Beef Jerky

🧟 Overview

Dried zombie meat. Surprisingly safe to eat.

This mod turns useless zombie drops into a functional food & resource system. Cook flesh into Jerky, cook Jerky again into Dried Jerky, and convert 2x Dried Jerky into 1 Leather — perfect for early-game survival.

All recipes use standard Minecraft mechanics. No special tools or mods required.

Cook Zombie Flesh → Jerky

• Place Zombie Flesh in furnace, smoker, or campfire with fuel
• Output: Jerky

Cook Jerky → Dried Jerky

• Place Jerky in furnace, smoker, or campfire with fuel
• Output: Dried Jerky

Craft Jerky Burger (Shaped) Also works Unshaped

Use a crafting table with this layout:

B _ _
J C _
B _ _

• B = Bread
• J = Jerky
• C = Carrot

Output: Jerky Burger

Craft Jerky Block

• Fill all 9 slots of a crafting table with Jerky
• Output: Jerky Block

Craft Leather from Dried Jerky

• Place 2 Dried Jerky side-by-side in any row or column
• Output: Leather

🔧 Updates

• Fixed naming: “Jerkey” → Jerky
• Always Edible: Eat Jerky even when full.
• Double-Cooking: Cook Jerky → Dried Jerky.
• Leather Recipe: 2x Dried Jerky = 1 Leather — reliable early-game source.
• Auto-Unlock: Get Zombie Flesh → unlocks Jerky crafting. Craft Jerky → unlocks Dried Jerky & Leather recipe.
• Balanced XP: Small, fair XP for smelting, smoking, campfire cooking — never game-breaking.
• Texture Upgrades: Jerky Block now uses multiple sides (not just one). Jerky Burger’s carrot has actual detail.
• New Creative Tab: All items grouped under “Beef Jerky”.
• NeoForge 1.21.8 & 26.1 supported.
• Fabric version FINALLY OUT!.

⚙️ Technical

Made with MCreator. No external dependencies. Works out of the box.