The Flesh That Hates

Quickstart

1. Craft an Infection Scalpel (see recipe below) and right-click a dirt block or any mob to start your first outbreak.
2. Watch nearby dirt and grass convert into Infected Flesh Blocks and nearby mobs catch the Flesh Infection effect.
3. Use /fleshinfection status to see how far the spread has reached, and /fleshinfection cleanse to wipe it out if things get out of hand.

Overview

The Flesh That Hates introduces a living, breathing infection system to Minecraft. A virulent blight — the Flesh Infection — can seize control of terrain and creatures alike. Infected Flesh Blocks silently creep across the landscape, converting dirt and soil while exposing any living thing nearby to the disease. Every mob in the game can contract the infection, and once marked, they stay infected permanently — continuing to spread the blight and take damage even after the visible status effect fades.

Outbreaks can be sparked deliberately with crafted tools, stumbled upon by encountering infected hostile mobs, or seeded by placing Infected Flesh Blocks directly into the world. The mod also gives you the tools to contain or erase what you've unleashed.

What It Adds

Blocks

Items

Mobs

Status Effect

• Flesh Infection — A harmful effect that deals magic damage every 2 seconds, emits crimson spore particles, and periodically spreads infection to nearby mobs and the block beneath the carrier.

Commands

Crafting And Obtaining

Craft items in this order — each tier feeds into the next.

Flesh Vial — the foundation of all infection crafting:

Flesh Spore Sac — area-of-effect infection device:

Infected Flesh Block — placeable spreading block:

Infection Scalpel — direct infection tool:

Flesh Vials and Flesh Spore Sacs can also be obtained by killing Infected Spiders and Infected Zombies respectively, though drops are not guaranteed.

Abilities And Mechanics

Infection Spread

The infection propagates through several overlapping systems:

• Infected Flesh Blocks randomly tick to convert adjacent dirt-type blocks into more Infected Flesh Blocks. Any living entity within ~1.25 blocks of a block catches Flesh Infection.
• Infected mobs deal infection on hit and periodically pulse an aura that infects surrounding mobs and corrupts the block beneath them.
• Infected creatures (carrying the status effect or the persistent infection marker) also spread infection to nearby mobs and blocks on each damage tick.

Persistent Infection Marker

Unlike a normal status effect, the infection leaves a hidden permanent marker on every mob it touches. This means:

• Mobs that would normally resist or ignore status effects still get infected.
• Once a mob is marked, it stays infected after the visible Flesh Infection effect expires — continuing to take damage and spread the blight indefinitely.

Infection Scalpel

• Hit a mob to apply Flesh Infection directly. Damages the scalpel.
• Right-click a mob for a longer-duration infection application.
• Right-click a block to attempt to convert it to an Infected Flesh Block. The game confirms with the message "The block convulses with infection."

Flesh Spore Sac

• Right-click to use. Erupts in a large cloud of crimson spores (8-block radius for mobs, 5-block radius for blocks), infecting up to ~18 nearby blocks and all living mobs in range. Consumed on use. Has a brief cooldown. A message reports how many creatures and blocks were exposed.

Infected Zombie & Infected Spider Auras

Both infected mob variants periodically release a passive infection aura:

• Infected Zombie: ~3-block radius aura every 4–6 seconds, corrupts up to 3 blocks underfoot.
• Infected Spider: ~2.5-block radius aura every 3–5 seconds, corrupts up to 2 blocks underfoot.

Progression And Strategy

Early outbreak: Craft a Flesh Vial first, then upgrade to a Flesh Spore Sac for large-scale terrain conversion. A single Spore Sac can seed an outbreak across a significant area instantly.

Farming infection materials: Hunt Infected Zombies for Flesh Spore Sacs and Infected Spiders for Flesh Vials. These drop rates are uncommon, so killing in volume pays off.

Containment: If an outbreak grows unmanageable, /fleshinfection status will tell you the scope and /fleshinfection cleanse will purge it. Act fast — Infected Flesh Blocks spread autonomously on random ticks and infected mobs wander freely.

Harvesting Infected Flesh Blocks: Mine them normally to collect them as placeable items. They can be replanted anywhere dirt-like blocks exist to seed new outbreaks at will.

Survival threat: Infected Zombies and Spiders are meaningfully stronger than their vanilla counterparts. Avoid fighting them in close quarters without armor — their on-hit infection combined with their aura makes even a brief engagement dangerous for you and any nearby mobs.