https://github.com/squeek502/veganoption

A Minecraft mod that seeks to add vegan alternatives to all Minecraft mob/animal products
https://github.com/squeek502/veganoption

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A Minecraft mod that seeks to add vegan alternatives to all Minecraft mob/animal products

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/squeek502/veganoption
• Owner: squeek502
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2015-01-22T06:03:13.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: latest
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-11T04:34:16.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-11T18:07:31.374Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: minecraft-mod, veganism
• Language: Java
• Size: 1.65 MB
• Stars: 47
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 10
• Open Issues: 37
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# [The Vegan Option](https://modrinth.com/mod/the-vegan-option/)

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A Minecraft mod that seeks to add vegan alternatives to all Minecraft mob/animal products using the following guidelines:

- Nothing added to worldgen

- No new crops added

## Building The Mod

1. Clone this repository

2. If you have [Gradle](http://www.gradle.org/) installed, open a command line in the cloned directory and execute: ```gradle build```. To give the build a version number, use ```gradle build -Pversion=``` instead (example: ```gradle build -Pversion=1.0.0```). To use the most recent commit, use ```gradle build -Pdev```

 * If you don't have Gradle installed, you can use [ForgeGradle](http://www.minecraftforge.net/forum/index.php?topic=14048.0)'s gradlew/gradlew.bat instead

To use the `runClient` or `runServer` tasks, you must have a `local.properties` file in the project directory. Its contents are as follows:

```

recipe_viewer=jei # or rei, depending on which you need or prefer.

```

## What's Included

### Alternatives by Item

Item | Alternative

-----|------------

Bone | [Fossils](#fossils)

Bone Meal (as a fertilizer) | [Fertilizer](#composting)

Milk (as a food) | [Plant Milk](#plant-milk)

Milk (as a status effect curative) | [Soap](#soap)

Ink Sac | [Black Vegetable Oil Ink](#vegetable-oil-ink)

Slimeball | [Resin](#resin)

Wool | [Block of Kapok](#kapok)

Feather | [Faux Feather](#faux-feather)

String | [Jute Fiber](#jute) or [Kapok Tufts](#kapok)

Leather | [Burlap](#burlap)

Leather Armor | [Burlap Armor](#burlap)

Raw/Cooked Meat (as a food) | [Seitan](#seitan)

Egg (as a food) | No alternative yet ([HarvestCraft](http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/1294413-pams-mods)'s tofu is recommended for this purpose)

Egg (as a baking agent) | [Potato Starch](#egg-replacers) or [Apple Sauce](#egg-replacers)

Egg (as an object) | [Plastic Egg](#bioplastic) 

Gunpowder | Charcoal + [Sulfur](#sulfur) + [Saltpeter](#saltpeter)

Rotten Flesh | [Rotten Plants](#composting)

Blaze Rod | [Plastic Rod](#bioplastic) + [Rosin](#resin) + [Vegetable Wax](#vegetable-oil) + Flint & Steel

Pufferfish | [Frozen Bubble](#frozen-bubble)

Ender Pearl | [Frozen Bubble](#frozen-bubble) + [Raw Ender](#raw-ender)

Ghast Tear | [Proof of Suffering](#proof-of-suffering)

Spider Eye | [False Morel](#false-morel) or [Doll's Eye](#dolls-eye)

Fermented Spider Eye | [Fermented False Morel](#false-morel)

Mob Heads | [Blank Mob Head](#blank-mob-head) + Various Dyes

Honeycomb | [Vegetable Wax](#vegetable-oil)

Honey | [Syrup](#syrup)

Rabbit Foot | No alternative yet

Goat Horn | No alternative yet

Glow Ink Sac | No alternative yet

Phantom Membrane | No alternative yet

Nautilus Shell | No alternative yet

Shulker Shell | No alternative yet

Prismarine Shards | No alternative yet

Nether Star | No alternative yet

Dragon Egg | No alternative yet

Animal taming items | No alternative yet

### Content

#### Bioplastic

- [Potato Starch](#egg-replacers) in a furnace creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/bioplastic.png) Bioplastic

- Bioplastic crafted in a 1x2 shape creates a ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/plastic_rod.png) Plastic Rod

- Bioplastic crafted in a diamond shape creates a ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/plastic_egg.png) Plastic Egg (Egg [as an object] alternative)

> *References: [Make Your Own Bioplastic](http://green-plastics.net/posts/10/video-brandon121233/)*

#### Burlap

- [Jute Fiber](#jute) crafted in a 2x2 creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/burlap.png) Burlap (Leather alternative)

- Burlap crafted in the standard armor patterns creates Burlap Armor (equivalent to Leather Armor)

> *References: [Hessian (cloth)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian_%28cloth%29)*

