Croparium: Applied Energistics II
by LitQA
Croparium: Applied Energistics II lets players grow several Applied Energistics II materials on farmland, as a sustainable alternative to mining quartz.
What it does
The add-on brings some Applied Energistics II resources onto farms. Crops are divided into two farmland tiers, so higher-tier materials need a more advanced setup.
The module is an addon that requires both Croparium and Applied Energistics 2 to be installed. Its purpose is to cultivate key AE2 resources through farming instead of traditional mining, which removes the need for constant quartz hunting in a storage network build.
Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge across 8 release versions, 1.17.1 – 26.1.2, and the code is covered by All rights reserved.
Key features
Growable AE2 materials
Several Applied Energistics II materials can be grown on farmland rather than only obtained from ore.
Sky Stone Dust and Ender Dust
Both dusts are supported growable items, so the add-on covers resources used across the AE2 progression.
Fluix and Certus crystals
Fluix Crystal, Fluix Pearl, Certus Quartz Crystal and its charged form can be cultivated through the crop system.
Two farmland tiers
Crops are split across two tiers of farmland, with the higher tier producing the more demanding resources.
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
Use cases
Sustainable quartz supply
A network owner can cultivate certus and fluix materials on farms instead of repeatedly mining for them.
Who it’s for: Players building Applied Energistics II storage networks who want a farming route for quartz-based materials instead of mining. Server owners can also add it to a modpack with the required dependencies.
How it compares
Schematic Energistics is a Forge and NeoForge add-on for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, under the MIT License, and is not open source. AE2 Lightning Tech is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, for 1.20.1 – 26.1.2, and covers a different area of Applied Energistics II. Both run on client and server, like this mod.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croparium: Applied Energistics II | Forge and NeoForge | 1.17.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-21 |
| Schematic Energistics | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
| AE2 Lightning Tech | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-10-11 |
Questions
Does Croparium: Applied Energistics II need other mods?
Which loaders does it support?
Does the server need the mod as well?
In the catalog
Croparium: Applied Energistics II is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Croparium: Applied Energistics II is an addon module for the Croparium mod, requiring both Croparium and Applied Energistics 2 as dependencies.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/croparium-ae2
- Owner
- LitQA
- Published
- 2026-08-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15