Tree Miner
by XIAOJIN
Tree Miner is a NeoForge food mod in which trees produce minerals, with ore saplings, ripe ore fruits and special bowls for cooking.
What it does
Saplings of the ore types have to be planted on the matching ore, and the grown trees are fairly large, so they need some open space. Once grown, a tree yields ripe fruits, and eating a ripe ore fruit grants beneficial effects tied to the trunk of that tree. Boards can be turned into special bowls, and a number of ripe fruits combined with a special bowl makes special foods. Ripe fruits can be stacked and repeated, and they carry the same effect as the synthetic fruits.
The mod is open source under the BSD 3-Clause License and is developed by the CTN Studio China team, with XIAOJIN named as author. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.4, and the public source code and issue tracker are linked from the project.
Key features
Mineral-producing trees
Trees grown from ore saplings produce minerals, turning tree farming into a source of ore.
Ripe ore fruits
Ripe fruits grant beneficial effects when eaten, with each effect tied to the tree that produced the fruit.
Special bowls and foods
Boards craft into special bowls, and combining ripe fruits with a bowl yields special foods.
Stackable synthetic fruits
Ripe fruits stack and can be repeated, and synthetic ripe fruits give the same effect as natural ones.
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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
Farming minerals from trees
A player who wants ore without mining can plant the matching sapling on ore and wait for the tree to grow.
Cooking with fruit
Players who collect ripe fruits can combine them with special bowls to craft foods with effects.
Who it’s for: The mod suits players who want food and tree farming to be part of their progression, and server owners who want an ore source that does not depend on mining. It requires the matching NeoForge build for 1.21.4.
How it compares
Bountiful Pears is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and targets 1.21.1 on NeoForge, so it covers a different version range than Tree Miner. Kaleidoscope Orchard is released under the MIT License, is not open source, and also targets 1.21.1. Froot Trees covers 1.21 – 1.21.11 under All rights reserved. All three run on client and server, like Tree Miner.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tree Miner | NeoForge | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-03-25 |
| Bountiful Pears | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-20 |
| Kaleidoscope Orchard | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-31 |
| Froot Trees | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-24 |
Questions
Does Tree Miner need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Tree Miner support?
Where can the source code of Tree Miner be found?
In the catalog
Tree Miner is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,596 Food mods for NeoForge. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
A practical MOD developed by CTN Studio (China team) Lode saplings need to be planted on the corresponding ore, and since the trees are relatively large, please give some space.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/tree-miner
- Owner
- XIAOJIN
- Published
- 2025-03-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15