Spoiling Food [BTW Addon]
by Arminias
Spoiling Food [BTW Addon] makes food and some ingredients spoil over time, with a different timer for each food type, so raw meat goes bad faster than cookies.
What it does
Spoiling Food [BTW Addon] is a Legacy Fabric addon for Minecraft 1.6.4 that works with the BTW mod. Food spoils at rates set by its type, and spoiled items become visible in their tooltips and inventories, so players can see what is still safe to eat. Some ingredients spoil while others stay fresh, and a few new spoiled foods carry a potion effect. Rotten flesh can be obtained without killing zombies, and certain non-spoiling late-game items are included as well.
Animals and plants are covered too. Animals that are not natural spawns age and die of old age. Older animals look different and have altered stats that matter for automation. Breeding farms are an option, and an animal stops being immortal after it has produced offspring, though animals will not age to death. Plants decay, so the natural and village crops need to be harvested before they go bad, and seeds decay as well. The mod is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and is not open source. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Builds cover 1.6.4 only, with 0.4.7+BTW3.1.0 as the latest Legacy Fabric file, published on 2026-05-25.
Key features
Spoiling food
Food spoils over time, with separate timers for each food type, such as raw meat compared with cookies.
Visible spoilage
The spoilage state of food is shown, so players can judge which items are still good to eat.
Spoiled food effects
Some spoiled food gives a new potion effect, and some ingredients spoil while others do not.
Aging animals
Non-natural animals age and die of old age, and older animals have different stats that matter for automation.
Decaying plants and seeds
Plants and seeds decay over time, so harvest timing matters for natural and village crops.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Food management
Players who want food to matter in a survival world can plan meals and storage around spoilage timers.
Breeding farms
Animals can be kept in breeding farms, with the understanding that they lose immortality after producing offspring.
Who it’s for: Players who want survival food to run out or go bad, and who prefer food gameplay that adds challenge without serving as a plain nuisance.
Questions
Does Spoiling Food [BTW Addon] need the BTW mod?
Does the server need the mod?
Which versions are supported?
In the catalog
Spoiling Food [BTW Addon] is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder. 328 mods support Minecraft 1.6.4.
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What the author says
Goals - Leave fat as "realistic" as it is, but make it useful - Probably make the game harder overall lol - Add interesting gameplay rather than being a nuisance - Easily get rotten flesh without needing to kill zombies - Food will spoil Food Will Spoil! - Some ingredients also spoil - Different spoiling times per…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spoiling-food-btw-addon
- Owner
- Arminias
- Published
- 2026-01-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15