Trails and Nails
Trails and Nails is a Forge food mod that turns eating fingernail-related foods into a power system with twenty levels.
What it does
Trails and Nails adds a fingernail block and a set of meals built from fingernails, such as a Fingernail Sandwich made with bread and three fingernails, and a Fingernail Cereal. Crafting the fingernail block takes nine fingernails. Placed in the world, the block damages entities that walk over it fairly quickly and affects gravity for the items and mobs nearby.
The mod introduces a fingernail power mechanic. Eating fingernail-related food raises the player's fingernail power, and the amount gained depends on the food consumed. Total power runs through 20 levels, and each new level grants a bonus, including small increases to movement speed, damage and knockback. Fingernail meals combined with other ingredients give a slight extra bonus. The bundled food values are a sandwich that restores 6 hunger and 7.2 saturation, and the mod is written for players who want a food progression with a small horror edge.
Trails and Nails is built for Forge, with client and server both needing it, and files cover 1.19.4 and 1.20.1. The latest file is 1.4 for 1.20.1, published on 2025-09-29. The mod is released under the AFL-3.0 License and is not open source.
Key features
Fingernail block
A placeable block crafted from nine fingernails that damages entities walking across it.
Fingernail power levels
Eating fingernail foods adds to a power total that climbs through 20 levels, each granting a bonus.
Fingernail meals
A sandwich and a cereal use fingernails as an ingredient and restore hunger and saturation when eaten.
Ingredient combinations
Fingernail meals made with other ingredients add a slight extra bonus to the power gained.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy food-focused progression and odd, unsettling themes, and server owners who want a food mechanic with level-based bonuses.
How it compares
Tough as Nails Compat is a server-side only Forge mod for 1.20.1, released under the MIT License and open source, so players can join without installing it. Cereal Bar Mod is a Forge mod with client and server environment for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the MIT License and is not open source. CraftersKitchen runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 with client and server environment, licensed under the MIT License and open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trails and Nails | Forge | 1.19.4 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-29 |
| Tough as Nails Compat | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-08-31 |
| Cereal Bar Mod | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-04-18 |
| CraftersKitchen | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-04 |
Questions
Does Trails and Nails need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does Trails and Nails support?
How does the fingernail power grow?
In the catalog
Trails and Nails is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Hello, player! Welcome to Trails and Nails, a mod focused on a new resource - fingernails! Hope you enjoy! Have a fantastic finger-biting experience!:D
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/trails-and-nails
- Owner
- RealSkullface
- Published
- 2023-07-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15