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DarkRooms

by jaredlll08

DarkRooms, by jaredlll08, brings back the old dark room farming mechanic, in which flowers and grass are produced inside unlit spaces.

FabricForgeNeoForgeServer-side onlyMIT LicenseOpen source1.12 – 1.21.10

What it does

Grass that is bonemealed at light level 0 drops grass and flowers instead of planting them, which restores a mechanic from earlier Minecraft versions. The behavior is mainly used for generating EMC in dark rooms. DarkRooms is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and it requires Fabric API. It is released under the MIT License and is open source, with files for 1.12 – 1.21.10 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Key features

  1. Dark room farming

    Bonemeal applied to grass in a room with light level 0 yields grass and flowers directly.

  2. Flower drops

    Flowers come from the dark room process rather than from planted seeds.

  3. EMC generation

    The restored mechanic is mainly used to generate EMC from dark room farms.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.21.1018.0.1Not available18.0.1
1.21.917.0.1Not available17.0.1
1.21.816.0.1Not available16.0.1
1.21.715.0.1Not available15.0.1
1.21.614.0.1Not available14.0.1
1.21.513.0.1Not available13.0.1
1.21.412.0.2Not available12.0.2
1.21.311.0.1Not available11.0.1
1.21.210.0.1Not available10.0.1
1.21.19.0.1Not available9.0.1
1.218.0.1Not available8.0.1
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.20.67.0.1Not available7.0.1
1.20.56.0.3Not available6.0.3
1.20.45.0.25.0.25.0.2
1.20.34.0.24.0.24.0.2
1.20.23.0.23.0.23.0.2
1.20.12.0.22.0.2Not available
1.12.x3 of 3 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Extra Farming Add On Mod is a Fabric mod for 1.21 with client and server environment, under All rights reserved and not open source. Old Potions is client-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later and published for 1.19.4 – 1.21.4 on all three loaders. Better Farming Right Click + Right Click Harvest is client-side only, open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.9 on Fabric and NeoForge.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
DarkRoomsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.12 – 1.21.10Server-side only2025-10-10
Extra Farming Add On ModFabric1.21Client and server2026-02-21
Old PotionsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.19.4 – 1.21.4Client-side only2024-12-27
Better Farming Right Click + Right Click HarvestFabric and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.9Client-side only2025-11-16

Questions

Does DarkRooms need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency, so it must be installed alongside DarkRooms on Fabric.

In the catalog

DarkRooms is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.

Food mods6,151Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1015,569

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AppleSkin1.10.2 – 26.3Farmer's Delight1.18.2 – 1.21.1Farmer's Delight Refabricated1.20.1 – 26.3Eating Animation1.16 – 1.21.3RightClickHarvest1.14 – 26.3Smarter Farmers (farmers replant)1.16.3 – 1.21.1

What the author says

This mod brings back the old dark room mechanics that was primarily used to generate EMC, it does this by making it that when grass is bonemealed, if the light level is 0, it drops the grass / flowers instead of planting them.
jaredlll08, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
jaredlll08
Published
2023-06-07
Updated on Modrinth
2025-10-10
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Food
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