You Need Bait!

You Need Bait!

Dive into a deeper fishing experience with this mod, featuring fully custom 3D models and unique animations for every new fish you catch. Gear up with a specialized fishing rod that supports powerful modifiers to boost your haul.

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Screenshots

Tackle Box
You Need Bait! Screenshot 2
Minnow Trap

About this Mod

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Dive into a deeper fishing experience with this mod, featuring fully custom 3D models and unique animations for every new fish you catch. Gear up with a specialized fishing rod that supports powerful modifiers to boost your haul, and expand your toolkit with multiple bait types, a required hook, a handy tacklebox, a minnow trap, and more to discover.

Black Crappie
Catfish
Largemouth Bass
Muskellunge
Northern Pike
Pumpkinseed Bluegill
Walleye

Discord: https://discord.gg/q8wRhXzN7t

Patreon: patreon.com/YouNeedBait

Curseforge: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/youneedbait

Key Features:

  • Expanded Aquatic Life: Discover a variety of new fish species, each with unique 3D models, textures, and animations. Encounter Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Catfish, and Pumpkinseed Sunfish in their natural habitats.
  • Custom Fishing Rod: Craft and wield the "Fancy Fishing Rod," a custom 3D model with dedicated slots for bait, hooks, and powerful modifiers. This rod is obtainable through a progressive trading system with the Master Fisherman Villager.
    • Modifiers: Enhance your fishing with modifiers like Glow Berries (experience bonus) or an Iron Hoe (chance to convert junk items to seeds or Onion Bulbs).
  • Diverse Bait System: No more fishing empty-handed! This mod introduces a variety of bait types, including Worms, Caterpillars, Minnows, Sucker Minnows, Leeches, and Nightcrawlers. At least one type of bait is required in your inventory to fish, with a 10% chance of consumption per catch.
  • Essential Fishing Tools:
    • Tacklebox: A handy storage solution for your fishing gear, featuring a new 3D model and inventory screen. The basic version offers 4 slots and can only hold "fishing" items.
    • Minnow Trap: Place these traps in rivers or swamps to slowly gather minnows or leeches over time.
    • Fish Cleaning Station: Clean your catches with a Filet Knife for delicious food items and a 10% chance of bonus loot.
  • New Items & Food: Explore a range of new items like Azuromite Ingots and Blocks, Mutilated Flesh, and a variety of food items such as Less Suspicious Stew, Raw Fish Fillets, Salted Beef, Beef Jerky, and more.
  • Dynamic Fish Weights: Each custom fish species now has a unique weight range, configurable to be displayed in pounds (lb) or kilograms (kg). Adjust the "fish weight bias" to control the rarity of catching record-sized fish.
  • Configurable Gameplay: Customize your fishing experience with a new configuration file (config/youneedbait.toml) allowing you to adjust settings like bait requirement, bait usage percentage, fish weight units, and weight bias.
  • Enhanced Villager Trading: The Master Fisherman Villager now offers an expanded and progressive trade system, making the Fancy Fishing Rod and other valuable fishing items more accessible.
  • World Generation: Discover abandoned houses randomly spawning in some biomes, occasionally featuring a parrot. Salt Blocks also generate naturally during world creation.
  • Achievements & Tooltips: Track your progress with custom advancements and benefit from informative tooltips for new items.
  • Compatibility: Verified compatibility with JEI (Just Enough Items).

Future Updates: Many future updates are planned to further diversify fishing features and expand the mod's content.

Recipes

Fish Hook

Fish Hook Recipe

Less Suspicious Stew

Less Suspicious Stew

Salted Beef

Salted Beef

Salted Fish Filet

Salted Fish Filet

Minnow Trap

Minnow Trap

Minnow Bucket

Minnow Bucket

Available Versions

You Need Bait! 0.4.1-1.20.4beta
MC 1.20.3, 1.20.4fabric
January 5, 2026
You Need Bait! 0.4.1-1.20.2beta
MC 1.20.2fabric
January 5, 2026
You Need Bait! 0.4.1-1.20.1beta
MC 1.20.1fabric
January 5, 2026
You Need Bait! Fabric-0.4.0-1.20.1beta
MC 1.20.1fabric
December 8, 2025
0.3.3.0beta
MC 1.20.1fabric
October 8, 2025

How to Install You Need Bait! on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set fabric Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.4).

3

Install Mod

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

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabricforgequilt

Minecraft Versions

1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2 (+1 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

You Need Bait! server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong fabric 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 (1.20.4). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is You Need Bait! compatible with fabric and forge and quilt?

You Need Bait! officially supports fabric, forge, quilt for Minecraft 1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2. 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 You Need Bait! – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if You Need Bait! 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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Supported Versions

1.20.41.20.31.20.21.20.1