How do I install Machete Delight?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Machete Delight work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Machete Delight

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by Steve_Steveson · on CurseForge

Collect Knife drops with Sweeping Edge , this mod gives you back the Machete that got discontinued when Nether Delight was replaced with My Nether Delight.

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge1 build
Mod loader Fabric1 build
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Fabric ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

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.

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The machete is a feature from the discontinued mod Nether's Delight. The machete comes in gold, iron, diamond and netherite. It is halfway between a sword and a knife.

It gives you Farmer's Delight knife-exclusive drops when used to kill mobs, but it can't be used on a cutting board.
It takes sword and knife enchantments, including Sweeping Edge and Backstabbing, but no tool enchantments, i.e. efficiency.
It has slightly lower damage and speed than a sword, and with enchants it has lower dps than a knife against single targets but makes up for it with Sweeping Edge.

The main purpose of the machete is killing mobs that have food drops in high efficiency mob farms where Sweeping Edge is a necessity.

Thanks to Nether's Delight for originally creating the machete and using the MIT license, allowing me to port over this feature I've missed so much.

You can technically run this mod without Farmer's Delight, although it wouldn't be very useful, because without the special drop, it's just a weaker sword.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.21.1
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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as machete_delight-0.1-1.21.1-neoforge.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 48 KB
Download link checked 4 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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