Cotton
by Daemon
Cotton is a Fabric crop mod that adds a cotton plant, its seeds, and cotton balls that can be turned into string.
What it does
A single new crop, cotton, is added to the vanilla farming system. Cotton seeds can come from breaking short grass, in the same way wheat seeds drop, and they are planted on farmland. The plant has eight growth stages and responds to bone meal the way wheat does. A mature plant is harvested for cotton balls and extra seeds, and Fortune raises the number of seeds collected. One cotton ball can be combined with one string in a shapeless recipe, and the mod gives cotton its own creative tab.
Cotton requires Fabric API and runs on Fabric 1.19.2 – 1.21.1, with 1.1.0+1.21.1 as the latest file for 1.21.1. It is also listed with Lightweight Config as an extra dependency. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The source code is public, so the mod is open source.
Key features
Cotton plant crop
An eight-stage crop that grows on farmland and responds to bone meal like wheat does.
Seeds from short grass
Cotton seeds sometimes drop when short grass is broken, the same way wheat seeds do.
Fortune for more seeds
Fortune adds extra seeds when a mature cotton plant is harvested.
Cotton ball and string recipe
One cotton ball and one string combine in a shapeless recipe, and string can also be obtained from cotton.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Farming survival
Players growing crops in a survival world can add cotton to their fields and gather cotton balls and string from it.
Modpacks
Cotton is a small farming addition that modpack authors can include in a cozy farming pack.
Who it’s for: Players who want an extra vanilla-style crop for farms, and server owners who want a simple farming addition installed on both sides.
How it compares
Auto Plant Crops is client-side only, so players can use it alone, and it is open source under the MIT License for 1.19 – 1.21.10. Thread & Cloth is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, with a client and server environment and a single version, 1.21.1. Max Bone Meal is server-side only, is not open source, and is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-14 |
| Auto Plant Crops | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.21.10 | Client-side only | 2025-12-01 |
| Thread & Cloth | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-15 |
| Max Bone Meal | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-07-11 |
Questions
Does Cotton need Fabric API?
Does Cotton have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Cotton support?
In the catalog
Cotton is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
The farmer's way to get string: grow it. Cotton adds one simple crop to vanilla farming. Break grass to find cotton seeds, plant them on farmland, and harvest cotton balls you can turn into string. You won't have to fight spiders for wool, bows, fishing rods or leads anymore.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cotton
- Owner
- Daemon
- Published
- 2022-11-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15