Grass Regrows
by kmv
Short grass that is already present slowly takes root on nearby bare grass, and chickens gain a small foraging habit that eats it.
What it does
Short grass that is already present can spread to nearby grass blocks over time. Growth attempts are tied to random ticks, and the mod searches a small area around each source, three blocks horizontally and two vertically, to decide where new grass may appear.
Chickens gain a foraging routine. Now and then a chicken pauses, looks down, and consumes the short grass beneath its feet. Drops from this grazing follow the mobGriefing game rule, so a server can stop them from producing items.
The mod is a server-side only Fabric mod for Minecraft 26.2, with a single build, 1.1.0+26.2, dated 2026-09-18. It is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 and is open source, with the source code publicly available.
Key features
Grass spreading
Existing short grass gradually spreads onto bare grass blocks nearby, so meadows fill in without any planting.
Adjustable growth chance
The chance of a growth attempt is configurable, and each attempt is checked against a set of eligible grass-block random ticks.
Chicken foraging
Chickens occasionally stop to graze, eating the short grass under their feet instead of wandering past it.
Respects mobGriefing
Items dropped by grazing chickens depend on the mobGriefing game rule, which lets server owners keep the world unchanged.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Meadow maintenance
Servers with open grassland can let trampled or cleared areas recover on their own, as the short grass spreads back.
Farm and pasture life
Chickens kept on a pasture show visible grazing behavior, which adds motion to a farm without extra setup.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want grass to recover and chickens to graze on their own. Because the mod runs on the server alone, players join without installing it.
How it compares
Grass on Leaves is server-side only, released under the MIT License and published for 26.1.2, so it targets a different version. Wildy Wheat has the client and server environment, is released under the MIT License and has files for 26.2. Grass Regrows has no client part, unlike Wildy Wheat.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Regrows | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-09-18 |
| Grass on Leaves | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-06-02 |
| Wildy Wheat | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-14 |
Questions
Does Grass Regrows need Fabric API?
Do players have to install Grass Regrows?
Does the mod work on other game versions?
In the catalog
Grass Regrows is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Grass Regrows lets existing short grass slowly spread back onto nearby bare grass blocks and gives chickens a simple foraging behavior that consumes short grass.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/grass-regrows
- Owner
- kmv
- Published
- 2026-07-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15