Biome Limited Growth
by Ordana
Biome Limited Growth restricts which biomes a crop, sapling or other plant can grow in, and it can be set up through datapacks.
What it does
Plants are checked against biome tags before they grow, so a crop placed outside its allowed biomes stays put. Random ticks skip affected blocks in biomes they are not permitted in, and bonemeal follows the same limit for the plant type. Example options are included in the mod files so server owners can adapt them.
Players join without installing anything, because the mod is entirely server-side. Server admins set the rules through datapacks. Biome Limited Growth is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and its files cover 1.21.1 for both Fabric and NeoForge.
Key features
Growth restricted by biome
Crops, saplings and other plants can be limited to the biomes where they are allowed to grow.
Biome tags for rules
Restrictions are written against named biome tags, so one rule can cover several biomes at once.
Bonemeal limits
Bonemeal respects the same biome limits as natural growth, so it cannot force a plant to grow where it is blocked.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Crops Time Growth Editor is server-side only, not open source and built for Fabric 1.21.5. CropTime is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.21.5 – 1.21.8 on Fabric. Restrictive Farming is client and server and open source under the MIT License, for NeoForge 1.21.1 – 26.1.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biome Limited Growth | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-09-24 |
| Crops Time Growth Editor | Fabric | 1.21.5 | Server-side only | 2025-05-30 |
| CropTime | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2025-09-03 |
| Restrictive Farming | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-16 |
Questions
Does a player need Biome Limited Growth installed?
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What the author says
A simple little mod that allows you to limit which biomes plants are able to grow in. Any block affected by random ticks, if added to the appropriate block and if biome tags are named appropriately, can be fully restricted in its ability to grow! Additionally you can limit which biomes bonemeal works on each type of…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/biome-limited-growth
- Owner
- Ordana
- Published
- 2025-07-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15