Balanced Diet Variety is Vital
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- 🏆 #42 of 899 fabric mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
# Description You start the game with 1 red heart and 9 absorption hearts (yellow, non-regenerable) instead of 10 red hearts. <center><img src="https://imgur.com/WS1NiZ3.png"/></center> <br> As you eat new unique foods, you will earn back the red hearts, replacing the yellow absorption hearts. Each morning and after dying, your yellow absorption hearts will regenerate back to full. # Why? 1. It gives a reason to care about the sub-optimal foods in Minecraft, even if just for a single moment 2. Makes the early game more exciting - losing the absorption hearts leaves you extremely vulnerable, even as a veteran player. 3. Converges back to vanilla. Doesn't force long-term gameplay changes or micromanagement of diet. Just some taste testing and it goes back to the vanilla gameplay with 10 red hearts. # Foods needed The foods needed are the exact same for the vanilla "A Balanced Diet" advancement. <br> <center> *Table: Exact foods needed per heart.* | Red hearts<br>unlocked | Unique foods<br>eaten | Foods for<br>next heart | |:---:|:---:|:---:| | 1 heart | 0 foods | 4 | | 2 hearts | 4 foods | 4 | | 3 hearts | 8 foods | 4 | | 4 hearts | 12 foods | 4 | | 5 hearts | 16 foods | 4 | | 6 hearts | 20 foods | 4 | | 7 hearts | 24 foods | 4 | | 8 hearts | 28 foods | 6 | | 9 hearts | 34 foods | 6 | | 10 hearts | 40 foods | Complete | </center>
# Description
You start the game with 1 red heart and 9 absorption hearts (yellow, non-regenerable) instead of 10 red hearts.

As you eat new unique foods, you will earn back the red hearts, replacing the yellow absorption hearts.
Each morning and after dying, your yellow absorption hearts will regenerate back to full.
1. It gives a reason to care about the sub-optimal foods in Minecraft, even if just for a single moment
2. Makes the early game more exciting - losing the absorption hearts leaves you extremely vulnerable, even as a veteran player.
3. Converges back to vanilla. Doesn't force long-term gameplay changes or micromanagement of diet. Just some taste testing and it goes back to the vanilla gameplay with 10 red hearts.
# Foods needed
The foods needed are the exact same for the vanilla "A Balanced Diet" advancement.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- Kamorzy
- Version
- 2.0.0+26.1
- Downloads
- 190
- Endorsements
- 1
- Category
- fabric
- Created
- 5/7/2026
- Updated
- 5/6/2026
- Game Versions
- 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2
- Tags
- minigame
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Balanced Diet Variety is Vital support?
The author lists 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Balanced Diet Variety is Vital?
Version 2.0.0+26.1, published 2026-05-06 with 190 downloads recorded at the source.
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