My Nether's Delight

My Nether’s Delight is an add-on for the Farmer’s Delight mod, and it moves a lot of your cooking into the Nether. It adds new meat from Hoglins, Striders and Ghasts, a spicy crop called the Bullet Pepper and a Nether version of Rich Soil, as well as a few new kitchen blocks, like the Blazier and the Nether Stove.

Most of the food is still cooked in the same Cooking Pot you’d normally use in the Overworld, but most of what it adds can only be found in the Nether, so it’s a good reason to set up a second kitchen there. This page has been checked against the 1.21.1 NeoForge version, though the 1.20.1 Forge backport has the same items.

What It Adds

The first thing you’ll notice once it’s installed is the new meat. Hoglins will drop Hoglin Loin in place of Raw Porkchop, Striders will always drop Strider Slices, and Ghasts will drop Ghasta about half of the time, which is a kind of pasta made from their tentacles. A few of the drops will only happen when the killing blow comes from a Knife, as the table shows.

There’s a farming side to the mod as well. The peppers grow on a plant called Powdery Cane, and you’ll be able to make Leteos Compost, which will turn into Resurgent Soil. For building, there’s a new wood made from Powdery Cannon and some Cabinets made from Nether Bricks and Blackstone, and the biggest dish is the Stuffed Hoglin, which is a big feast that takes up two whole blocks.

How It Works With Farmer’s Delight

Leteos Compost will turn into Resurgent Soil the same way Organic Compost turns into Rich Soil, and if you plant a fungus on top of it you’ll get a Crimson Fungus Colony, which works like the Mushroom Colonies do. It’s able to boost plants that hang down underneath it as well, which is something that Rich Soil won’t do.

The Nether Stove works just like the Stove from Farmer’s Delight, though if you right-click it with Soul Sand, it will switch over to soul fire. You’re also able to use a Bullet Pepper Crate as a heat source, which means a Cooking Pot that’s placed on top of one will be able to cook without any fire at all.

Cutting Board Recipes

Most of the meals will be cooked in the Cooking Pot and served in a Bowl, though you’ll need to cut the raw meat up on the Cutting Board first. A few of them use food from Farmer’s Delight as well, like the Stuffed Hoglin, which needs Ham and two Nether Salads.

The Strider Rock is the odd one out here, as it’s the only one of these recipes that needs a Pickaxe instead of a Knife. Everything else will work with any Knife, so even the Flint Knife you’re able to make early on is enough to cut up all of the meat you’ll bring back from the Nether.

Caustic and Invigorating Pungency

Quite a lot of the spicy food will give you an effect called Caustic Pungency, which is harmful, as it sets you on fire whenever you’re next to a flame or standing in lava. It will keep hurting you until your health drops to three quarters at level I, half at level II and one heart at level III, and then it puts the fire out.

Getting the Ingredients

Powdery Cane grows in patches in Crimson Forests, and it will hurt you if you walk into it without sneaking, the same way a Cactus does. If you punch the Bullet Peppers on it when they’re ripe, they’ll explode, so you’ll want to pick them with a Knife or Shears instead, and a tall stalk that’s lit up will give you 3 to 8 peppers at once.

Leteos Compost

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Bullet Pepper Crate

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You’ll be able to make Leteos Compost from Soul Sand, Rotten Flesh, Bone Meal and some roots or Straw, but it will only turn into Resurgent Soil while it’s in the Nether. It goes a lot faster with lava right next to it, or if it’s placed in a Soul Sand Valley, whereas a flame or some vines next to it will only help it a little.

Bastions and Bartering

Bastions are worth looting as well, as the mod adds its own items to their chests. Piglins will also give you its food a quarter of the time when you barter with them, so a few Gold Ingots can save you a trip to a Crimson Forest.

The Enchanted Golden Egg is the one you’ll want to look out for, as there’s no way to craft it, so a treasure room is the only place you’ll get one. You don’t need to worry about missing the trophies though, as they’re only decoration, and they can be crafted anyway, as long as you’ve got some Hoglin Hide.

Best Picks

Later on, you’ll want to aim for the meals that give you a lot of hunger and a long Nourishment, like the Spicy Noodle Soup or the Snout plate from the Stuffed Hoglin. When you’re just starting out though, it’s worth carrying some Strider Stew with you, as its Fire Resistance lasts long enough to cross a lava lake.

The Golden Egg is made from 8 Gold Ingots around a Boiled Egg, and it will turn all of the bad effects you’ve got into Nourishment. The Strider Egg will only clear one of them, but it’s a lot cheaper to get.

Versions

The mod is only made for Forge and NeoForge, and new updates will come out for 1.21.1 first. The 1.20.1 version is a backport of the same update though, so you’ll get all of the same items either way.

The 1.21 and 1.19.2 files haven’t been updated in a long time, so it’s best to stick to 1.21.1 or 1.20.1 for a new world. Either way, you’ll still need to have Farmer’s Delight installed, as the mod won’t load without it.

FAQ

There’s plenty of other add-ons like this one, and the Farmer’s Delight Add-ons page lists the ones worth installing. Most of them will work alongside My Nether’s Delight without any problems, as they cover other parts of the game.