
Vegan Mob Drops
Recipes replacing passive mob drops for players who don't like killing friendly mobs
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About this Mod
Save the animals! This datapack provides vegan* recipes for the following mob drops:
- Ink sacs (and black dye)
- Glow ink sacs
- Rabbit hide (use to create leather)
- Rabbit foot
- Cod
- Salmon
- Pufferfish
- Tropical fish
- Feathers
- Bones (using bone meal from a composter)
- String
- Honey bottles
- Honeycomb
- Slime blocks
- Turtle and armadillo scutes
It also contains the classic wool to string and rotten flesh to leather recipes.
*All base components can be made without animal drops. Example: For leather, you need four rabbit hide. Craft rabbit hide with paper, string and honeycomb. Use wheat to craft the string, and honey blocks (made from honey bottles, which are made with sugar, small flowers and water bottles) and bone meal (from a composter) to craft the honeycomb.
Also check out Craftable Vegan Hostile Mob Drops, for those who play in peaceful.
License
This pack is available under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license. You have permission to modify and share this pack under the following conditions:
- You don't use it to make money.
- You give credit (by keeping credits.txt and not modifying the attribution advancements). If you publish the pack online or in a modpack, include a link back to the original Modrinth page.
- You distribute your modified pack under the same CC-BY-NC-SA license.
Available Versions
How to Install Vegan Mob Drops 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 (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Vegan Mob Drops". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9 (+18 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Vegan Mob Drops 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 (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Vegan Mob Drops compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
Vegan Mob Drops officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9. 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 Vegan Mob Drops – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Vegan Mob Drops 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