Agricultural Enhancements

Mod Overview

This mod offers thoughtful enhancements for agriculture in Minecraft, including irrigation systems, soil management, harvest automation, and planting systems. It represents the implementation of ideas developed over many years. While some features may appear in other mods, Agricultural Enhancements integrates seamlessly into any modpack and maintains good balance with the vanilla experience. Most mod information is available directly in-game through tooltips and JEI integration.

Tools

Farmer's Wrench

A versatile tool for rotating various blocks and disassembling mechanisms. Some machines have special operating modes that are activated using this wrench.

Watering Can

Holds up to one bucket of water and is used to gradually accelerate plant growth and moisten soil.

Agricultural Machinery

All machines have configurable parameters in server configuration files. Mechanisms require fuel for operation, stored in internal reservoirs of varying capacity. Machines should be disassembled using the farmer's wrench to preserve fuel and resources.

Irrigation Controller

Creates pressure in irrigation pipe systems up to 15 blocks away. Requires a water source block beneath the mechanism for operation. Sprinklers can be placed at least 3 blocks apart from each other and affect plants and soil in a 3x3 area below them.

Fertilizer Producer

Processes various ingredients into macronutrients and creates fertilizers when the necessary nutrient balance is achieved. The resulting fertilizer has a balanced NPK composition of 1:1:1. Maintaining nutrient equilibrium is important - excess of one component can block the mechanism, requiring pressure release using the farmer's wrench.

Crop Manager

Operates within a 9-block radius. Can till land to create tilled soil, plant various seeds and saplings, and efficiently manage soil nutrients using fertilizers.

Harvester

Collects crops within a 9-block radius. Supports two operating modes: destructive (removes plant blocks) and non-destructive (harvests crops without destroying plants). For some crops like netherwart, the non-destructive mode is unavailable. Special items can be used to modify loot generation (silk touch, fortune), with items not being consumed.

Additional Blocks

Tilled Soil

An enhanced version of farmland with nutrient and moisture systems. Moisture level spreads up to 5 blocks from a water source and increases during rain. Nutrients can be replenished using fertilizers while being gradually consumed as plants grow. Falling on tilled soil doesn't destroy it but may slow plant growth.

Soil

Forms when blocks are placed above tilled soil. Retains nutrients and moisture levels, can transfer moisture to adjacent blocks. Requires retilling for replanting crops.

Integration with Other Mods

Jade

Provides information display for most mechanisms, irrigation systems, and various soil types.

JEI

Includes recipes for planting crops using the crop manager, creating fertilizers in the fertilizer producer, and detailed information about blocks and items.