Scarcity

Scarcity

Scarcity adds options to make resources a bit more scarce, including hunger value modification, limited water bottles, and nerfed falling block physics.

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About this Mod

Scarcity

About

Scarcity adds options to make resources a bit more scarce, including configurable hunger values, nerfed falling block physics, limited water bottle pickup, and seeds for trees and crops that are missing them.

This mod was created for my modpack, Desolate Planet, but the features it adds will hopefully be useful to other modpacks as well.

Features

  • Configurable hunger and saturation rates
    • Hunger depletion rate from:
      • Movement, including walking, sprinting, jumping, swimming, and more
      • Attacking and taking damage
      • Global exhaustion gain rate
      • Optional passive exhaustion drain
    • Regeneration, including:
      • Fast and slow regeneration rates
      • Hunger level thresholds at which fast and slow regeneration occur
      • Hunger depletion rate during regeneration
  • Limited water bottle pickup, consuming the water source block and filling four bottles at a time
  • Falling block breaking adjustments, giving them a chance to break and partial blocks they land on (chance is based on the broken block's hardness)
  • Seeds for various plants that normally would not have them (these are intended for modpack makers on skyblock-style maps and do not spawn or drop naturally)
    • Seeds for all vanilla saplings (oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, cherry, but not including non-sapling trees like mangrove, crimson, or warped)
    • Seeds for foods that don't already have them (potatoes, carrots, and sweet berries)
    • Seeds for other plants (cactus, sugar cane, and bamboo)
    • Seeds for some other modded plants (currently just Farmer's Delight Onion and Thermal's rubberwood sapling)

Suggestions

You can reach me with suggestions or bug reports by making an issue on the GitHub page. If preferred, I will respond to any messages in the Discord server for my current modpack, Desolate Planet. Feel free to reach out to me there as well.

Any proceeds from this mod will be donated to GiveWell.

Available Versions

Scarcity 1.1.5release
MC 1.20, 1.20.1forge
June 4, 2026
Scarcity 1.1.4release
MC 1.20, 1.20.1forge
May 12, 2026
Scarcity 1.1.3release
MC 1.20, 1.20.1forge
March 11, 2026
Scarcity 1.1.2release
MC 1.20, 1.20.1forge
March 6, 2026
Scarcity 1.1.1release
MC 1.20, 1.20.1forge
February 20, 2026

How to Install Scarcity 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 (1.20.1).

3

Install Mod

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

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.20.1, 1.20

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Scarcity 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 (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Scarcity compatible with forge?

Scarcity officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.20. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Scarcity – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Scarcity 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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Details

License
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International
Server-side
Required

Supported Versions

1.20.11.20