
Useless Items
A simple mod aimed at making some items less useless.
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About this Mod
Mechanics and Recipes:
Wandering Trader
- Break discs on cobblestone to obtain broken discs
- Broken discs can be traded with a Wandering Trader for a Trident.
Rotten Flesh
- Restores maximum health to dogs and cats
- Can be converted into bones
- Using it at a Brewing Stand makes a zombification potion
Zombification Potion
- When drunk, it provides effects of strength, health boost, and hunger for 5 minutes
- By left-clicking on a villager with this potion, you transform them into a zombie
Feather
- They can be used to repair elytra
Wet Sponge
- Right-clicking on a cursed item removes the curse
Dead Bush
- If placed on a block of dirt, it becomes a sapling
- Can be crafted using sticks
Oil Bottle
- A oil bottle made from seeds lasts three times longer than coal
Honey
- Honey bottle complete recovery saturation
- Click on a beehive with a pot to fill it with honey
- Having a pot of honey in your inventory, by right-clicking with a glass bottle you can fill it with honey the pot's uses vary from 1 to 50 uses
Lily of the valley
- Crafting an immunity option makes you immune to negative effects for 10 minutes
Compass
- Right-clicking on it reveals the location of nearby mobs
Eggfication Potion
When thrown at a turtle, chicken, or villager, it turns into an egg
There is a 1% chance of a chicken turning into a Golden egg
The golden egg spawns a hen that lays gold nuggets
Emerald Pickaxe
- When crafted, it receives a Fortune enchantment
Dog Treat
- Grants a damage buff to your wolf for 1 minute
Poisoned Potato: Paralyzation potion
- Applies a weakness, slowness, and blindness effect to the target for 30 seconds
Enchanted Bottle
Holding a book in your off-hand and a bottle in your main hand, you can make enchanted bottles
Use a book in your main hand to transfer your experience levels to another player by right-clicking on it
Using 9 Bottles o’ Enchanting and a Heart of the Sea, you can craft an Enchanted Heart
Filters
Automatically deletes unwanted items from your inventory (It doesn't work in creative mode)
Mob filter: bones, rotten flesh, arrow, feathers
Miner filter: andesite, diorite, gravel, granite
MinerMan Potion
- Apply the haste and speed for 5 minutes
- It can be found in loot
Enchanted Heart
Right-click to activate
It provides regeneration, health boost, and stamina effects that become stronger with each heart level gained
To increase the heart level, you need to kill the mobs required in the item description
Hearts can regress in level if you die
The hearts have alternative options that guarantee a 100% chance of upgrade
Killing a skeleton horse while having any heart in your inventory will advance you to the max level
Enchanted hearts do not burn in lava
LVL1 | Regression chance: 0% | Upgrade chance: 5% | Alt: Witch
LVL2 | Regression chance: 50% | Upgrade chance: 0,5% | Alt: Endermite
LVL3 | Regression chance: 5% | Upgrade chance: 50% | Alt: Ender dragon
LVL4 | Regression chance: 0,5% | Upgrade chance: 100% | Alt: Skeleton Horse
- A enchanted heart level 5 can become a disenchanted heart to recover it, it needs to be placed on a Smithing Table along with an enchanted bottle
Available Versions
How to Install Useless Items on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.8).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Useless Items". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.8, 1.21.1, 1.20.4 (+3 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Useless Items 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 Useless Items compatible with forge and neoforge?
Useless Items officially supports forge, neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.21.1, 1.20.4. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Useless Items – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Useless Items 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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