Beef & Blade
Weapon-dependent drop rates for leather and beef
About this Mod
🥩 Beef & Blade ⚔️
Beef & Blade can be used serverside only, and will work with vanilla clients. Please report any problems/bugs to the issue tracker.
Since version 1.1.0, Beef & Blade is available as a datapack (or datapack wrapped as a mod)
What this datapack does
Leather is used in a huge number vanilla and modded recipes, yet is hard to reliably get early-game.
Beef & Blade rebalances cow drops by letting the player pick what resources they need from a cow by using different weapons.
Drop values can be fully customized in the mod's config file.
Vanilla Default Drops
Beef & Blade Defaults
With Beef & Blade installed, you can still obtain cow's default drops by killing them with any other weapon/tool/method that isn't direct attacks with a sword or axe.
Available Versions
How to Install Beef & Blade on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Beef & Blade". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21, 1.20.1, 1.19.3 (+1 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Beef & Blade server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack 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). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Beef & Blade compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and quilt?
Beef & Blade officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21, 1.20.1, 1.19.3. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Beef & Blade – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Beef & Blade 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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