ModsJava
Plant Based
I don't know my version or loader
Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.
No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.
Plant Based
Many important items in Minecraft can only be crafted with animal ingredients. Plant Based is a Minecraft mod which adds alternate, plant (or mineral) based recipes for important items that would otherwise use animals ingredients.
NOTE: The mod is compatible with Minecraft 1.21.2 and later, but no recipes since 1.18 have been added, since I don't currently play Minecraft and haven't kept track of new additions. Feel free to open issues on the issue tracker for new recipes.
Recipes Added
- Decorative
- Candles (honeycomb -> cocoa beans)
- Glow item frame (glow ink sac -> glow lichen)
- Item Frame (leather -> paper)
- Waxed copper block (honeycomb -> cocoa beans)
- Foods
- Cake (milk buckets -> water buckets, egg -> wheat seeds)
- Pumpkin pie (egg -> wheat)
- Items
- Sponge (six paper)
- String (one bamboo)
- Potions
- Harming (fermented spider eye -> mushroom stew)
- Invisibility (fermented spider eye -> glass)
- Poison (spider eye -> mushroom)
- Slowness (fermented spider eye -> snowball)
- Water breathing (pufferfish -> kelp)
- Weakness (fermented spider eye -> tulips)
- Tools
- Arrows (feather -> paper)
- Black dye (ink sac -> charcoal)
- Book and quill (feather -> stick, ink sac -> charcoal)
- Book (leather -> string)
Currently Broken Recipes
- Honey bottle (brew beetroot soup into empty glass bottle)
Minecraft Animal Ingredients
The animal based ingredients in Minecraft, and their uses are:
- Dragon egg
- Egg
- Crafting cake, pumpkin pie
- Feather
- Crafting arrows, book and quill, burst explosion fireworks
- Fermented spider eye
- Brew potion of weakness, potion of harming, potion of slowness, potion of invisibility
- Glow ink sac
- Crafting glow item frame
- Use on sign
- Honeycomb
- Crafting beehive, candles, honeycomb block, waxed copper
- Use on copper
- Honey bottle
- Food
- Crafting honey blocks
- Ink sac
- Crafting black dye, book and quill
- Leather
- Crafting books, item frames, leather armor, leather horse armor
- Milk bucket
- Crafting cake
- Removing status
- Pufferfish
- Food
- Feed to cats
- Brew potion of water breathing, mundane potion
- Rabbit hide
- Craft leather
- Rabbit's foot
- Brewing potion of leaping, mundane potion
- Raw/cooked beef
- Food
- Feed to wolves
- Raw/cooked chicken
- Food
- Feed to wolves
- Raw/cooked cod
- Food
- Feed to cats, wolves, dolphins
- Raw/cooked mutton
- Food
- Feed to wolves
- Raw/cooked porkchop
- Food
- Feed to wolves
- Raw/cooked rabbit
- Food
- Crafting rabbit stew
- Feed to wolves
- Raw/cooked salmon
- Food
- Feed to cats, wolves, dolphins
- Scute
- Craft turtle shell
- Repair turtle shell
- Spider eye
- Craft Fermented spider eye
- Brew potion of poison, mundane potion
- Sponge
- Absorb water
- String
- Crafting bow, crossbow, fishing rod, lead, loom, scaffolding, white wool
- Redstone component
- Tropical fish
- Food
- Feed to cats, wolves
- Turtle shell
- Wearing
- Brew potion of turtle master
- Wool
- Note block sound
- Crafting banners, beds, carpets, paintings
- Furnace fuel
Recipes Which Need Animal Ingredients
- Armor
- Leather horse armor (leather)
- Leather (leather)
- Turtle shell (scute)
- Decorative
- Banners (wool/string)
- Candles (wool/string, honeycomb)
- Carpets (wool/string)
- Glow item frame (glow ink sac)
- Item frame (leather)
- Paintings (wool/string)
- Waxed copper block (honeycomb)
- Wool (string)
- Foods
- Cake (egg, milk bucket)
- Cooked beef (raw beef)
- Cooked chicken (raw chicken)
- Cooked cod (raw cod)
- Cooked mutton (raw mutton)
- Cooked porkchop (raw porkchop)
- Cooked rabbit (raw Rabbit)
- Cooked salmon (raw salmon)
- Pumpkin pie (egg)
- Rabbit stew (raw rabbit)
- Other
- Loom (wool/string)
- Scaffolding (string)
- Potions
- Harming (fermented spider eye/spider eye)
- Invisibility (fermented spider eye/spider eye)
- Poison (spider eye)
- Slowness (fermented spider eye/spider eye)
- Water breathing (pufferfish)
- Weakness (fermented spider eye/spider eye)
- Tools
- Arrows (feather)
- Beds (wool/string)
- Black dye (ink sac)
- Book and quill (feather, ink sac, book/leather)
- Book (leather)
- Bow (string)
- Burst explosion fireworks (feather)
- Crossbow (string)
- Fishing rod (string)
- Lead (string)
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.4
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as mcplantbased-0.5.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 5 KB
- Download link checked 24 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.