\ud83c\udf3f Nourished \u2014 Food variety finally matters.<\/p>\n
I got sick of Minecraft’s food system. There are other nutrition mods out there, but none of them did what I wanted or were updated for modern Minecraft, so I decided to build my own.<\/p>\n
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\u2764\ufe0f What you gain
\nWhen all six food groups are above 75%, you get:<\/p>\n
Health Boost I \u2014 passively while balanced
\nRegeneration I \u2014 passively while balanced<\/p>\n
Let any single group drop below 25% and a debuff kicks in:<\/p>\n
| Group | Neglect Penalty |
\n|—|—|
\n| \ud83c\udf3e Grains | Weakness I |
\n| \ud83e\udd66 Vegetables | Slowness I |
\n| \ud83e\udd69 Proteins | Mining Fatigue I |
\n| \ud83c\udf4e Fruits | Unluck I |
\n| \ud83c\udf6c Sugars | \u2014 |
\n| \ud83e\udd5b Dairy | \u2014 |<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Sugars and Dairy have no penalty effect by default \u2014 these groups are tracked and affect your balance score but do not apply a debuff when depleted. This is configurable.<\/p>\n
## \ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f Eating at full hunger<\/p>\n
Vanilla hunger prevents eating at full hunger, so Nourished allows foods to still provide nutrition even when your hunger bar is full.<\/p>\n
Both behaviors are configurable: `blockHeavyMeals` and `blockLightFood` toggles give server admins full control.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udcfa The HUD<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Press **H** to enter edit mode. Drag it anywhere, resize it, anchor it to any corner. Zero bars hide automatically so it never feels cluttered.<\/p>\n
Press **N** to open the full config menu in-game.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udccb The Diet Screen<\/p>\n
Open it from your inventory for a full nutrition overview.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Six color-coded bars sit on screen while you play. You always know where you stand without opening anything.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcf8 *Screenshots taken with PureBDCraft resource pack. UI works on vanilla textures but will appear in the default Minecraft style.*<\/p>\n
| What you see | |
\n|—|—|
\n| Trend arrows | Whether each group is rising or falling |
\n| Balance score | How evenly spread your nutrition is |
\n| Active effects | What your current diet is doing to you |
\n| Calorie tracking | Daily intake at a glance |
\n| Recently eaten | What you’ve had lately |
\n| Neglected categories | What you should probably eat next |<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## \ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f Variety is always rewarded<\/p>\n
Eating the same food repeatedly becomes less effective over time \u2014 so rotating what you eat always pays off. Memory fades naturally, so foods you’ve avoided recover their full value on their own.<\/p>\n
Repeated foods give diminishing returns for a while, so rotating foods is worth it.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83e\udd1d Broad Mod Compatibility<\/p>\n
If a mod adds food with `FoodProperties`, Nourished handles it automatically. No data files to write, no configs to edit.<\/p>\n
| Mod | Status |
\n|—–|——–|
\n| Farmer’s Delight | \u2705 Full |
\n| Pam’s HarvestCraft 2 | \u2705 Full |
\n| Create: Food | \u2705 Full |
\n| Croptopia | \u2705 Full |
\n| Farmer’s Croptopia | \u2705 Full |
\n| Croptopia Delight | \u2705 Full |
\n| Farm & Charm | \u2705 Full |
\n| Ender’s Delight | \u2705 Full |
\n| L_Ender’s Delight | \u2705 Full |
\n| Ars Delight | \u2705 Full |
\n| Autochef’s Delight | \u2705 Full |
\n| Spice of Life: Onion | \u2705 Full |
\n| KubeJS | \u2705 Full scripting support |
\n| Peak Stamina | \u2705 Nutrition affects stamina |
\n| JEI \/ REI \/ EMI | \u2705 Tooltips in recipe viewers |
\n| Legendary Survival Overhaul | \u26a0\ufe0f Effects disabled (LSO takes priority) |
\n| Any mod with FoodProperties | \u2705 Auto-classified |<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## \ud83d\udd27 Configurable to your server<\/p>\n
Everything ships with sensible defaults. Everything can be changed:<\/p>\n
– Toggle individual modules on or off
\n– Adjust decay rates and thresholds per nutrient
\n– Add, remove, or replace effects via `effects.json`
\n– Override anything through datapacks \u2014 no file editing needed
\n– Control eating behavior with `blockHeavyMeals` and `blockLightFood` toggles
\n– Save and share full config snapshots with a single share code<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## \ud83d\udce6 Datapack Support<\/p>\n
Everything in Nourished can be driven by datapacks with zero Java code:<\/p>\n
– **Nutrients** \u2014 define custom food groups
\n– **Food classification** \u2014 assign items to nutrient bars via item tags under `data\/nourished\/tags\/item\/nutrients\/`
\n– **Effects** \u2014 add or replace buff\/debuff rules via `effects.json`
\n– **Food overrides** \u2014 override specific item nutrition values via `food_overrides.json`
\n– **Food values** \u2014 adjust category multipliers via `food_values.json`
\n– **Colors** \u2014 customize HUD bar colors via `colors.json`<\/p>\n
The built-in **Food Scanner** tool auto-classifies unknown foods and can write a ready-to-use datapack directly into your save with one click.<\/p>\n
### Example \u2014 Adding a food to a nutrient tag<\/p>\n
Create the following file inside your datapack:<\/p>\n
“`
\nyour_datapack\/
\n data\/
\n nourished\/
\n tags\/
\n item\/
\n nutrients\/
\n vegetables.json
\n“`<\/p>\n
“`json
\n{
\n “replace”: false,
\n “values”: [
\n {
\n “id”: “pamhc2foodextended:honeyglazedcarrotsitem”,
\n “required”: false
\n }
\n ]
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n
`”replace”: false` means your entries merge with Nourished’s defaults \u2014 nothing gets overwritten. Any mod’s food items can be classified this way with no Java required.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## \ud83d\udfe8 KubeJS Support<\/p>\n
Full KubeJS scripting support for custom nutrient events, food classifications, and diet hooks \u2014 no Java required.<\/p>\n
“`javascript
\nNourishedEvents.onNutrientChanged(event => {
\n if (event.nutrient === ‘proteins’ && event.level < 0.25) {\n event.player.tell('Eat some protein!')\n }\n})\n```\n---\n\n## \ud83c\udf10 For mod developers\n\nNourished ships a stable public API if you want to integrate with it:\n\n```java\nfloat level = NourishedAPI.getNutrientLevel(player, \"proteins\");\nNourishedAPI.registerNutrient(definition);\nNourishedAPI.registerFoodClassification(foodId, \"proteins\", 0.15f);\n```\n\nAPI elements are marked `@Stable`, `@Experimental`, or `@Internal` so you know exactly what you can rely on.\n\n---\n\n## \u2699\ufe0f Requirements\n\n- Minecraft 1.21.1\n- NeoForge 21.1.x\n\n---\n\n## \ud83d\udea7 Current Focus\n\n- Balancing nutrient decay\n- Expanding datapack support\n- Improving multiplayer syncing\n- Additional compat integrations\n- More HUD customization\n\n---\n~~~~\nMIT licensed \u2014 free to use in modpacks, forks, and addons.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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