Zero Tick Farms (26.1)
by madelaine
Zero Tick Farms restores zero-tick plant growth for Fabric on 26.1.2, so crops and certain plants can grow in a single game tick.
What it does
Zero-tick growth is a behavior from earlier Minecraft versions where a plant grows as soon as its scheduled tick fires. The mod brings that behavior back for supported plants, including chorus flowers, sugar cane, twisting and weeping vines, wheat, carrots, potatoes, beetroot, nether wart and sweet berries. Growth is triggered by forcing the scheduled tick, so a pulsed piston placed beside a plant can make it grow without waiting for random ticks.
The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing anything and only the server needs the jar. It requires Fabric API and is released under the MIT License, which means the source code is public. The Fabric port was migrated from tildejustin's 0 Tick Crops to the Yarn mappings and updated for Minecraft 26.1.2. Its only file is v1.0.0, published on 2026-08-07, after a first release on 2026-07-31.
Key features
Zero-tick plant growth
Supported plants grow in a single tick once their scheduled tick is forced, instead of waiting on random growth.
Piston-driven growth
A pulsed piston beside a supported plant forces the growth tick, which lets simple automated farms run on pistons.
Broad plant coverage
Chorus flowers, sugar cane, vines, the four common crops, nether wart and sweet berries are all covered.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Automated farms on a server
Server owners who build automatic harvesters can use forced growth ticks so crops refill quickly between harvests.
Sugar cane and vine farms
Sugar cane and twisting or weeping vines respond to the same forced tick, making them useful for compact designs.
Who it’s for: Server owners and builders who want crops and plants to grow on demand with pistons. Players on a server running the mod need no installation of their own.
How it compares
Simple Crop Harvester is a server-side Fabric mod under the MIT License, covering 26.1 – 26.2, and it harvests crops rather than changing their growth. InfiniteSugarCane is a Fabric mod for both client and server, also under the MIT License, built for 26.2 only and focused on sugar cane. Zero Tick Farms is server-side only and changes how the listed plants grow.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero Tick Farms (26.1) | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-07 |
| Simple Crop Harvester | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-01 |
| InfiniteSugarCane | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-22 |
Questions
Does Zero Tick Farms need Fabric API?
Do players need to install Zero Tick Farms?
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In the catalog
Zero Tick Farms (26.1) is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
First release. A Fabric port of tildejustin's 0 Tick Crops, updated for Minecraft 26.1.2 (migrated from Yarn to Mojang mappings). Restores 0-tick plant growth: forcing a scheduled tick on a supported plant (e.g. a pulsed piston beside it) makes it grow.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/zero-tick-farms
- Owner
- madelaine
- Published
- 2026-07-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15