The Salt
Modby mortuusars
Worth its weight in gold
Type
Mod
CurseForge Downloads
2,328,815
CurseForge ID
Modrinth Downloads
278,166
Modrinth ID
Last Updated
Nov 6, 2026
Description
Salt adds a food salting mechanic, as well as several other features and blocks.
Description in text form
Description
- Food can now be salted to improve the taste and add nutrition.
- Salting recipe is dynamic and controlled by "salt:can_be_salted" tag:
- Several mods, such as Farmer's Delight, are supported out of the box.
- Nutrition value can be configured per food.
Rock Salt
- Rock Salt will generate underground (sililar to ores) in dripstone caves, ocean and beach biomes.
- When harvested, Rock Salt Ore will drop Raw Rock Salt, which is crafted into Salt.
- Salt can be also obtained by growing Salt Crystals or by evaporating water in a cauldron.
Other features
Other features:
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All Salt blocks are dissolvable in water.
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Salt blocks will melt adjacent ice and snow blocks.
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Ice and snow can also be melted by sprinkling them with salt.
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The mod is highly configurable:
- Tags are used for everything.
- All features can be turned off in a config.
- Tags are used for everything.
List of supported mods for food salting:
- Farmer's Delight
- Miner's Delight
- Delightful
- Butchercraft
- Quark
- Aquaculture 2
- Croptopia
- Nether Depths Upgrade
Others can be added by a datapack or KubeJS.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Game Versions
Recommended Gear
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