
Improved Rotten Flesh
This mod adds in some basic additional uses for Rotten Flesh in Minecraft.
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About this Mod
Welcome to the Improved Rotten Flesh mod, this mod aims to give some extra uses to rotten flesh as currently in Minecraft it doesn't have many purposes, this mod will change that and make rotten flesh a useful resource inside of your world. Some changes are the Rotten Golem, which drops the Rotten Sword when slain, or the ability to turn rotten flesh into leather using a furnace.
Full list of features:
Rotten flesh to leather; When using this mod you can convert rotten flesh to leather by putting rotten flesh into a furnace.
Rotten flesh to cured meat; Rotten flesh can now become cured meat by putting the rotten flesh inside of a smoker.
Cured Meat; Cured meat is made from rotten flesh, and when eaten it gives you some hunger bars back, as well as speed, however cured meat also gives you poison.
Potion of Undying; The potion of undying will give you regeneration and strength at the cost of slowness and bad luck, the potion of undying is made from putting rotten flesh, and a bone into a brewing stand and leaving it to brew.
Rotten Flesh Blocks; The rotten flesh blocks are made out of nine rotten flesh that are put inside of a crafting table, and are used to summon the Rotten Golem.
Rotten Golem' The Rotten Golem is spawned when a rotten flesh block is placed on top of another rotten flesh block, and a pumpkin is placed on top of the rotten flesh block, when the Rotten Golem is spawned it will summon five zombies to aid it in battle, and when the Rotten Golem is hurt it will give itself the regeneration and strength effects making the battle against it even harder. Upon the Rotten Golem's defeat the Rotten Golem will drop the Rotten Sword.
Rotten Sword; The Rotten Sword when held in your hand will give you regeneration, strength, unluck, and slowness, as well as does 4 damage, and has a durability of 18, and when a mob is attacked they are inflicted with poison, slowness, weakness, and wither, however when the Rotten Sword is combined with a Nether Star it becomes the Enchanted Rotten Sword, which when held in your hand gives you regeneration four, speed four, strength four, and luck four, as well as doing 15 attack damage, having 256 durability, and inflicting enemy mobs with wither five, poison five, slowness five, and weakness five when hit with the blade.
Available Versions
How to Install Improved Rotten Flesh on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set neoforge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the neoforge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.8).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Improved Rotten Flesh". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.8, 1.21.4, 1.21.1 (+1 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Improved Rotten Flesh server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong neoforge 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 Improved Rotten Flesh compatible with neoforge?
Improved Rotten Flesh officially supports neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.21.4, 1.21.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Improved Rotten Flesh – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Improved Rotten Flesh 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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