Minecraft wiki entry for Things_not_to_do, associated text: If the player runs out of food, they must either locate more, otherwise they may risk starving (possibly to death in Hard mode). Passive mobs can be hard to find after world generation, especially in biomes where they do not spawn frequently. In the Nether, running out of food is extremely perilous as the only sources of food are mushrooms to make mushroom stew, which are somewhat rare, and hoglins for porkchops, which are hostile and only spawn in crimson forests. Because of the crimson forest's other hostile inhabitants, trying to find hoglins may end up in death if the player is too low on hunger to heal.