#### Composting

- Chest + Sticks crafted together creates a Composter

- "Green" materials alone in a Composter creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/rotten_plants.png) Rotten Plants (Rotten Flesh alternative)

- "Green" + "brown" materials together in a Composter creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/block/compost.png) Compost

- Compost provides passive improvement to adjacent Farmland

- Compost + [Saltpeter](#saltpeter) crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/fertilizer.png) Fertilizer (Bone Meal fertilizer alternative)

- In ideal mushroom growing conditions, compost will sometimes sprout mushrooms, including the ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/block/false_morel.png) False Morel (Spider Eye alternative)

  - Mushrooms, including the [False Morel](#false-morel), can be placed in Compost as spores to grow them at a faster rate than their natural spread, at the cost of eventually depleting the compost of its nutrients. Spent compost can be recycled into more compost as a brown material.

> *References: [The Carbon:Nitrogen Ratio (C:N)](http://www.homecompostingmadeeasy.com/carbonnitrogenratio.html)*

#### Doll's Eye

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/dolls_eye.png) Doll's Eye (Spider Eye alternative) occasionally drop from harvesting Grass in a temperate forest biome

> *References: [Actaea pachypoda (doll's-eyes, white baneberry)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaea_pachypoda)*

#### Egg Replacers

- Apple + Wooden Bowl crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/apple_sauce.png) Apple Sauce (Egg [as a baking agent] alternative)

- Piston + Potato crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/potato_starch.png) Potato Starch (Egg [as a baking agent] alternative)

- If a potato is crushed by a piston in the world, it will also create Potato Starch

> *References: [Egg Substitutions in Baking](http://chefinyou.com/egg-substitutes-cooking/), [Ener-G Egg Replacer](http://www.ener-g.com/egg-replacer.html)*

#### Raw Ender

- 2 Obsidian + Diamond + Emerald creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/block/encrusted_obsidian.png) Encrusted Obsidian

- 4 Encrusted Obsidian blocks placed in a diamond shape creates an Ender Rift in the center of it

- Water flowing through an Ender Rift at night has a chance to be converted into ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/raw_ender_bucket.png) Raw Ender. However, if this is done during the day, a random block around the Ender Rift will be consumed by it and lost forever.

#### Faux Feather

- [Plastic Rod](#bioplastic) + [Kapok Tuft](#kapok) creates a Faux Feather (Feather alternative)

#### Fossils

- Bones occasionally drop when mining Stone

#### Frozen Bubble

- [Soap](#soap) + Water + Sugar + Glass Bottle crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/soap_solution.png) Soap Solution

- Soap Solution + 8 Ice (or 1 Packed Ice) crafted together creates a ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/frozen_bubble.png) Frozen Bubble (Pufferfish alternative)

- Soap Solution used by a player or a dispenser creates a ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/frozen_bubble.png) Bubble in the world, and the Bubble will freeze if it is surrounded by enough Ice/Snow/Packed Ice

- Frozen Bubble + Raw Ender Bucket crafted together creates an Ender Pearl

- Frozen Bubble placed in Raw Ender (in the world) will soak up the Raw Ender and become an Ender Pearl once it is fully filled

> *References: [Frozen Bubbles Freeze at -40c](http://y2u.be/b0eCAL_t7pg)*

#### Saltpeter

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/saltpeter.png) Saltpeter occasionally drops when mining Sandstone

> *References: [Sodium nitrate (Chile saltpeter)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_nitrate), [Chilean caliche](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliche#Chilean_caliche)*

#### Sulfur

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/sulfur.png) Sulfur occasionally drops when mining Netherrack

#### Vegetable Oil Ink

- [Vegetable Oil](#vegetable-oil) + [Vegetable Wax](#vegetable-oil) + [Rosin](#resin) + Charcoal creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/vegetable_oil_ink_black.png) Black Vegetable Oil Ink (Ink Sac alternative)

> *References: [Soy ink](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy_ink), [The Printing Ink Manual pg219](https://books.google.com/books?id=2PwKTqO5dioC&lpg=PA218&ots=0uokv2EZl3&pg=PA219)*

#### Jute

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/jute_stalk.png) Jute Stalks drop from harvesting Large Ferns

- 3x3 of Jute Stalks crafted together makes a Jute Bundle

- Jute Bundle, when placed next to or under water, will start retting

- Once retted, the Jute Bundle can be broken to get a variable amount of ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/jute_fibre.png) Jute Fiber

- Jute Fiber can be crafted into [Burlap](#burlap) (2x2) or String (1x2)

> *References: [Jute](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jute), [Jute cultivation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jute_cultivation), [Retting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retting)*

#### Kapok

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/kapok_tuft.png) Kapok Tufts occasionally drop from harvesting Jungle Leaves

