Spice of Life: Valheim Updated
by evanbones
Spice of Life: Valheim Updated replaces the vanilla food meter with a three-slot food system, taking its model from Valheim and adding health regeneration from eaten food.
What it does
Each food item fills one of three slots and grants its benefits, such as increased health regeneration, until the timer on that slot runs out. A player cannot eat another food until the timer almost expires, so the choice of what to eat matters more than eating whatever is in reach. Golden Apples can still be eaten at any time.
The mod targets the problem that the vanilla hunger bar lets players chug a stack of bread, and it aims to reward a varied diet. Survival becomes harder because the player does not start with full hearts and must eat well, and combat is harder because hearts stop regenerating until the player has gone a few seconds without taking damage. Farming and cooking are rewarded because mediocre foods last less long.
The mod is required to install a food addon alongside it, and the author recommends Farmer's Delight for that purpose. It depends on Architectury API and Cloth Config API. It is published for Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1, and it is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Three food slots
Food fills one of three slots, and each slot counts down a set time before it empties.
Timed health regeneration
Eaten food grants increased health regeneration for as long as its slot lasts.
Limited eating cadence
A player cannot eat another food until the current timer nearly runs out, which discourages chugging one item.
Harder combat and survival
Hearts do not regenerate until the player has avoided damage for a few seconds, and a new character does not start at full hearts.
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 2
How it compares
Spice of Life: Valheim Reforged is for Forge and NeoForge, covers 1.20 – 26.1.2 and is under All rights reserved, so its source is not open. Spice of Life: Valheim Edition is for Fabric and Forge, covers 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, the same license as this mod. Food Overhaul is Fabric-only, covers 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spice of Life: Valheim Updated | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-16 |
| Spice of Life: Valheim Reforged | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-25 |
| Spice of Life: Valheim Edition | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-01-27 |
| Food Overhaul | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-15 |
Questions
Which loaders does Spice of Life: Valheim Updated support?
Does the server need Architectury API and Cloth Config API?
Does Spice of Life: Valheim Updated need a food mod?
In the catalog
Spice of Life: Valheim Updated is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Spice of Life: Valheim Edition completely overhaul's Minecraft's food meter to work like a proper survival game, taking after Valheim's food slot system, where food lasts for a set amount of time and provides you with health, regeneration, and other benefits. While not required, it is highly recommended to install a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sol-valheim-updated
- Owner
- evanbones
- Published
- 2025-12-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15