TerraVermis
TerraVermis adds earthworms to Minecraft, which players find by breaking dirt-type blocks and which then work on soil, compost and fishing.
What it does
Earthworms appear when players break dirt, grass block, rooted dirt, podzol or mycelium, and they also emerge in composters and on naturally moist soil. Once a worm is picked up, it can be used in several ways: eaten to restore a little hunger, thrown into a composter to speed composting, or used as bait to shorten fishing waits and improve loot. Worms die on polluted or unnatural blocks, so they are mostly found in natural terrain.
Soil work is part of the mod as well. Topsoil can be used in place of farmland to boost crop growth. Rain Fortune enchantments raise the chance of worm drops. Drop rates, composting behavior and growth boosts are set in JSON or common.toml files. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge, for 1.21.5 only, under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and the code is open source.
Key features
Earthworms from dirt
Breaking dirt, grass block, rooted dirt, podzol or mycelium can yield earthworms, and Rain Fortune raises the drop chance.
Worms as food
Eating a worm restores half a hunger point and one food point, which is a fallback when a player is starving.
Fishing bait
Worms used as bait shorten the time a catch takes and improve the loot that comes up.
Compost boost
Thrown into a composter, a worm speeds up the composting process.
Topsoil for crops
Topsoil can take the place of farmland and boosts crop growth on the blocks it covers.
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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.
How it compares
Worms! :3 is a Fabric-only client and server mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.3 under the MIT License and is not open source. Dirt Composting is also client and server, for Fabric and Quilt across 1.20 – 1.21.11, released under All rights reserved. Bulk Compost is open source under the MIT License and runs on the server alone, for Fabric and NeoForge files covering 1.21.1 – 1.21.4, so players join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TerraVermis | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-25 |
| Worms! :3 | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2026-05-26 |
| Dirt Composting | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-13 |
| Bulk Compost | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-01-22 |
Questions
Does TerraVermis need a loader API?
Must every player install TerraVermis?
Where can drop rates be changed?
In the catalog
TerraVermis is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
TerraVermis adds earthworms to Minecraft. Tiny but powerful creatures that improve soil fertility, speed up composting, and enhance fishing. All mechanics: drop rates, compost behavior, growth boosts are configurable via JSON or common.toml.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/terra-vermis
- Owner
- Daniel-Mendes
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15