- Kapok Tufts can be crafted into Block of Kapok (2x2; Wool alternative) or String (1x3)

> *References: [Ceiba pentandra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba_pentandra)*

#### Blank Mob Head

- Water + [Potato Starch](#egg-replacers) + 4 Paper creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/papier_mache.png) Papier-Mâché

- 8 Papier-Mâché + Melon crafted together creates a ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/blank_mob_head.png) Blank Mob Head

- Blank Mob Head + various dyes crafted together creates each of the mob heads

> *References: [Papier-mâché](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papier-m%C3%A2ch%C3%A9)*

#### Plant Milk

- Water + 2 Pumpkin Seeds (or other plant milk sources) + Sugar crafted together creates Plant Milk (Milk [as a food] alternative)

> *References: [Plant milk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk), [Perfect Pumpkin Seed Milk](http://healthyblenderrecipes.com/recipes/homemade_raw_pumpkin_seed_milk)*

#### Proof of Suffering

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/fragment_of_suffering.png) Fragments of Suffering occasionally drop when mining Soul Sand

- 8 Fragments of Suffering + Gold Nugget crafted together create ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/proof_of_suffering.png) Proof of Suffering (Ghast Tear alternative)

#### Resin

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/resin.png) Resin (Slimeball alternative) occasionally drops when harvesting Spruce Wood

- Resin in a furnace creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/rosin.png) Rosin

> *References: [Resin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin), [Rosin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosin)*

#### Soap

- Water + 3 Charcoal crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/lye_water_bucket.png) Wood Ash Lye

- Wood Ash Lye + [Vegetable Oil](#vegetable-oil) + [Rosin](#rosin) creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/soap.png) Soap (Milk [as a status effect curative] alternative)

> *References: [How to Make Soap from Ashes](http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/how-to-make-soap-from-ashes-zmaz72jfzfre.aspx)*

#### Straw Bed

- 3 Hay Bales + 3 Wood Planks creates a ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/straw_bed.png) Straw Bed (non-perfect Bed alternative)

- Straw Bed deals a tiny amount of damage to the player each time it is slept in (it's itchy)

> *References: [Palliasse](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palliasse)*

#### False Morel

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/false_morel.png) False Morels (Spider Eye alternative) occasionally grow on ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/block/compost.png) Compost when under ideal mushroom growing conditions

- False Morels can be reproduced by regular mushroom spreading, or by placing them in Compost as sprouts. The latter will grow faster but eventually deplete the Compost of nutrients.

- False Morel + Brown Mushroom + Sugar crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/false_morel_fermented.png) Fermented False Morel (Fermented Spider Eye alternative)

> *References: [False morel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_morel), [Gyromitra esculenta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromitra_esculenta)*

#### Vegetable Oil

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/sunflower_seeds.png) Sunflower Seeds drop from harvesting Sunflowers

- Sunflower Seeds + Weighted Pressure Plate + Bottle crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/vegetable_oil.png) Vegetable Oil

- Vegetable Oil in a furnace creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/vegetable_wax.png) Vegetable Wax (Honeycomb alternative)

> *References: [Vegetable oil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil)*

#### Seitan

- Piston + Wheat crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/wheat_flour.png) Wheat Flour (this can be done in the world by crushing wheat with a piston)

- Water + Wheat Flour crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/wheat_dough.png) Wheat Dough

- Water + Wheat Dough crafted together creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/seitan_raw_unwashed.png) Raw Seitan (Unwashed)

- Raw Seitan (Unwashed) crafted together three more times with water creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/seitan_raw.png) Raw Seitan (this can be done in the world by dropping Raw Seitan (Unwashed) in a water block)

- Raw Seitan in a furnace creates ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/seitan_cooked.png) Seitan (alternative for all raw/cooked meat)

> *References: [Wheat gluten (food)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seitan), [How to made your GLUTEN at home](http://y2u.be/5H2qzA50jZQ)*

#### Syrup

- 2 ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/plastic_rod.png) Plastic Rods and 3 Iron Ingots are used to craft a Spout.

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/sap_bucket.png) Sap is slowly produced by placing a Spout on a living birch tree trunk, and then a bucket on the Spout.

- ![](resources/assets/veganoption/textures/item/syrup_bottle.png) Syrup (Honey alternative) is obtained by cooking sap in a cauldron and collecting it with a Glass Bottle.

> *References: [About birch syrup](https://blogs.cornell.edu/cornellmaple/about-birch-syrup/)*

### Integration With Other Mods

- Extensive [REI](https://modrinth.com/mod/rei) integration (every single item has both Usage and Crafting of some sort defined for it)

- Various [Jade](https://modrinth.com/mod/jade)/[WTHIT](https://modrinth.com/mod/wthit) integration