The purpose of this datapack is to make food more useful so that players eat more than just steaks and golden carrots.<\/p>\n
Main features:
\n– Players gain additional effects when consuming food or water
\n– Effects are divided between several food types
\n– Non-stackable foods give long-lasting effects, stackable foods give short and weak effects<\/p>\n
Starting with Food Update 2.0, the default datapack ignores items with `custom_model_data` or `custom_data` to avoid preventing you from creating new food using datapacks.<\/p>\n
### Huge update for 1.21.2+
\nFood Update 2.0 is here!
\nDon’t agree with the balance? Create your own! A brand new preset system allows you to customize the effects of dozens of items in a single file. Minimum requirements to get started! You can even create an addon to easily share and manage presets you’ve written. Would you like to know more?<\/p>\n
Are you a food datapack creator? Use Food Update presets as a handy tool! Customize effects of custom food in a single file.<\/p>\n
Playing with mods? I’m not sure it’s the best option, but Food Update doesn’t have any restrictions on modded food. At least as far as Minecraft advancements allow.<\/p>\n
### Other recommendations
\nFood Update isn’t balanced for vanilla potions, but I believe this datapack makes gameplay a little deeper. You can also download “Amplified Potion Effects” datapack (1.20.5+) to enhance vanilla potions.<\/p>\n
If you’ve created an add-on for Food Update, please contact me so I can add a link to it. Please do not distribute add-ons as Food Updates with modified presets to avoid compatibility issues.<\/p>\n
### Can I use this data pack with custom food?
\nThe default datapack is configured to not give effects for consuming custom food. However, you can add it to a preset yourself by following the wiki and configure unique effects distinct from the base item.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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