Resource Hogs

A resource hog is a modified pig that represents a resource. Players can obtain one in two ways: by applying a bucket of mud to a normal pig, which starts the conversion process, or by using a spawn egg for the hog, if a modpack makes one available. The default bucket of mud is crafted from a water bucket and a piece of dirt, each one input resource.

Once a hog exists, it digs up truffles in the blocks it is set to dig through, and each truffle drop is worth one input resource. Killing a hog drops bacon, a converted resource, with a default of one to three bacon per kill. Truffles are dug only from the space above the blocks the hog is allowed to dig, and a block left empty behind a removed truffle is broken automatically, so pistons and similar machines can automate the process.

Resource Hogs is intended for modpack authors, who can define each resource with its own properties: a unique lower case id that matches the file name, an array of inputs, an ore dictionary entry such as ore:oreDictName or a specific item in mod:item:meta format, the item output, the blocks the hog digs in and the block the hog looks like, all given in mod:id:meta format. The mod requires Bookshelf and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge only, for 1.12.2, with 1.0.15 as the latest file. The mod is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only and is open source, with public source code and an issue tracker.