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Withered Bone Meal

by OffsetMonkey538

Withered Bone Meal turns the vanilla bone meal item into a wither-themed variant that grows Nether plants and changes the blocks it acts on.

FabricNeoForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.19 – 26.3

What it does

Withered Bone Meal has a different effect from vanilla bone meal. Using it on grass, mycelium, podzol or rooted dirt replaces those blocks with dirt, and on mangrove roots it produces mud. Tall flowers are replaced with a wither rose or a dead variant, and wither roses can be grown too. Nether Wart, Nether Sprouts, Crimson and Warped Roots, and other plants respond to it as well, while blocks that the mod does not list are ignored.

Withered Bone Meal is obtained by crafting Withered Bones, which wither skeletons drop. Withered Bone Meal can also be crafted into decorative Withered Bone Blocks. The mod runs on Fabric and NeoForge, and both the server and every player need it. It requires Fabric API, Loot Table Modifier and MonkeyLib538, and it is open source under the MIT License. Files cover 28 release versions 1.19 – 26.3, and the latest builds are 3.1.2 for 26.3, published on 2026-09-27.

Key features

  1. Withered growth on Nether plants

    Nether Wart and Nether Sprouts grow with the withered variant, and wither roses can be produced from the bone meal.

  2. Block conversion

    Grass, mycelium, podzol and rooted dirt are replaced with dirt, and mangrove roots become mud when the item is used on them.

  3. Flower replacement

    Tall flowers turn into a wither rose or a dead variant instead of growing into their normal forms.

  4. Withered Bone Blocks

    Crafted decorative blocks made from the withered bone meal can be placed as building material.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.33.1.2+fabric+26.33.1.2+neoforge+26.3
26.23.1.2+fabric+26.13.1.2+neoforge+26.1
26.1.23.1.2+fabric+26.13.1.2+neoforge+26.1
26.1.13.1.2+fabric+26.13.1.2+neoforge+26.1
26.13.1.2+fabric+26.13.1.2+neoforge+26.1
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.113.0.0+fabric+1.21.53.0.0+neoforge+1.21.5
1.21.103.0.0+fabric+1.21.53.0.0+neoforge+1.21.5
1.21.93.0.0+fabric+1.21.53.0.0+neoforge+1.21.5
1.21.83.0.0+fabric+1.21.53.0.0+neoforge+1.21.5
1.21.73.0.0+fabric+1.21.53.0.0+neoforge+1.21.5
1.21.63.0.0+fabric+1.21.53.0.0+neoforge+1.21.5
1.21.53.0.0+fabric+1.21.53.0.0+neoforge+1.21.5
1.21.43.0.0+fabric+1.21.43.0.0+neoforge+1.21.4
1.21.33.0.0+fabric+1.21.23.0.0+neoforge+1.21.2
1.21.23.0.0+fabric+1.21.23.0.0+neoforge+1.21.2
1.21.13.0.0+fabric+1.21.13.0.0+neoforge+1.21.1
1.212.2.0+1.21Not available
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 3

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required
Loot Table ModifierAllows datapacks and mods to modify loot tables instead of replacing them. Loot modification is applied at data loading, so there's no performance impact during gameplay.
Required
MonkeyLib538A library mod for OffsetMonkey538's mods
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Better Withered Mobs is an open source Fabric mod under the Apache License 2.0 that covers 1.16.5 – 26.2, while Withered Bone Meal targets 1.19 – 26.3 on Fabric and NeoForge. Grass Seeds is server-side only and works on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.16.5 – 26.3, so players can join without installing it.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Withered Bone MealFabric and NeoForge1.19 – 26.3Client and server2026-09-27
Better Withered MobsFabric1.16.5 – 26.2Client and server2026-08-24
Grass SeedsFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.16.5 – 26.3Server-side only2026-10-02

Questions

Does Withered Bone Meal need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API, Loot Table Modifier and MonkeyLib538 are required dependencies, and they must be installed next to Withered Bone Meal.

Does the server need the mod?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

Which loaders are supported?

Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge only, with the latest builds covering 26.3.

In the catalog

Withered Bone Meal is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Well, Withered Bone Meal can do just that! Wither skeletons now drop Withered Bones, which can be crafted into Withered Bone Meal. Withered Bone Meal can be crafted into decorative Withered Bone Blocks, or used for any of the following actions: ### List of interactions: - Replaced - These blocks are replaced with…
OffsetMonkey538, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
OffsetMonkey538
Published
2022-07-13
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-27
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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