Hirelings
Hire villagers as your crew. Give them jobs, gear and homes, mark work areas, and watch them farm, mine, build, craft and trade. Run a company with wages, a bank, market stalls, guard dogs and rivals who can poach your best workers.
Food & Snacks
Crew snacks give a hireling +1 to one stat for half a shift (12000 ticks). Berry treats are on Berries.
Snacks
Chocolate Bar
| Type | Food |
| ID | hirelings:chocolate_bar |
| Food | 3 hunger, saturation 0.3 |
| Hirelings who eat it | +1 CHA for half a shift (12000 ticks) |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
| Notes | Gives Speed for 120 s; Eaten quickly; Can be eaten when full |
Shapeless: the ingredients can go anywhere in the grid.
Coffee
| Type | Food |
| ID | hirelings:coffee |
| Stack size | 16 |
| Food | 1 hunger, saturation 0.1 |
| Hirelings who drink it | +1 INT for half a shift (12000 ticks) |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
| Notes | Gives Haste for 180 s; Can be eaten when full |
Shapeless: the ingredients can go anywhere in the grid.
Energy Drink
| Type | Food |
| ID | hirelings:energy_drink |
| Stack size | 16 |
| Food | 1 hunger, saturation 0.1 |
| Hirelings who drink it | +1 CON for half a shift (12000 ticks) |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
| Notes | Gives Speed for 90 s; Can be eaten when full |
Shapeless: the ingredients can go anywhere in the grid.
Honey Bread
| Type | Food |
| ID | hirelings:honey_bread |
| Food | 6 hunger, saturation 0.7 |
| Hirelings who eat it | +1 CON for half a shift (12000 ticks) |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
| Notes | Gives Regeneration for 15 s; Can be eaten when full |
Shapeless: the ingredients can go anywhere in the grid.
Dried food
Jerky
| Type | Food |
| ID | hirelings:jerky |
| Food | 6 hunger, saturation 0.8 |
| How to get | Hang any raw meat on a Drying Rack (dryTicks, default 6000 ticks) |
Dried Fish
| Type | Food |
| ID | hirelings:dried_fish |
| Food | 5 hunger, saturation 0.6 |
| How to get | Hang any raw fish on a Fish Drying Rack (dryTicks, default 6000 ticks) |
Ingredients
Cocoa Powder
| Type | Item |
| ID | hirelings:cocoa_powder |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
Shapeless: the ingredients can go anywhere in the grid.
Coffee Beans
| Type | Item |
| ID | hirelings:coffee_beans |
| How to get | Mined from Jungle Leaves (a 5% chance) |
Coffee Powder
| Type | Item |
| ID | hirelings:coffee_powder |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
Shapeless: the ingredients can go anywhere in the grid.
Fertilizer
Fertilizer
| Type | Item |
| ID | hirelings:fertilizer |
| Tooltip | "Grows a crop all the way" |
| How to get | Empty a Composter (Composters give Fertilizer instead of Bone Meal) |
Highgrade Fertilizer
| Type | Item |
| ID | hirelings:highgrade_fertilizer |
| Tooltip | "Grows every crop in a 3x3 all the way" |
| How to get | Crafting (recipe below) |
Shapeless: the ingredients can go anywhere in the grid.
A Composter gives Fertilizer instead of Bone Meal, whoever empties it (a player, a hireling or a hopper).
Last updated November 9, 2026