Fast Saplings
Fast Saplings speeds up sapling growth so a tree sprouts within seconds rather than after the usual three to five minutes.
What it does
Within a 16-block radius around a player, each sapling has a 10% chance per game tick to advance its growth, so trees appear much sooner than in vanilla Minecraft. The change applies to the saplings already in the world as well as newly planted ones, and the mod needs no configuration before it starts working.
The mod is a lightweight Fabric addition for Minecraft 1.21.4. It supports the oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, dark oak and cherry sapling types. The mod runs on client and server, so both sides need it, and only the 1.0.0 file is published for 1.21.4, dated 2026-05-31. The code is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Faster sapling growth
Saplings near a player grow in seconds instead of the usual wait of several minutes.
Radius-based growth
Only saplings within 16 blocks of a player are affected, so distant farms keep vanilla timing.
Random growth ticks
Each eligible sapling has a 10% chance per game tick to grow, which spreads the change across all saplings in range.
All vanilla sapling types
Oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, dark oak and cherry saplings all speed up in the same way.
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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.
Use cases
Quick tree farms
Players who need wood early in a survival world can plant a row of saplings and collect logs without long waits.
Creative builds
Builders who want trees on a finished terrain can see them appear while they work nearby.
Who it’s for: Players who want faster tree growth in survival worlds, and server owners who want the same speed for every player on a multiplayer server.
How it compares
Auto saplinging is a server-required mod with a client-optional side, published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.21 – 1.21.4 under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Bone Meal Small Flowers is a client and server mod for Fabric only, built for 1.21.10, also under the MIT License and not open source. Fast Saplings covers only 1.21.4 and needs both sides, while the other two differ in loaders, version range and environment.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Saplings | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-05-31 |
| Auto saplinging | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-04 |
| Bone Meal Small Flowers | Fabric | 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-12-07 |
Questions
Does the server need Fast Saplings?
Which sapling types does Fast Saplings affect?
In the catalog
Fast Saplings is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
Works with all sapling types (oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, dark oak, cherry, and more) No configuration needed — just install and play Lightweight with no performance impact Minecraft 1.21.4 Fabric Loader 0.19.2 or later Fabric API 0.113.0+1.21.4
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fast-saplings
- Owner
- Oskar.priimagi
- Published
- 2026-05-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15