Modscraper Modscraper Minecraft
Better Burning logo

Better Burning

Mod

by DarkhaxDev

Improves the burning and fire mechanics of Minecraft.

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

15,546,955

CurseForge ID

353434

Modrinth Downloads

354,460

Modrinth ID

uNBP8Xul

Last Updated

Jun 11, 2026

Description

This mod tweaks the burning and fire mechanics of Minecraft in ways that improve the balance and immersion of the game. All of these features can be disabled on an individual basis in the config file.

Features

Burning Skeletons Shoot Burning Arrows

If a skeleton is on fire it will have a chance to shoot a flaming arrow. Flaming arrows will cause some burning damage if they hit you. (70% chance by default)

Flint and Steel Deals Burn Damage

Attacking a mob with flint and steel will cause a small amount of burn damage to the mob. This will cause a bit of durability damage to the item like with any other weapon. (3 fire damage by default)

Fire Resistance Extinguishes Fire

This feature will cause the player's burn timer to be cleared while they have a fire resistance potion active. This fixes an annoying issue where the burn timer would increase even if you have a fire resistance potion active. For example swimming in lava would still increase your burn timer regardless of the potion, leading to the fire animation playing for a long time after leaving the lava.

Fix Fire Damage Not Always Giving Cooked Drops

This feature fixes an inconsistency with how loot tables check if the mob was on fire. In vanilla some mobs will drop different items when on fire. For example a chicken will drop cooked chicken instead of raw chicken if killed with fire damage. The vanilla mechanic only checks for "damage over time" fire damage and not instant fire damage. This has lead to many edge cases where things like the vanilla Camp Fire block and various fire mechanics in other mods will not cause mobs to drop the correct items. These edge cases are fixed by this feature.

Fire Damage Spreads

When any mob that is on fire attacks another mob with an empty hand there is a small chance the mob being attacked will also catch on fire. This feature is based on a vanilla mechanic that allows zombies to spread fire to their targets if they attack without an item. This feature expands the vanilla feature to all mobs. (The spread chance is 30% by default)

Like the mod and want to support me?

[![Nodecraft sponsor banner](https://assets.blamejared.com/nodecraft/darkhax.jpg)](https://nodecraft.com/r/darkhax) **This project is sponsored by Nodecraft. Use code [DARKHAX](https://nodecraft.com/r/darkhax) for 30% off your first month of service!**

Logo by Sbed on Game Icons and licensed under CC By 3.0.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Forge

