2024-03-09 |
Questions
Does LemonSkin need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does LemonSkin use?
Is LemonSkin a fork of AppleSkin?
In the catalog
LemonSkin is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 2,920 mods support Minecraft 1.12.2.
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What the author says
LemonSkin is a fork of AppleSkin specifically made for Minecraft 1.12.2. Its main goals are: - Fixing existing bugs and issues in the 1.12.2 version of AppleSkin - Backporting useful features and functionality from newer versions of the mod - Adding new features to the mod
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/lemonskin
- Owner
- myxazaur
- Published
- 2025-08-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15