Butchery

Butchery

An immersive way of harvesting mobs

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Some of the blocks, mobs etc.

About this Mod

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🔪 What is Butchery?

Butchery is a mod that makes harvesting mobs and animals much much more immersive and fun. Whilst simply killing mobs is still an option with this mod installed, you have the added option of kill a mob with the new Butcher's Knife. Killing a mob with the butchers knife will cause the mobs corpse to drop instead of their original loot (with the exception of sheep, they drop their corpse in addition to their wool). Once you've aquired their corpses you're free to start the butchering process.

🥩 Features

Config file to customise the mod to your specific needs
Kill mobs with the new butchers knife to obtain their corpse (You can also use the Butcher enchant or enable any tool/weapon to obtain corpses in the config.
Hang corpses from hooks to drain their blood and begin the butchering process.
Skin corpses - Hang them on skin racks, dampen and cover in salt to obtain leather.
Cut up corpses hanging or on the butchers table to obtain different selections of meat (Farmers Delight food and Vanilla foods can be enabled as an alternative in the config)
Place corpses on the rotisserie and a campfire underneath to cook the meat
Fill a mincer with beef or lamb to obtain the minced version
Use the hammer to break open turtle shells
Various different decoration blocks including barrel of cod/salmon, jar, brain in a jar, singing salmon, head mounts, barrel of bones and more
Functional blocks such as butchers display (storage for food), spike trap (made from elder guardian drop damages and applies mining fatigue on contact)

🐖 Currently Included Mobs & Bosses

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Supported Mobs

🦬 Addons

Alex's Mobs - https://modrinth.com/mod/butchery-alexs-mobs-addon

🤩 Support Me

Creating this mod is taking me a lot of time and effort, if you'd like to support me and supply me with tasty italian fuel to continue with this mod and my others you can buy me a pizza by clicking the link below!
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YQU6QGQ5N9ALW  

📜 Common Questions

Q: Will you port to a version BELOW 1.20.1?
A: No, sorry this is not possible for me to do. Butchery will only ever update to newer versions of Forge.

Q: Fabric?
A: No, sorry.

Q: Can I request a compatibility?
A: Sure, head over to the discord and make a thread with your suggestion.

Q: How do I add mobs to the tag files so that they drop carcasses?
A: Download the butchery datapack and follow the guide in the description. You can download it here:
https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/data-packs/butchery-add-mobs-datapack

Available Versions

Butchery 5.1release
MC 1.21.8neoforge
May 27, 2026
Butchery 5.1release
MC 1.21.4neoforge
May 27, 2026
Butchery 5.1release
MC 1.21.1neoforge
May 27, 2026
Butchery 5.1release
MC 1.20.1forge
May 27, 2026
Butchery 5.0release
MC 1.21.8neoforge
May 17, 2026

How to Install Butchery on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.8).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Butchery". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forgeneoforge

Minecraft Versions

1.21.8, 1.21.4, 1.21.3 (+3 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Butchery server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.8). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Butchery compatible with forge and neoforge?

Butchery officially supports forge, neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.21.4, 1.21.3. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Butchery – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Butchery consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Supported Versions

1.21.81.21.41.21.31.21.21.21.11.20.1