Vegan Life
by FunkyToc
Vegan Life is a server-required data pack and mod that changes how players obtain food, crafts and farm products, with a vegan play style as its focus.
What it does
Vegan Life sets up a playthrough in which meat, fish, wool and animal-derived items are removed or replaced, and players are guided toward plant-based alternatives. Advancements and tutorials explain the rules, and the in-game advancements panel can be opened with the default L key. Vegan Crafts and recipes cover items such as paper, feathers, hay, beds and string, and a totem stand can be built as a vegan variant.
The server must run the mod, while a client can join without installing it. Packaging is meant to make installation more convenient, and the data pack form lets a world use the rules without a Java mod loader. The author notes that the mod is intentionally neutral about diet choice, since it applies only to players who opt in. Files cover Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.17 – 1.21.11, and the code is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license, so the mod is not open source.
Key features
Plant-based playthrough
Meat, fish and animal products are replaced by plant-based options, so a world can be played without them.
Advancements and tutorials
Advancements and tutorial entries explain the rules, and they can be opened from the advancements panel with L.
Vegan crafts and recipes
Recipes provide paper, feathers, hay, beds, string and similar items that replace animal-based materials.
Data pack version
A data pack form lets a world adopt the rules without installing a loader-specific mod.
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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 and server owners who want a plant-based survival setting. Only the server needs the mod, so players can join without installing it.
How it compares
Vegan Delight is open source under the MIT License, for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.20 – 1.21.1, and it runs on client and server, so both sides need it. Spare the Animals is not open source under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, is built for Forge and NeoForge across 1.16 – 26.3, and is server required with client optional, which matches Vegan Life's server-side setup.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegan Life | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-29 |
| Vegan Delight | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-07 |
| Spare the Animals | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-17 |
Questions
Does Vegan Life need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Vegan Life support?
Can Vegan Life be used without a mod loader?
In the catalog
Vegan Life is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Play as a vegan. By standing on the totem you built, you commit yourself to the path of respect! This datapack try to make the vegan life style fun and educational. I made it neutral, because this way of life is personnal and only you can chose if you want it or not. So, it is not perfect, and any suggestion is…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vegan-life
- Owner
- FunkyToc
- Published
- 2024-05-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15