AutoEater is a client-side Fabric mod that automatically eats food for you when your hunger bar falls below a threshold you set — no more dying to starvation while mining or building.
Features
- Auto-eats when hunger drops below a configurable threshold
- Configurable hunger target (eat until this level is reached)
- Food priority modes: Best food first, Worst food first, or Custom priority list
- Food placement options: empty hotbar slot, replace held item, or offhand
- Saturation threshold trigger — eat before hunger even visually drops
- Emergency Golden Apple mode — auto-eats gapples below a set health level
- Combat safety mode — aborts eating when you take damage, with a 3-second pause
- Toggle hotbar-only mode (slots 1–9 or full inventory)
- Toggle harmful food (rotten flesh, spider eyes, poisonous potato, pufferfish)
- Optional HUD overlay
- All settings configurable via in-game commands or autoeat.json
Commands
All commands support tab auto-completion and work with .autoeat prefix on servers.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/autoeat |
Show current status and all settings |
/autoeat threshold <1-20> |
Hunger level that triggers eating |
/autoeat target <1-20> |
Hunger level to eat up to |
/autoeat saturation <float> |
Eat when saturation drops below this (0.0 to disable) |
/autoeat cooldown <ticks> |
Delay between eating items (20 ticks = 1 second) |
/autoeat maxeats <1-100> |
Max food items eaten per activation |
/autoeat food [best|worst|custom] |
Food selection priority |
/autoeat place [empty|held|offhand] |
Where to place food before eating |
/autoeat add <item_id> |
Add item to custom priority list |
/autoeat clear |
Clear custom priority list |
/autoeat gapple <float> |
Health threshold for emergency Golden Apple use |
/autoeat combat <true|false> |
Toggle combat safety mode |
/autoeat harmful <true|false> |
Allow/block harmful foods |
/autoeat hotbaronly <true|false> |
Restrict to hotbar only |
/autoeat hud [true|false] |
Toggle HUD overlay |
/autoeat debug <true|false> |
Enable console debug logging |
Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21+
- Fabric Loader ≥ 0.15.0
- Fabric API
- Java 21+
Client-side only — works on any server.
