Damp Soil
by Sarinsa
Damp Soil changes how farmland takes on water, so crops in a Forge world need irrigation to keep growing.
What it does
Crops die without water in this mod. Farmland tilled with a hoe starts out moisturized, and it stays moist for a longer time than in vanilla, even when no water source is nearby. The water block range around farmland is set in the config file, and a moisture level texture shows how dry each block is. Crops grow more slowly, and bone meal is less effective on them, which makes farming a more deliberate task.
Sprinklers are redstone devices that spray water droplets to moisten nearby farmland. A sprinkler is placed facing downwards on a ceiling, and its radius is set in the config file. Old-school villager-style farms still work, while larger farms need more irrigation. Damp Soil requires Crust on Forge, and Serene Seasons and Tough As Nails are optional dependencies that add further interaction with weather and temperature. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for Forge, for 1.16.5 – 1.20.1, and the latest file is 1.20.1-5.3.11.
Key features
Dry crops die
Crops left on farmland that has dried out stop growing and are lost, so water becomes part of the routine.
Adjustable moisture
The config file controls the water block range, how long farmland stays moist, and how fast it dries.
Sprinkler devices
Redstone sprinklers moisten farmland in a set radius, and their range is configured in the mod's config file.
Frozen farmland
Farmland can freeze in cold temperatures, which changes how it holds water.
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
Optional 2
Use cases
Irrigated farms
Sprinklers placed on a ceiling water a larger field, so players do not need to lay a channel of water by hand.
Harder survival farming
Slower growth and weaker bone meal make crop production a longer task in survival worlds.
Who it’s for: Players who want farming to demand more planning, and server owners who run shared farms that need irrigation.
How it compares
Immersive Farming is a Forge mod for 1.18.2 that is open source under the MIT License, and it shares the client and server environment with Damp Soil. Wild Delight is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, with a Forge and NeoForge build for 1.20.1. Keep My Soil Tilled is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and it is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved and covers 1.16.5 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damp Soil | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-14 |
| Immersive Farming | Forge | 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2024-11-20 |
| Wild Delight | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-17 |
| Keep My Soil Tilled | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
Questions
Does Damp Soil need Crust?
Does the server need Damp Soil?
Can Damp Soil be used on versions other than 1.20.1?
In the catalog
Damp Soil is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This is Damp Soil! A Forge port of the mod Moisturization by RandomMcSomethin Do you wish farming was more challenging? Then Damp Soil has you covered!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/damp-soil
- Owner
- Sarinsa
- Published
- 2023-11-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15