Gardening Tools
by Lothrazar
Gardening Tools adds tools and blocks that speed up farming: tilling large plots, hydrating farmland, planting from the inventory and automating livestock care.
What it does
Simple tools till whole rows of farmland with one action, in the style of Stardew Valley, and plant seeds from the inventory in front of the player. A watering block hydrates the farmland around it as a water source would, and it also works on farmland above or below the block. A concentrated bonemeal item grows most crops at once, with a high chance of instant growth for saplings, and a placed growth block slowly grows nearby crops while it is supplied.
The livestock tools cover feeding and gathering. A feeder item collects nearby dropped items and feeds nearby animals with a valid food for breeding. Shears gather wool from nearby sheep and a bucket-based milker takes milk from nearby cows, with the buckets needing to be refilled. A collector block pulls nearby items toward it, and when a chest or hopper is placed beside it, a filter limits it to the items that container accepts.
Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. It is published for Forge and NeoForge across 8 release versions, 1.14.4 – 26.1.2, with the latest Forge file for 1.20.1 and the latest NeoForge file for 26.1.2. It is licensed under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Large-area tilling
Tools till a row or a block of farmland in one swipe, so a large farm takes less time to prepare.
Hydrating blocks
Watering blocks keep nearby farmland moist, including tiles above and below them.
Automated livestock care
Feeders, shears and milkers handle breeding food, wool and milk for animals placed nearby.
Filtered item collection
A collector pulls in dropped items, and a chest or hopper beside it narrows what it takes.
Concentrated bonemeal
A stronger bonemeal grows most crops instantly and gives saplings a high chance of growing at once.
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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.
How it compares
Neosyn's Watering Can is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, client and server, licensed under All rights reserved and not open source, focused on watering. Watering Cans [Dew Drop] covers the same loaders and range, is client and server, and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0, not open source. MoreFarming is client and server, under the MIT License, not open source, for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 on Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardening Tools | Forge and NeoForge | 1.14.4 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-25 |
| Neosyn's Watering Can | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-10 |
| Watering Cans [Dew Drop] | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-30 |
| MoreFarming | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-12-07 |
Questions
Which loaders does Gardening Tools support?
Does Gardening Tools need to be installed on the server?
Do the milking tools need buckets?
In the catalog
Gardening Tools is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,441 Optimization mods for Forge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
This hydrates blocks around it just like a water source, except it works on farmland above and below as well Just like Stardew Valley, till a whole row of farmland with one swipe
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gardening-tools
- Owner
- Lothrazar
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15