diff --git a/mods/life_eater.js b/mods/life_eater.js
index 22ca838f..9fde2efc 100644
--- a/mods/life_eater.js
+++ b/mods/life_eater.js
@@ -2,77 +2,108 @@ var modName = "mods/life_eater.js";
 var fireMod = "mods/fire_mod.js";
 
 if(!enabledMods.includes(fireMod)) {
+	enabledMods.splice(enabledMods.indexOf(modName),0,fireMod);
 	enabledMods.splice(enabledMods.indexOf(modName),0,fireMod);
 	localStorage.setItem("enabledMods", JSON.stringify(enabledMods));
 	alert(`The ${fireMod} mod is required and has been automatically inserted (reload for this to take effect).`);
 } else {
 
-var lifeEaterCategories = ["life","auto creepers","shit","cum"];
-var lifeEaterBlacklist = ["life_eater_virus","life_eater_infection","organic_slurry"];
-var lifeEaterWhitelist = ["blood","poop","blood_ice"];
+	var lifeEaterCategories = ["life","auto creepers","shit","cum","food","fantastic creatures","fey","auto_fey"];
+	var lifeEaterBlacklist = ["life_eater_virus","life_eater_slurry"];
+	var lifeEaterWhitelist = ["blood","poop","blood_ice","wood","wood_plank","sawdust","straw","paper","birthpool","dried_poop","gloomfly","meat_monster","rotten_ravager","bone_beast","withery","withery_plant","banana","apple","rotten_apple","apioform_player","apioform_bee","apioform","apiodiagoform","sugar_cactus","sugar_cactus_seed","flowering_sugar_cactus"];
 
-function spreadLifeEater(pixel) {
-	for(i = 0; i < adjacentCoords.length; i++) { //iterate through neighbor spots
-		if(!isEmpty(pixel.x+adjacentCoords[i][0],pixel.y+adjacentCoords[i][1],true)) { //check for adjacentCoords
-			var newPixel = pixelMap[pixel.x+adjacentCoords[i][0]][pixel.y+adjacentCoords[i][1]]
-			if(
-				(lifeEaterCategories.includes(elements[newPixel.element].category) || lifeEaterWhitelist.includes(newPixel.element)) && 
-				!lifeEaterBlacklist.includes(newPixel.element)
-			) {
-				changePixel(newPixel,"life_eater_infection");
+	function tryCreatePlus(element,centerX,centerY) {
+		var plusCoords = adjacentCoords.concat([[0,0]]);
+		var pixels = 0;
+		for(let i = 0; i < plusCoords.length; i++) {
+			var newX = centerX + plusCoords[i][0];
+			var newY = centerY + plusCoords[i][1];
+			if(isEmpty(newX,newY)) {
+				while(element instanceof Array) { element = element[Math.floor(Math.random() * element.length)] };
+				createPixel(element,newX,newY);
+				pixels++;
 			};
 		};
+		return pixels;
 	};
-};
 
-
-elements.life_eater_virus = {
-	color: ["#7bb064", "#aabd60", "#9e9e29"],
-	behavior: behaviors.GAS,
-	tick: function(pixel) {
-		spreadLifeEater(pixel);
-	},
-	category: "life",
-	state: "gas",
-	density: airDensity,
-	excludeRandom: true,
-};
-
-elements.life_eater_infection = {
-	color: ["#3d6e29", "#666617", "#7d5716"],
-	behavior: behaviors.LIQUID,
-	tick: function(pixel) {
-		spreadLifeEater(pixel);
-		
-		if(pixelTicks - pixel.start > 6) {
-			changePixel(pixel,Math.random() < 0.5 ? "methane" : "organic_slurry");
+	function spreadLifeEater(pixel) {
+		var convertedPixels = [];
+		for(i = 0; i < adjacentCoords.length; i++) { //iterate through neighbor spots
+			if(!isEmpty(pixel.x+adjacentCoords[i][0],pixel.y+adjacentCoords[i][1],true)) { //check for adjacentCoords
+				var newPixel = pixelMap[pixel.x+adjacentCoords[i][0]][pixel.y+adjacentCoords[i][1]]
+				var isLifeEaterFairy = (elements[newPixel.element].category == "auto_fey" && newPixel.element.includes("life_eater_"))
+				//console.log(newPixel.element,isLifeEaterFairy);
+				if(
+					(lifeEaterCategories.includes(elements[newPixel.element].category) || lifeEaterWhitelist.includes(newPixel.element)) && 
+					!lifeEaterBlacklist.includes(newPixel.element) &&
+					!isLifeEaterFairy //exclude fairies which produce life eater
+				) {
+					changePixel(newPixel,"life_eater_slurry");
+					convertedPixels.push(newPixel);
+				};
+			};
 		};
-	},
-	category: "life",
-	state: "liquid",
-	density: 1050,
-	burn: 70,
-	burnTime: 20,
-        fireSpawnTemp: 1000,
-        burnTempChange: 100,
-	excludeRandom: true,
-};
+		return convertedPixels;
+	};
 
-elements.organic_slurry = {
-	color: ["#6f8046", "#857539"],
-	behavior: behaviors.LIQUID,
-	reactions: {
-		"dirt": {elem1: null, elem2: "mud"},
-		"sand": {elem1: null, elem2: "wet_sand"},
+	elements.life_eater_explosion = {
+		color: ["#96c785","#f0d654","#ffb47a"],
+		behavior: [
+			"XX|XX|XX",
+			"XX|EX:9>plasma,fire,life_eater_virus|XX",
+			"XX|XX|XX",
+		],
+		temp: 1600,
+		category: "energy",
+		state: "gas",
+		density: 1000,
+		excludeRandom: true,
+		hidden: true,
 	},
-	category: "life",
-	state: "liquid",
-	density: 1050,
-	burn: 80,
-	burnTime: 10,
-        fireSpawnTemp: 1000,
-        burnTempChange: 100,
-	excludeRandom: true,
-};
+
+	elements.life_eater_virus = {
+		color: ["#7bb064", "#aabd60", "#9e9e29"],
+		behavior: behaviors.GAS,
+		tick: function(pixel) {
+			spreadLifeEater(pixel).forEach(infectedPixel => spreadLifeEater(infectedPixel));
+		},
+		category: "life",
+		state: "gas",
+		density: airDensity,
+		excludeRandom: true,
+		tempHigh: 300,
+		stateHigh: null,
+	};
+
+	elements.life_eater_slurry = {
+		color: ["#3d6e29", "#666617", "#7d5716"],
+		behavior: behaviors.LIQUID,
+		properties: {
+			methaned: false,
+		},
+		tick: function(pixel) {
+			spreadLifeEater(pixel).forEach(infectedPixel => spreadLifeEater(infectedPixel));
+			
+			if(pixelTicks - pixel.start > 6) {
+				if(!pixel.methaned && Math.random() < 0.2) {
+					changePixel(pixel,Math.random() < 0.2 ? "life_eater_virus" : "methane");
+				} else {
+					pixel.methaned = true;
+				};
+				tryCreatePlus(["methane","methane","methane","methane","life_eater_virus"],pixel.x,pixel.y);
+				return;
+			};
+		},
+		category: "life",
+		state: "liquid",
+		density: 1050,
+		burn: 100,
+		burnTime: 10,
+		fireSpawnTemp: 1500,
+		burnTempChange: 200,
+		burnInto: ["life_eater_virus","plasma","fire","life_eater_explosion"],
+		excludeRandom: true,
+	};
 
 }