CurseForge · Minecraft mod
Butchery
Realistically butcher everything in Minecraft!
Quick answer
Which Butchery release should I use?
butchery-5.2-neoforge-26.1.2 targets 26.1.2 with NeoForge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.
Where it goes
Is Butchery required on the client, server, or both?
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.
What else does butchery-5.2-neoforge-26.1.2 need?
butchery-5.2-neoforge-26.1.2. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
This file does not list any required or optional mods.
Before you install it
Add Butchery without breaking your instance.
Built for butchery-5.2-neoforge-26.1.2. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use butchery-5.2-neoforge-26.1.2. It targets 26.1.2 with NeoForge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side
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
Use the “Get this file” button beside butchery-5.2-neoforge-26.1.2. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Butchery add?


🔪 What is Butchery?
Butchery is a mod that makes harvesting mobs and animals much much more immersive and fun. Whilst simply killing mobs is still an option with this mod installed, you have the added option of kill a mob with the new Butcher's Knife. Killing a mob with the butchers knife will cause the mobs corpse to drop instead of their original loot (with the exception of sheep, they drop their corpse in addition to their wool). Once you've aquired their corpses you're free to start the butchering process.
🥩 Features
- Config file to customise the mod to your specific needs
- Kill mobs with the new cleaver to obtain their carcass
- Hang corpses from hooks to drain their blood and begin the butchering process
- Skin corpses to obtain their skin for converting to leather
- Cut up corpses hanging or on the butchers table to obtain different selections of meat (Farmers Delight food can be enabled as an alternative in the config)
- Place pig carcass on the rotisserie and a campfire underneath to cook the meat
- Fill a mincer with beef or lamb to obtain minced meat, alternatively use the sausage filler attachment and intestines to obtain sausages
- Use the hammers to break open turtle shells
- Various different decoration blocks including barrel of cod/salmon, jar, brain in a jar, head mounts, cash register and more
- Various different armours and costumes
🐖 Supported Mobs & Bosses
Vanilla
- Axolotl
- Bat
- Bee
- Camel
- Cat
- Cave Spider
- Chicken
- Cod
- Cow
- Creeper
- Dolphin
- Donkey
- Drowned
- Elder Guardian
- Ender Dragon
- Enderman
- Endermite
- Evoker
- Fox
- Frog
- Glow Squid
- Goat
- Guardian
- Hoglin
- Horse
- Husk
- Iron Golem
- Llama
- Magma Cube
- Mule
- Mooshroom
- Ocelot
- Panda
- Phantom
- Pig
- Piglin
- Piglin Brute
- Pillager
- Polarbear
- Pufferfish
- Rabbit
- Salmon
- Sheep
- Shulker
- Silverfish
- Skeleton
- Skeleton Horse
- Slime
- Sniffer
- Spider
- Squid
- Stray
- Strider
- Turtle
- Villager
- Vindicator
- Warden
- Witch
- Wither
- Wither Skeleton
- Wolf
- Zoglin
- Zombie
- Zombie Horse
- Zombified Piglin
- Zombie Villager
🤝 Compatibilities
- Farmers Delight
- Vampirism
- Blood Magic
- Hexrei
🦬 Addons
Alex's Mobs - https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/alexs-mobs
Butchery: Alex's Mobs Addon - https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/butchery-alexs-mobs
(Currently still being developed)
🤩 Support Me
Creating this mod is taking me a lot of time and effort, if you'd like to support me and supply me with tasty italian fuel to continue with this mod and my others you can buy me a pizza by clicking the image above!
📜 Common Questions
Q: Will you port to a version BELOW 1.20.1?
A: No, sorry this is not possible for me to do. Butchery will only ever update to newer versions of Forge.
Q: When will you update to version X?
A: When I can, be patient. Updates will continue to come. As this is an MCreator mod I must wait for MCreator to support latest versions before I am able to update, as soon as they do I will update Butchery.
Q: Fabric?
A: No, sorry.
Q: Can I request a compatibility?
A: Sure, head over to the discord and make a thread with your suggestion.
Q: How do I add mobs to the tag files so that they drop carcasses?
A: Download the butchery datapack and follow the guide in the description. You can download it here:
https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/data-packs/butchery-add-mobs-datapack
📺 Videos
Project description from CurseForge.
Pick your setup
Butchery by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
1.21.8
1 loader build1.21.4
1 loader build1.21.1
1 loader build1.20.1
1 loader buildCheck the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Butchery versions and loaders
butchery-5.2-neoforge-26.1.2
butchery-5.2-neoforge-26.1.2.jar
29 Jul 2026
butchery-5.2-neoforge-1.21.8
butchery-5.2-neoforge-1.21.8.jar
29 Jul 2026
butchery-5.2-neoforge-1.21.4
butchery-5.2-neoforge-1.21.4.jar
29 Jul 2026
butchery-5.2-neoforge-1.21.1
butchery-5.2-neoforge-1.21.1.jar
29 Jul 2026
butchery-5.2-forge-1.20.1
butchery-5.2-forge-1.20.1.jar
29 Jul 2026
butchery-5.1-neoforge-1.21.8
butchery-5.1-neoforge-1.21.8.jar
27 May 2026
butchery-5.1-neoforge-1.21.4
butchery-5.1-neoforge-1.21.4.jar
27 May 2026
butchery-5.1-neoforge-1.21.1
butchery-5.1-neoforge-1.21.1.jar
27 May 2026
butchery-5.1-forge-1.20.1
butchery-5.1-forge-1.20.1.jar
27 May 2026
butchery-5.0-neoforge-1.21.8
butchery-5.0-neoforge-1.21.8.jar
17 May 2026
butchery-5.0-neoforge-1.21.4
butchery-5.0-neoforge-1.21.4.jar
17 May 2026
butchery-5.0-neoforge-1.21.1
butchery-5.0-neoforge-1.21.1.jar
17 May 2026
Looking for an older file? The official CurseForge project page is in Resources.
