SquatGrow

SquatGrow is a Hytale server plugin that brings a touch of old-school skyblock gameplay to your farming experience. Remember spending hours crouching over your crops to make them grow faster? This plugin makes that mechanic a reality in Hytale.

When a player crouches near crops, all farmable plants within a configurable radius will instantly advance their growth stages. It's a simple but satisfying quality-of-life feature that rewards active players and adds a bit of nostalgia to your farming routine. Whether you're building an automated farm or just want to speed up your harvest, SquatGrow gives you the control.

Features

• Crouch to Grow: Simply crouch near your crops to accelerate their growth
• Configurable Radius: Control how far the growth effect extends around the player (default: 3 blocks)
• Growth Amount: Choose how many stages crops advance with each trigger (default: 1 stage)
• Instant Max Growth: Option to instantly mature crops to their final harvestable stage
• Growth Chance: Add some RNG with a configurable probability for growth to occur
• Blacklist Support: Exclude specific crops from being affected by the plugin
• Performance Optimized: Efficient chunk-based scanning minimizes server impact

Configuration

The plugin generates a configuration file with the following options:

{
  "Radius": 3,
  "Amount": 1,
  "GrowthChance": null,
  "MaxGrowthStage": null,
  "BlacklistedCrops": []
}

Configuration Options

• Radius (integer, default: 3): The radius in blocks around the player where crops will be affected. Must be greater than 0.
• Amount (integer, default: 1): How many growth stages crops will advance. Must be greater than 0.
• GrowthChance (float, optional): The probability of growth occurring on each crouch (0.0 to 1.0). If null or omitted, growth always occurs.
• MaxGrowthStage (boolean, optional): When set to true, crops will instantly grow to their maximum stage instead of incrementing by Amount.
• BlacklistedCrops (array of strings): A list of block IDs that should not be affected. Example: ["Plant_Crop_Wheat_Block"]

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the curseforge mod page
2. Place the SquatGrow.jar file in your server's mods folder
3. Start your server - the plugin will generate a default configuration file
4. (Optional) Customize the config file to your preferences and reload