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Croparium

by LitQA

Croparium lets players grow ores and other resources on crops, a farming-style route to materials that Minecraft does not normally provide.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltClient and serverCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.01.17.1 – 26.3

What it does

Croparium makes resources growable, so a player can cultivate materials much as crops are grown, rather than only mining them. Hand mining is described in the author notes as extremely unhealthy, which is one reason the mod offers a farmed alternative. Using a Classic Stonecutter with the matching material in hand breaks off shards, and on a successful attempt one embryo shard of that type falls out.

Vanilla Plantable Resources is part of the base set. Expansion mods add the specific resources that can be planted, and players install the expansions they want next to Croparium, which serves as the required core. Known expansion content includes Confluence Overworld, Composite Materials and Biomes O Plenty Legacy Reborn.

Croparium is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. The 1.21.6 release and later run natively on Fabric and NeoForge, while 1.21.1 and 1.20.1 use Forge and NeoForge natively. The Forge and NeoForge builds run through Kilt, which is required. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The license is Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0, and the mod is not open source.

Key features

  1. Growable resources

    Resources can be cultivated over time like crops, giving a farming route to materials.

  2. Shard extraction

    Holding a matching material and right-clicking a Classic Stonecutter extracts shards of that type.

  3. Embryo shard drops

    A successful extraction yields a single embryo shard matching the resource type.

  4. Vanilla plantable resources

    Vanilla resources can be planted, and expansion mods add further plantable resource types.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.35.1.1-lite-betaNot availableNot available5.1.1-lite-beta
26.25.1.1-lite-betaNot available5.1.2-beta5.1.1-lite-beta
26.1.25.1.0-liteNot available5.1.2-beta5.1.0-lite
26.1.15.1.0-liteNot availableNot available5.1.0-lite
26.15.1.0-liteNot availableNot available5.1.0-lite
1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds
1.21.115.1.1-lite-betaNot availableNot available5.1.1-lite-beta
1.21.85.1.0-liteNot available5.1.05.1.0-lite
1.21.75.1.0-liteNot available5.0.205.1.0-lite
1.21.65.1.0-liteNot available4.1.1.2175.1.0-lite
1.21.5Not availableNot available3.3.0Not available
1.21.4Not availableNot available5.1.0Not available
1.21.3Not availableNot available3.4.0.1314Not available
1.21.2Not availableNot available3.4.0.1314Not available
1.21.1Not availableNot available5.1.2-betaNot available
1.21Not availableNot available3.4.0.1314Not available
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Required by 11 mods

Croparium: Twilight Forest1.17.1 – 1.21.1Croparium: Create1.17.1 – 1.21.1Croparium: Cataclysm1.18.2 – 1.21.1Croparium: ArPhEx1.19.2 – 1.21.1Croparium: Aether1.19.2 – 1.21.1Croparium: Mekanism1.18.2 – 1.21.1

Use cases

Alternative to hand mining

Players who want materials without mining by hand can grow them through the crop-style system.

Expansion packs

Players install expansion mods alongside the main mod to add specific resources to the system.

Who it’s for: Players who want a farming-style source of ores and resources, and server owners who want to run the mod with its expansion mods on a shared world.

Questions

Does Croparium need Kilt?

Kilt is required on the Forge and NeoForge builds. The Fabric, Quilt and newer native builds do not depend on it.

Do players need the mod on a server?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which expansion mods work with Croparium?

Expansion mods such as Croparium: Twilight Forest, Croparium: Create, Croparium: Cataclysm, Croparium: ArPhEx and Croparium: Aether are required alongside the main mod for the resources they add.

In the catalog

Croparium is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,348 Library mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Library mods3,514Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

More from LitQA

All projects
Better Melon1.14.4 – 26.3Biomes O' Plenty Legacy Reborn1.16.5 – 26.3Croparium: Twilight Forest1.17.1 – 1.21.1Hard Pity1.19.4 – 26.3Better Turtle Scute1.14.4 – 26.2Resettable Trial Vaults & Spawners1.21 – 26.3

Similar mods

Fabric API1.14 – 26.3Cloth Config API1.14 – 26.3YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL)1.19 – 26.3Architectury API1.16.5 – 26.3Just Enough Items (JEI)1.8 – 26.3Geckolib1.12.2 – 26.3

What the author says

Do you want to easily cultivate various resources in Minecraft just like growing crops? The Croparium mod makes it possible! It provides a brand-new way to obtain ores and all kinds of resources, allowing you to grow resources like farming crops! As is known, Mining using hands is extremely unhealthy!
LitQA, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
LitQA
Published
2025-09-19
Updated on Modrinth
2026-10-14
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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