Useless Milk
by arcanealloy
Useless Milk changes drinking milk so that it no longer clears active potion effects from the player.
What it does
In vanilla Minecraft, drinking milk removes every status effect the player has, including beneficial ones. This mod disables that property, so milk no longer strips potion effects after it is consumed. Effects from potions, food and other sources keep running until they expire on their own.
The change is aimed at survival and adventure play, where milk is often used as a cure. Players who drink milk for its other uses see no difference. Useless Milk is published for Forge and NeoForge across 23 release versions, 1.19.2 – 26.1.2, and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. The code is not open source, and the source code is available for reading under All rights reserved. It is compatible with the Milkshakes Milk Bottles Neapolitan mod.
Key features
Milk keeps effects active
Drinking milk no longer removes potion effects, so beneficial and harmful effects stay until their timers end.
Vanilla milk otherwise unchanged
Milk still fills hunger and works as the same item, with only the effect-clearing behaviour removed.
Compatible with milk item mods
The mod works alongside the Milkshakes Milk Bottles Neapolitan mod, so milk-based items from that mod keep their behaviour.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Survival with effects in play
A player who drinks milk after a fight keeps potion effects such as regeneration or strength without losing them.
Servers that change mechanics
Server owners who want milk to behave differently from vanilla can install the mod on the server and their players' clients.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who want potion and status effects to last when they drink milk, and who play with a Forge or NeoForge loader.
How it compares
Right Click and Milk is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1, open source under the MIT License, and it is a farmer's delight add-on rather than a change to milk effects. SelectiveMilk is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under the MIT License and is not open source. Raw Milk is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and is not open source. Useless Milk covers Forge and NeoForge only, for 1.19.2 – 26.1.2, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Useless Milk | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-04-19 |
| Right Click and Milk (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-18 |
| SelectiveMilk | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-03 |
| Raw Milk | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-01 |
Questions
Does Useless Milk need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Useless Milk support?
Does Useless Milk change how milk looks or fills hunger?
In the catalog
Useless Milk is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/useless-milk
- Owner
- arcanealloy
- Published
- 2023-09-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15