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Fish Skewers V2 – Campfire Cooking & Inventory QoL (from Fisherman's Spear)

Hello Developers (Jens, Agnes!) and Community! Thanks again for the feedback — here’s a cleaner, more vanilla-friendly V2 of my idea.

New item: Fish Skewer

  • Crafting: shapeless 2×2, Stick + any fish ⇒ Raw Fish Skewer (cod/salmon; special pufferfish variant). Works in player grid and crafting table.

  • Campfire: Raw Fish Skewers can be placed on any of the 4 campfire slots. Cook time = the matching fish. Cooked skewers pop off normally and can be collected by hoppers/minecarts.

  • Eating: Cooked Fish Skewer restores the same hunger/saturation as the corresponding cooked fish. The item is fully consumed (no stick back) to avoid clutter.

  • Storage/QoL: Combines stick + fish into one stackable “meal-prep” item (proposed stack size: 16 or 32), great for campfire trips without adding power creep.

Balance & details

  • No combat effects — it’s just food.

  • Cats and villager trades still use regular raw fish items.

  • Pufferfish Skewer: not cookable; should it be edible with vanilla negative effects, or just a non-edible “gag” item?

If you like this simpler, vanilla-coherent approach, please upvote!

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    This idea is interesting, but the whole u put a fish on this part doesn't make that much sense and would not really add that much to the game in that sense. wouldn't make more sense if it your jabbed a fish u would just get this item like a skewer? then it kinda ties the whole thing up and finally adds something new to fishing. 

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    Thanks for the spark! You're right: instead of using the spear, it makes more sense to create a dedicated item. I updated the proposal in a more "vanilla" key:

    New item: Fish Skewer (salmon/cod; special puffer).

    Shapeless recipe 2×2: Stick + Fish ⇒ Skewer (raw).

    Cooking: on the bonfire (4 slots), with time equal to the corresponding fish.

    Stack: 16 (or 32, open to feedback) to improve inventory.

    Nutritional values: identical to fish (the skewer is just a more comfortable shape).

    Pufferfish: not cookable; remains edible with malus or just "gag" (which do you prefer?).

    Post-consumption: the skewer wears out (no stick returned, cleaner boxes).

    So we keep the fantasy of the "steckerfisch", we remain consistent with Minecraft (no special rules on instruments) and we get a real saving of slots for those who cook at the bonfire.

    Do you want to tell me what you think about stack 16 vs 32 and puffer: malus or gag?