Farm Better with Hoes
by person_coz
Farm Better with Hoes lets a hoe held in the offhand replant crops broken by the main hand, with bigger hoes covering wider areas.
What it does
Holding a hoe in the offhand while breaking crops with the main hand replants the broken crops automatically. The better the hoe, the larger the area it covers: wooden hoes work on one block, stone, copper and golden hoes on five, iron and diamond hoes on nine, and the netherite hoe on thirteen. Installing the data pack version on a server makes farming with hoes stronger without any mod on the client side.
The mod is a server-required addition: the server must run it, while players may leave it out. The data pack variant needs no loader. Builds are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, covering game versions 1.21 – 26.3 with 17 release versions, and the code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. The mod is required by two other catalog mods, Farm Better with Hoes - Farmers Delight Compatibility and Farm Better with Hoes - The aether compatibility.
Key features
Offhand replanting
A hoe in the offhand replants each crop the main hand breaks, so harvesting and replanting happen in one action.
Tiered hoe radius
Each hoe tier widens the break area, from a single block for wooden hoes up to thirteen blocks for netherite.
Farm 3x3 support
The three-by-three area of the Farm 3x3 pattern is covered by the wider hoe tiers.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Required by 2 mods
Use cases
Crop farms
Large wheat, carrot or potato fields can be harvested and replanted by a single player without manual replanting.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want faster farming, and survival players who grow crops across large fields.
How it compares
Better Hoes for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt is not open source, with files for 1.18 – 26.1.2 under the MIT License, and only the server needs it, with the client optional. Farm 3x3 is open source under the MIT License, server required with the client optional, and covers 1.18 – 26.3 on the same four loaders. Will's Farming Tweaks is Fabric-only, open source under the MIT License, and runs on client and server for 1.21.1 – 26.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Better with Hoes | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-29 |
| Better Hoes | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-05-04 |
| Farm 3x3 | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-13 |
| Will's Farming Tweaks | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-30 |
Questions
Does Farm Better with Hoes need a loader on the server?
Do players need the mod installed?
Which game versions are supported?
In the catalog
Farm Better with Hoes is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Please let me know if there is any issues with 26.1 Thank you! This data pack makes farming using hoes overpowered. When holding a hoe in the offhand it will replant all broken crops, and when in mainhand it will just break. The better the hoe, the bigger radius is broken. For example: - Wooden Hoe - 1 block - Stone…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-farming-with-hoes
- Owner
- person_coz
- Published
- 2026-01-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15