Game Versions

1.7.10 1.8.9 1.9.4 1.10.2 1.11.2 1.12.2 1.14.4 1.15 1.15.1 1.15.2 +11 more

Similar Mods

Included in Modpacks

Prehistoric World - Dinosaurs, Adventure & Quests | NEW PREHISTORY UPDATE! Prehistoric World - Dinosaurs, Adventure & Quests | NEW PREHISTORY UPDATE! Create: Above and Beyond Create: Above and Beyond The Last War - Guns And Adventure (Survivor's World with Guns) | QUESTS UPDATE! The Last War - Guns And Adventure (Survivor's World with Guns) | QUESTS UPDATE! Christmas Holidays - Ideal For Festivities | Christmas Quests Update! Christmas Holidays - Ideal For Festivities | Christmas Quests Update! Conquest of Dragons - A New Dragons Adventure | QUESTS UPDATE! Conquest of Dragons - A New Dragons Adventure | QUESTS UPDATE! The Last War - Guns And Adventure The Last War - Guns And Adventure Prehistoric World Prehistoric World Valhelsia 3 Valhelsia 3 Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons 3 Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons 3 Avatar: 100 Days [Challenge] Avatar: 100 Days [Challenge] Concatenation Concatenation White Shrimp's Great Adventure White Shrimp's Great Adventure SS WitherStorm SS WitherStorm New Game 2 - Enjoy An Adventure Without Limits New Game 2 - Enjoy An Adventure Without Limits RHCraft (RLCraft - Renewed) - Unofficial RHCraft (RLCraft - Renewed) - Unofficial Horror Craft Horror Craft Ocean Depths - Quests & Ocean Mods Ocean Depths - Quests & Ocean Mods All The Horror (1.12.2) All The Horror (1.12.2) New Age - Welcome To The Medieval Era | MEDIEVAL QUESTS UPDATE! New Age - Welcome To The Medieval Era | MEDIEVAL QUESTS UPDATE! Advent of Ascension Plus Advent of Ascension Plus Better than Better Than Wolves ( BTBTW ) Better than Better Than Wolves ( BTBTW ) WANKIL CRAZY : LWI WANKIL CRAZY : LWI Prehistoric Dawn - with The Dawn Era | SERVER COMPATIBILITY! Prehistoric Dawn - with The Dawn Era | SERVER COMPATIBILITY! Enigmatica 6 - E6 - 1.16.5 Enigmatica 6 - E6 - 1.16.5 Lucky World Invasion - Hardcore Lucky World Invasion - Hardcore Slightly Flavoured Slightly Flavoured Engineer's Life 2 Engineer's Life 2 Enigmatica 6: Expert - E6E Enigmatica 6: Expert - E6E Valhelsia 2 Valhelsia 2 Permafrost - Eyes of the Storm Permafrost - Eyes of the Storm The Last Krafter The Last Krafter Create: Factory Builder Create: Factory Builder Mobs Better Witherstorm PERFORMANCE Mobs Better Witherstorm PERFORMANCE Valhelsia: Origins Valhelsia: Origins Not Too Complicated 2 Not Too Complicated 2 Dungeon Warfare - FUN RPG | Firearms and RPG! Dungeon Warfare - FUN RPG | Firearms and RPG! Adventure Life - Legacy Adventure Life - Legacy Mystic's Monstrosity - Greedy Edition Mystic's Monstrosity - Greedy Edition CraftSouls by Izakji CraftSouls by Izakji Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Block Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Block Concatenation Lite Concatenation Lite femboy furrys femboy furrys Smug Anime Girls Smug Anime Girls Calamity RPG III : Wounds of the World Calamity RPG III : Wounds of the World Chroma Endless Chroma Endless Harder Than Copper Age Harder Than Copper Age Create Planetary Create Planetary Refined Pack 2 Refined Pack 2 Shadow Awakening Shadow Awakening Create: Above and Beyond, And Then Some! Create: Above and Beyond, And Then Some! Botania and Create Botania and Create survival redefined survival redefined Exploring the Universe - An Adventure between Planets (With Ad Astra & Quests) Exploring the Universe - An Adventure between Planets (With Ad Astra & Quests) Island Adventure - Complete Overhaul | Now with Quests! Island Adventure - Complete Overhaul | Now with Quests! LoafCraft's Anime Adventures! LoafCraft's Anime Adventures! Biohazard: Project Genesis - The Ultimate Apocalypse Biohazard: Project Genesis - The Ultimate Apocalypse Mobs better witherstorm Mobs better witherstorm Nukes And Power Nukes And Power Fungal Outbreak - ForgeLabs Fungal Outbreak - ForgeLabs EverestMC+ EverestMC+ CTM CTM                                                                                                                             Alar Alar WhovianCraft (Doctor Who) WhovianCraft (Doctor Who) Luminary Cove Luminary Cove Christmas Fantasy Christmas Fantasy Dungeon Legends Dungeon Legends The parasitic apocolypse The parasitic apocolypse ABOE 3 - A Bit of Everything 3 ABOE 3 - A Bit of Everything 3 Milk and Stuff: Remilked Milk and Stuff: Remilked  Industrialized Industrialized Plane Crash Survival Plane Crash Survival Reminiscence: Ronium Reminiscence: Ronium Permadeath+ Permadeath+ Faruk V Faruk V Realistic 3rd Person Realistic 3rd Person Concatenation Lumineth Concatenation Lumineth Avatar Modpack Project Korra Avatar Modpack Project Korra Pixverse Pixverse A Journey's End - RPG A Journey's End - RPG GrandCraft: Remake GrandCraft: Remake Nevermine Again Nevermine Again Dark Lucky Apocalypse Dark Lucky Apocalypse Marbled's Solar Apocalypse [MSA] Marbled's Solar Apocalypse [MSA] Endgame Protocol Endgame Protocol Elarion Elarion Aliens Vs Predator: The Reckoning Aliens Vs Predator: The Reckoning Dragonlands Dragonlands Nuclear Winter -  The Apocalypse Begins Nuclear Winter - The Apocalypse Begins Infinity Pack 1 Infinity Pack 1 Create: Above Eureka Create: Above Eureka Horror world Horror world SimplePack 4 SimplePack 4 The Cyborg Runner The Cyborg Runner Hexxit: Unlimited Hexxit: Unlimited Just Not Enough Mods 2 (JNEM2) Just Not Enough Mods 2 (JNEM2) TNP Limitless 3 - LL3 TNP Limitless 3 - LL3 Brass Brass Biggess Pack Cat Edition V2 Biggess Pack Cat Edition V2 Guns, Dragons, and Death! Guns, Dragons, and Death!

External Resources