Only Scythe
Only Scythe adds a hoe-like scythe tool that harvests and replants mature crops in an area sized by its material, with the area growing from 3 3 to 9 9.
What it does
Right-clicking with a scythe harvests grown crops in the area around the player and replants them. The area size follows the tool's material tier: wooden and stone scythes cover a 3 3 area, iron and gold a 5 5 area, diamond a 7 7 area and netherite a 9 9 area. The radius can be set in the configuration file.
The scythe also clears grass, flowers, ferns and similar blocks across a large area in one action, and it can till land the way a hoe does. Fortune enchantments apply to the broken blocks as they do with vanilla tools. Holding Shift stops area breaking, and only fully grown crops are affected, which keeps young plants from being destroyed by accident.
Custom crops work if they are tagged with minecraft:crops. Only Scythe is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with builds for 1.20.1 – 26.3. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is not open source, and the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Area harvesting
Right-clicking harvests and replants grown crops in a square area around the player.
Material-based radius
Each scythe tier covers a larger square, from 3 3 for wooden and stone up to 9 9 for netherite.
Safe crop handling
Only mature crops are harvested, and holding Shift prevents area breaking so young plants survive.
Grass and plant clearing
Grass, flowers, ferns and similar blocks are removed across a large area in one action.
Fortune support
Fortune applies to the blocks the scythe breaks, the same way it does with vanilla tools.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
OP Scythes covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.16.5 – 1.21.8 under the AFL-3.0 license and is not open source. Just Scythe is a server-side mod that players can skip, with files for 1.21.5 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Hoe Scythes is server-side only and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 on Fabric and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only Scythe | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-09 |
| OP Scythes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-08-27 |
| Just Scythe | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-13 |
| Hoe Scythes | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-06-29 |
Questions
Does Only Scythe need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Only Scythe support?
Does the scythe work with modded crops?
In the catalog
Only Scythe is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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This mod adds the Scythe, a new tool designed for fast and efficient harvesting. By right-clicking, the Scythe will harvest and replant fully grown crops in an area based on the tool’s tier. Additionally, right-clicking on grass or dirt will till the land, just like a hoe—making. Harvest and automatically replant all…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/only-scythe
- Owner
- BlockLegend001
- Published
- 2025-08-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15