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✨ Thirst & Decay ✨ Thirst System & Food Spoilage! [1.21.11-26.2]

Configurable thirst, dehydration and food spoilage for survival servers. Free Minecraft Java mod for 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21.

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A modern survival plugin that adds a complete hydration system and allows food to spoil over time.

Thirst & Decay gives players a maximum thirst value of 20/20. Thirst decreases while playing, with sprinting and swimming draining it faster. Food gradually changes condition before becoming spoiled or rotten.

✔ Paper & Purpur 1.21.11-26.2
✔ No dependencies



THIRST SYSTEM

Thirst & Decay adds a complete hydration mechanic with a maximum thirst value of 20/20.

Thirst decreases while players are online. Sprinting and swimming drain thirst faster, while drinking water bottles restores it.

✔ Thirst range from 0/20 to 20/20
✔ Thirst resets after death
✔ Thirst is saved through logout and restart
✔ Sprinting drains thirst faster
✔ Swimming drains thirst faster
✔ Water bottles restore thirst
✔ Drain rates can be changed in the configuration

DEHYDRATION

When thirst reaches zero, effects can be applied until the player drinks again.

Mining Fatigue and Slowness are enabled by default. Weakness and periodic damage can also be enabled or adjusted.

✔ Periodic health damage
✔ Adjustable damage interval
✔ Adjustable damage amount
✔ Effects are removed after drinking
✔ Dehydration warning appears


FOOD DECAY

Food spoils over time and moves through several condition stages.

✔ Fresh, Good, Aging, Stale, Spoiled and Rotten conditions
✔ Custom names and lore are preserved
✔ Enchantments and model data are preserved
✔ Timers continue through server restarts
✔ Food can remain stacked
✔ Moving food does not reset its timer

SPOILED FOOD

Spoiled food can still be eaten, but it may apply negative effects.

✔ Hunger effect enabled by default
✔ Optional Nausea
✔ Optional Poison
✔ Adjustable effect duration
✔ Adjustable effect strength
✔ Configurable spoiled-food lore
✔ Original food item remains unchanged


COOKING SUPPORT

Cooking food starts a fresh timer for the cooked result.

✔ Furnace support
✔ Smoker support
✔ Campfire support
✔ Cooked food does not keep the raw food timer


Support: https://discord.gg/X8Q7EKZHDh

Commands

Plugin details

Read from the plugin's own plugin.yml.

✨ Thirst & Decay ✨ Thirst System & Food Spoilage! [1.21.11-26.2] is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21, 26.1 and newer. Downloaded 47 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.

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