Functionality
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #20 of 22 food mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
<p align="center"> <img src="https://media.forgecdn.net/attachments/description/null/description_4606dbae-521a-4875-a40e-6cbf119d977f.png" alt="Functionality Mod Banner" width="100%"> </p> <p align="center"><strong>The mod goal is to eliminate this familiar feeling in Minecraft:</strong></p> <p align="center"><em>"Oh, this looks cool! I wonder what it does… oh. Nothing."</em></p> <p align="center"><strong>With Functionality, everything does something.</strong></p> <p align="center"> It's <strong>highly configurable</strong>, allowing any item, feature, or tweak to be disabled or customized exactly the way your heart desires. </p> --- # Highlights - New meat drops for most passive mobs (Farmer’s Delight integrated) - Balanced rewards for fighting illagers, piglins, and vexes - Multiple short- and long-term uses for copper, amethyst, and more - Travel equipment (Curios integrated) - Fully configurable and built with compatibility in mind --- # Vanilla Tweaks and Features <details> <summary><strong>Click to expand</strong></summary> - New meat drops from: - Polar bears - Pandas - Goats - Frogs - Turtles - Sniffers - Bees drop honey directly - All illagers drop treasure sacks with chunk-calculated loot - Attacking glow squids creates a glow ink cloud that grants night vision - Glow squids can be milked with glass bottles (hurts them – finite source) - Music discs can be thrown like shurikens, each with unique stats based on acquisition - Placing prismarine-related blocks under a cauldron creates an infinite water source - Start a thunderstorm via ritual using copper, torches, and Heart of the Sea - Glow lichens replaced with: - Dry lichens - Lichens - Bloom lichens (harvest for haste potions) - Sponges can be crafted using Heart of the Sea and yellow corals </details> --- # Original Content <details> <summary><strong>Click to expand</strong></summary> ## Utility and Progression - Repair Altar — Repair items with copper blocks instead of XP (still uses standard repair materials) - Chunk Keeper — Keeps a configurable number of chunks loaded - Fish Traps — Passive food generation with luck, speed, and max output stats ## Combat and Equipment - Amethyst Arrows — Increased damage - Harpoon — Unique underwater food-gathering mechanics - Nautilus Bucket — Places large volumes of water (two modes) ## Movement and Lava Travel - Fins — Swim faster - Obsidian Fins — Swim in lava - Inferno Gear — Fire resistance and clear lava vision - Obsidian Boat — Sail on lava ## Special Items - Pheromones — Tame any passive animal - Phantom Treat — Makes mobs faster - Ethereal Rocket — Extremely long flight duration ## Herbs with Effects - Whispering Herb — Silence footsteps and hide nametag - Chorus Herb — Teleport to spawnpoint - Phantom Herb — Prevent phantom spawning (as if rested) - Crimson Herb — Protects from poison and wither - Glow Herb — Protects from levitation and void damage - Taking void damage corrupts you And much more. </details> --- # Compatibility - Compatible with JEI - Best experienced with EMI To enable glowing textures, use: - MoreMcmeta - MoreMcmeta Emissive Plugin --- # Complementary Shaders Setup 1. Navigate to: ``` minecraft/shaderpacks/Complementary.zip/shaders/block.properties ``` 2. Find the line: ``` block.10028= ``` 3. Paste after the equals sign: ``` functionality:glow_torch functionality:wall_glow_torch functionality:bloom_lichen functionality:lichen ```
The mod goal is to eliminate this familiar feeling in Minecraft:
"Oh, this looks cool! I wonder what it does… oh. Nothing."
With Functionality, everything does something.
It's highly configurable, allowing any item, feature, or tweak to be disabled or customized exactly the way your heart desires.
# Highlights
- New meat drops for most passive mobs (Farmer’s Delight integrated)
- Balanced rewards for fighting illagers, piglins, and vexes
- Multiple short- and long-term uses for copper, amethyst, and more
- Travel equipment (Curios integrated)
- Fully configurable and built with compatibility in mind
# Vanilla Tweaks and Features
Click to expand
- New meat drops from:
- - Polar bears
- - Pandas
- - Goats
- - Frogs
- - Turtles
- - Sniffers
- Bees drop honey directly
- All illagers drop treasure sacks with chunk-calculated loot
- Attacking glow squids creates a glow ink cloud that grants night vision
- Glow squids can be milked with glass bottles (hurts them – finite source)
- Music discs can be thrown like shurikens, each with unique stats based on acquisition
- Placing prismarine-related blocks under a cauldron creates an infinite water source
- Start a thunderstorm via ritual using copper, torches, and Heart of the Sea
- Glow lichens replaced with:
- - Dry lichens
- - Lichens
- - Bloom lichens (harvest for haste potions)
- Sponges can be crafted using Heart of the Sea and yellow corals
# Original Content
Click to expand
## Utility and Progression
- Repair Altar — Repair items with copper blocks instead of XP (still uses standard repair materials)
- Chunk Keeper — Keeps a configurable number of chunks loaded
- Fish Traps — Passive food generation with luck, speed, and max output stats
## Combat and Equipment
- Amethyst Arrows — Increased damage
- Harpoon — Unique underwater food-gathering mechanics
- Nautilus Bucket — Places large volumes of water (two modes)
## Movement and Lava Travel
- Fins — Swim faster
- Obsidian Fins — Swim in lava
- Inferno Gear — Fire resistance and clear lava vision
- Obsidian Boat — Sail on lava
## Special Items
- Pheromones — Tame any passive animal
- Phantom Treat — Makes mobs faster
- Ethereal Rocket — Extremely long flight duration
## Herbs with Effects
- Whispering Herb — Silence footsteps and hide nametag
- Chorus Herb — Teleport to spawnpoint
- Phantom Herb — Prevent phantom spawning (as if rested)
- Crimson Herb — Protects from poison and wither
- Glow Herb — Protects from levitation and void damage
- - Taking void damage corrupts you
And much more.
# Compatibility
- Compatible with JEI
- Best experienced with EMI
To enable glowing textures, use:
- MoreMcmeta
- MoreMcmeta Emissive Plugin
# Complementary Shaders Setup
1. Navigate to:
``` minecraft/shaderpacks/Complementary[...].zip/shaders/block.properties ```
2. Find the line:
``` block. 10028= ```
3. Paste after the equals sign:
``` functionality:glow_torch functionality:wall_glow_torch functionality:bloom_lichen functionality:lichen ```
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- BlueEagle421
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Downloads
- 4,165
- Endorsements
- 69
- Category
- food
- Created
- 1/9/2026
- Updated
- 5/3/2026
- Game Versions
- 1.20.1
- Tags
- food, game-mechanics, magic
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Functionality support?
The author lists 1.20.1. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Functionality?
Version 1.3.1, published 2026-05-03 with 4,165 downloads recorded at the source.
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