Better Food

hangelog: Dynamic Dining v1.0 - Initial Release

 

Release Date: August 3, 2025

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Overview

 

This is the very first public release of the Dynamic Dining addon! The goal of this addon is to make food a more strategic and interesting part of the Minecraft survival experience. This initial version establishes the core feature: assigning a unique, logical status effect to every standard food item in the game.

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[+] Added Features

 

• Core Effect System: Implemented the foundational system that applies a status effect to the player upon consuming a food item.

• 40 Unique Food Effects: The following food items will now grant a special effect when eaten. Durations and levels have been balanced for a vanilla-friendly survival experience.

 

Meats and Fish

 

• Raw Beef: Grants Strength I for 10 seconds.

• Steak: Grants Resistance I for 45 seconds.

• Raw Porkchop: Grants Strength I for 8 seconds.

• Cooked Porkchop: Grants Health Boost I for 60 seconds.

• Raw Mutton: Grants Haste I for 10 seconds.

• Cooked Mutton: Grants Saturation I for 15 seconds.

• Raw Chicken: Grants Weakness I for 15 seconds.

• Cooked Chicken: Grants Regeneration I for 10 seconds.

• Raw Rabbit: Grants Speed I for 20 seconds.

• Cooked Rabbit: Grants Jump Boost II for 60 seconds.

• Raw Cod: Grants Water Breathing for 15 seconds.

• Cooked Cod: Grants Water Breathing I for 60 seconds.

• Raw Salmon: Grants Water Breathing I for 20 seconds.

• Cooked Salmon: Grants Water Breathing I for 2 minutes.

• Tropical Fish: Grants Conduit Power I for 15 seconds.

• Pufferfish: Grants Jump Boost IV for 10 seconds (in addition to vanilla effects).

 

Crops and Plants

 

• Apple: Grants Regeneration I for 5 seconds.

• Golden Apple: Grants Hero of the Village I for 1 minute 30 seconds.

• Enchanted Golden Apple: Grants Luck II for 5 minutes.

• Melon Slice: Grants Fire Resistance I for 20 seconds.

• Sweet Berries: Grants Speed I for 15 seconds.

• Glow Berries: Grants Night Vision for 60 seconds.

• Carrot: Grants Night Vision for 45 seconds.

• Golden Carrot: Grants Haste II for 1 minute 30 seconds.

• Potato: Grants Slowness I for 5 seconds.

• Baked Potato: Grants Resistance I for 30 seconds.

• Poisonous Potato: Grants Mining Fatigue II for 30 seconds (in addition to vanilla effects).

• Beetroot: Grants Health Boost I for 45 seconds.

• Chorus Fruit: Grants Levitation I for 7 seconds (in addition to vanilla teleportation).

• Dried Kelp: Grants Haste I for 15 seconds.

 

Baked Goods and Soups

 

• Bread: Grants Resistance I for 15 seconds.

• Cookie: Grants Speed II for 20 seconds.

• Pumpkin Pie: Grants Hero of the Village I for 3 minutes.

• Cake: Grants Luck I for 5 minutes.

• Mushroom Stew: Grants Night Vision for 1 minute 30 seconds.

• Beetroot Soup: Grants Regeneration I for 20 seconds.

• Rabbit Stew: Grants Jump Boost II for 3 minutes.

 

Miscellaneous

 

• Rotten Flesh: Grants Weakness I for 20 seconds (in addition to vanilla effects).

• Spider Eye: Grants Invisibility I for 20 seconds (in addition to vanilla effects).

• Honey Bottle: Grants Regeneration I for 15 seconds.

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Known Issues

 

• As this is the initial release, no major bugs are known at this time. Please report any issues you encounter on the addon's page for future updates!

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Future Plans

 

• Continue to balance effect durations and potencies based on community feedback.

• Explore options for a configuration file to allow players to customize effects.

• Investigate adding support for foods from other popular addons.