Botanical Machinery
by MelanX
Botanical Machinery adds automated machines to Botania, so the mana, flowers and rune recipes that players usually craft by hand can run on their own.
What it does
Botanical Machinery is a Forge and NeoForge addon for Botania, and it requires both Botania and LibX to run. The machines cover tasks that are tedious to repeat by hand, such as producing mana, infusing items and creating runes, and several of them connect to the existing Botania blocks through hoppers and catalysts. A miniature Alfheim Portal lets players trade with the elves without building a full-size portal.
Installation runs on client and server, so the server and every player need the mod. Files are released under the Apache License 2.0, and the source code is public. Builds cover 1.15.2 – 1.20.1, and the latest Forge file targets 1.20.1. Botanical Machinery Extra is one of the catalog mods that depends on it.
Key features
Mana Battery
A battery that stores mana and works alongside the other machines, with its own place in the layout.
Automated runic altar
The Runic Altar can be fed by hoppers, so rune crafting continues without manual input.
Mana pool with inventory
A pool that holds mana and takes items from an inventory placed below it, useful for infusion and catalyst work.
Agglomeration plate
A plate that needs a stabilising platform underneath it, used in the agglomeration process.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 2
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Automating mana production
Players who want Botania's mana supply to run without constant attention can place the battery and pools to feed the flowers.
Compact elven trade
The single-block Alfheim Portal lets a world trade with the elves without a large structure.
Who it’s for: Players who already play Botania and want its crafting chains automated, and server owners who run Botania on a Forge or NeoForge server for 1.20.1.
How it compares
Botanical Machinery shares the client and server environment of 1000x Botania, which is open source under the MIT License and available only for Forge on 1.18.2 – 1.20.1. Botania Evolved is also open source under the MIT License, but its files cover only Forge for 1.20.1. Voltany, Botanic Additions and Create: Magics are closed source, with different loaders and version ranges.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botanical Machinery | Forge and NeoForge | 1.15.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-11 |
| 1000x Botania | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-07 |
| Botania Evolved | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-03 |
| Voltany | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
| Botanic Additions | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-28 |
| Create: Magics | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-09-27 |
Questions
Which dependencies does Botanical Machinery need?
Does the server need Botanical Machinery?
Which loader should be chosen for 1.20.1?
In the catalog
Botanical Machinery is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Here you can see all the machines. You can learn more about each machine in the corresponding sections below. The Mana Battery can be seen in conjunction with the other machines in the last picture at the very bottom. This single block has a tiny version of an Alfheim Portal inside. It allows for trade with the elves…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/botanical-machinery
- Owner
- MelanX
- Published
- 2022-04-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15