Food Decay

Food now decay over time, enventually rots. Food is now a more valuable resource, to be produced rather than stocked.

Features

• food do not stack anymore (gamemode survival and adventure)
• food decay over time in inventory and container (gamemode survival and adventure)
• 6 decay speeds, from 20 minutes to more than a year
• food eventually turn into rotten food
• place 1-5 ice block near your container to slow down the decay process
• eat food in "fresh" state (durability >66%) may grants quick positive effects (80% saturation 1/2 point, 20% haste 60s, 10% resistance 60s).
• eat food in "decayed" state (durability <33%) may grants quick negative effects (80% hunger 1/2 point, 20% weakness 60s, 10% poison 3s).
• compatible with Joshs More Foods

Decay Speeds

• very fast (20 min): cod, porkchop, salmon, tropical_fish, beef, chicken, rabbit, mutton, pufferfish, milk_bucket
• fast (50 min): melon_slice, mushroom_stew, rabbit_stew, beetroot_soup, pumpkin_pie, cake
• medium (1h 40min): cooked_beef, cooked_porkchop, cooked_cod, cooked_salmon, cooked_chicken, cooked_rabbit, cooked_mutton, baked_potato
• slow (8h): bread, cookie, potato, apple, beetroot, carrot, sweet_berries, glow_berries, chorus_fruit, golden_carrot
• very slow (33h): golden_apple, dried_kelp
• imperishable (> year): honey_bottle

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How to

• Disable the whole system: /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.immune
• No stack 1 food (also disable decaying food): /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.loot.immune
• No decaying food in all inventory: /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.decay.all.immune
• No decaying food in offhand: /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.decay.offhand.immune
• No decaying food in hotbar: /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.decay.hotbar.immune
• No decaying food in inventory: /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.decay.inventory.immune
• No decaying food in enderchest: /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.decay.enderchest.immune
• No positive effect on eat: /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.ate.fresh.immune
• No negative effect on eat: /tag [PLAYER_NAME] add fooddecay.ate.decayed.immune

Datapack's Options

In game, use: /function fkfd:options/get

• 26.1 (10/04/2026): Setsu-P, varinyc, nfnpgllxhn
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• 1.21.5 init (17/08/2025): CYKLOPPS, Azerxim, Setsu-P, varinyc, Wani P, Lionel Felke

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