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Chicken Nerf

Prevents random chicken egg laying. Instead, breeding chickens produces eggs.

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Latest stable file Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x
Game version 26.2
Loader Fabric, Quilt

Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x targets 26.2 with Fabric, Quilt. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. All 1 required mods have matching files.

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Is Chicken Nerf required on the client, server, or both?

The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

Client Source doesn’t say
Dedicated server Source doesn’t say
Loader for this release Fabric, Quilt
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.

What else does Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x need?

Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

All 1 required mods have matching files

Install Fabric API first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup. 2 come through another mod in the chain.

5 listed on this file 2 pulled in by those mods
Mod Menu Optional for Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x
optional
Matching file found Matched file: v20.0.1 for 26.2
Fabric API Needed by Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x
required
Matching file found Matched file: [26.2] Fabric API 0.157.0+26.2
Cloth Config API Optional for Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x
optional
Matching file found Matched file: 26.2.155+fabric
Mod Menu Optional for Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x
optional
Matching file found Matched file: 20.0.1
Text Placeholder API Needed by Mod Menu
pulled in
Matching file found Matched file: placeholder-api-3.1.0-beta.1+26.2.jar
Text Placeholder API Needed by Mod Menu
pulled in
Matching file found Matched file: 3.1.0-beta.1+26.2

2 extra mods were pulled in by other dependencies. Indented rows show who needs each one. We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.

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Built for Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

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    Stick to this file

    Use Chicken Nerf 1.7.0+MC26.2.x. It targets 26.2 with Fabric, Quilt; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

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    Bring the mods it needs

    Install Fabric API first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup. 2 come through another mod in the chain.

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    The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

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    Pick the file you checked

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About this project

What does Chicken Nerf add?

Chicken Nerf

Minecraft versions environment: server

loader: Fabric available for: Quilt Loader

Requires: Fabric API supports: MidnightLib supports: Mod Menu supports: SSS Translate

license: MIT source on: GitLab issues: GitLab localized: Percentage

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Prevents random chicken egg laying. Instead, breeding chickens produces eggs.

Works server-side and in single player.

VioletMistCloudDrift has also created a Forge port.

Ever think "Chicken farms are too easy...", or "Getting food in Minecraft isn't a challenge anymore..."?
Chicken Nerf can help you with that.

Chickens will no longer randomly lay eggs.
Instead, when you breed two chickens (with seeds like in vanilla), they will produce a random number of eggs.
This has several advantages:

• it makes more sense

• it makes chicken farms less trivial

• it can reduce lag because wild chickens won't randomly create items all over the place

• it more closely matches the other animals of minecraft

You can see the mod showcased at 2:00 of this video by bstylia14.


Mod Integrations

Some entities from these mods will have their breeding behavior changed similarly to how Chicken Nerf affects chickens.

Better Animals Plus; affected entities:

• Geese

• Pheasants

• Turkeys


Configuration

Supports MidnightLib and Mod Menu for configuration, but neither is required.

Versions before 1.7.0 support Cloth Config instead of MidnightLib.

Options will use their default values if MidnightLib is absent.

If MidnightLib is present, options can be configured either through Mod Menu or by editing config/chicken_nerf.json in your instance folder (.minecraft/ by default for the vanilla launcher).

• Average chickens from one egg; default 0.6

The number and type of eggs chickens lay can be controlled with the loot table minecraft:gameplay/chicken_lay.
Chicken Nerf adjusts the vanilla loot table so that chickens lay 1 to 3 eggs by default.

Prior to version 1.3.1, the number of eggs was controlled via config:

• Minimum eggs chickens lay; default 1

• Maximum eggs chickens lay; default 3


Translations

localized: Percentage supports: SSS Translate

Install SSS Translate to automatically download new translations.
You can help translate Chicken Nerf on Crowdin.


This mod is only for Fabric (works on Quilt, too!) and I won't be porting it to Forge. The license is MIT, however, so anyone else is free to port it. and VioletMistCloudDrift has ported it to Forge!

I'd appreciate links back to this page if you port or otherwise modify this project, but links aren't required.

Project description from CurseForge.

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