Rotten Apples

🍎 Rotten Apple

Curse any mob with a single bite.

A Minecraft datapack that adds corrupted apples with the power to zombify, heal, and transform the undead mobs. Eat a Rotten Apple near a mob and watch it succumb to darkness — or use a Golden Apple to reverse the curse.

Requires the companion Rotten Apple Resource Pack for custom item models.

✨ Features

• 7 mob conversions — Villagers, Horses, Hoglins, Piglins, Piglin Brutes, Cats, and Nautilus
• Wither Apple — A devastating variant that zombifies AND withers everything nearby
• 4 custom foods — Rotten Apple, Green Apple, Orange, Candied Kelp
• Zombie Horse healing — Feed a Rotten Apple to heal, or a Golden Apple to cure it back to a normal horse
• Wandering Trader integration — Custom fruit trades injected automatically
• Loot table expansion — Rotten Apples and Oranges appear in chest loot and nature
• 5 advancements — Evil Twin, Horseback Medic, Rotten to the Core, and more

🍏 Custom Items

| Item | How to Get | Effect |
|——|———–|——–|
| Rotten Apple | Wandering Trader (3 emeralds), chest loot | Eat near a mob to zombify it. Heals Zombie Horses. Grants Hunger on eat. |
| Green Apple | Wandering Trader (1 emerald) | Grants Speed I for 10 seconds |
| Orange | Wandering Trader (1 emerald), Acacia/Azalea leaf drops, chest loot | High saturation (14.4), nutrition 4 |
| Wither Apple | End City chests (1% chance) | Same conversions as Rotten Apple + Wither II to all nearby entities for 10 seconds |
| Candied Kelp | Craft Dried Kelp + Sugar | Nutrition 3, saturation 3.6, quick eat |

🧟 Mob Conversions

| Mob | Becomes | Special Properties |
|—–|———|——————-|
| Villager | Zombie Villager | Trades, profession, name, and gossips fully preserved |
| Horse | Zombie Horse | Tamed (rideable), identity copied |
| Hoglin | Zoglin | Identity copied |
| Piglin | Zombified Piglin | Identity copied |
| Piglin Brute | Amplified Zombified Piglin | 50 HP, Strength II, Resistance I, golden axe, PersistenceRequired |
| Cat | Black Cat | Cosmetic curse — variant changed to all_black |
| Nautilus | Zombie Nautilus | Identity copied |
| Zombie Horse | Healed | Instant Damage (heals undead), Speed I + Resistance I for 60s, baby age accelerated |
| Zombie Horse (Golden Apple) | Horse | Cured back to normal with random color/markings, stats preserved |

Wither Apple performs the same conversions but also applies Wither II to all entities within 8 blocks (excluding the eater).

📦 Wandering Trader Trades

New Wandering Traders automatically receive these custom trades:

| Cost | Item |
|——|——|
| 1 Emerald | 4 Apples |
| 1 Emerald | 1 Green Apple |
| 1 Emerald | 2 Oranges |
| 3 Emeralds | 1 Rotten Apple |

🗺️ Loot Distribution

Chest Loot (Rotten Apples & Oranges):

• Abandoned Mineshaft, Desert Pyramid, Shipwreck Supply, Simple Dungeon, Jungle Temple, Pillager Outpost, Woodland Mansion, Underwater Ruins, Trial Chambers, Village houses (Plains, Desert, Taiga, Snowy)

Wither Apple (End City only):

• 1% chance per chest

Natural Drops:

• Oranges — Drop from Acacia Leaves, Azalea Leaves, and Flowering Azalea Leaves

Rotten Flesh → Leather:

• Smelt, Smoke, or Campfire cook Rotten Flesh into Leather

📥 Installation

Datapack

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Place the RottenApple folder into your world’s datapacks/ directory
3. Run /reload or restart the server
4. You’ll see a green confirmation message in chat

Resource Pack

1. Download the companion Rotten Apple Resource Pack
2. Place it in your resourcepacks/ folder
3. Enable it in-game via Options → Resource Packs

🎮 Compatibility

| | |
|—|—|
| Minecraft Version | 1.20.5 – 26.2+ |
| Pack Format | 80 – 107 |
| Platform | Java Edition |
| Dependencies | None (datapack only) |

🏆 Advancements

| Advancement | Description | Reward |
|————-|————-|——–|
| Evil Twin | Convert a Villager into a Zombie Villager | 100 XP |
| Horseback Medic | Heal a Zombie Horse with a Rotten Apple | 50 XP |
| Rotten to the Core | Convert one of every mob type | 200 XP |