Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on)
If you have ever caught a betta in Minecraft and wondered why it only works as a decorative tank fish, Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) answers that question with a full kitchen's worth of recipes. Previously known as Fishy Delight, this add-on bridges Farmer's Delight cooking with betta fishing, turning your catch into balanced survival meals that fit naturally into modpacks.
What Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) Adds
The add-on focuses on cutting board recipes and cooked dishes built around bettas, plus Baby Fat fish if you play on versions before 1.2.0. Everything is tuned for survival balance, so nothing here trivializes hunger management. Instead, each meal offers a small trade-off or a situational buff that rewards planning.
Current content includes:
- Autumn Salad made from Dried Leaves and Straw. It is a weak early-game food that applies Weakness, useful when you have nothing else.
- Betta Chowder, brewed from bettas and tomatoes, granting Dolphin's Grace.
- Fishy Vegetable Soup with onions, beetroots, and bettas, a golden-tier meal that gives Water Breathing.
- River Coleslaw mixing Dried Leaves, Cabbage Leaves, and Tomatoes for a short burst of Conduit Power.
- Moss Bitter, a bitter drink made from moss balls and water vegetation in a Blackwater Bottle that strips all effects when consumed underwater.
- Smoked-Fish Pie, the sailor's favorite, combining several fish with wheat, rice, and onions. It has modest hunger value but high saturation, stops Burning and Mining Fatigue, and stacks multiple water-related buffs. It cannot be placed, but a knife cuts it into slices.
- Smoked Fish Pie Slice, which grants the same effects at 25 percent duration and does not always protect against Burning or Mining Fatigue.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) is built for Forge on Minecraft 1.16.5 and 1.18.2. That makes it a comfortable pick for older modpacks that still run Farmer's Delight and a betta mod side by side. Because the add-on is lightweight and uses MCreator, it plays nicely alongside most other mods without recipe conflicts or performance drops.
Translations Included
The mod ships with English (en_us) and Russian (ru_ru) translations by nocubeyt, plus Chinese (zh_cn) by wadjet_sama. If you play in one of those languages, the dish names and tooltips appear localized right away.
How to Install Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on)
Installation follows the standard Forge add-on routine. First, confirm you are running Minecraft 1.16.5 or 1.18.2 with the matching Forge version. Next, drop Farmer's Delight and a betta mod into your mods folder, since this add-on depends on both for its recipes and textures. Then place the Bettas Delight jar in the same folder and launch the game. If you want to download Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) for Minecraft, grab the file that matches your game version, because mixing 1.16.5 and 1.18.2 builds will crash on startup.
For players who prefer a smoother setup, the foxygame.net launcher keeps Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) in its add-on catalog and installs it with a single click, so you never have to hunt down matching Forge builds or dependency versions by hand. The launcher also handles auto-updates, which means new recipe tweaks reach your world without a manual reinstall.
Why It Works Well in Modpacks
Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) fills a specific gap: fish that were previously useless now feed you. The buffs are flavorful rather than overpowered, so pack authors can include it without breaking progression. The pie's high saturation makes it a strong travel food, while Moss Bitter acts as a risky underwater cleanse. Together, these recipes give fishing and farming a shared purpose.
Credits go to NoCube, who created the mod with MCreator and drew the sprites in the style of Farmer's Delight and the betta mods. You are free to include it in modpacks or videos as long as the original page and channel are credited.
Final Thoughts
If you run Farmer's Delight and a betta mod together, Bettas Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) is the natural next step. It is small, balanced, and easy to install on Forge 1.16.5 or 1.18.2, and every dish has a clear role in survival. Catch a few bettas, fire up the cutting board, and see what your aquarium has been missing.