GlymeraComposter - Compost Organic Waste into Living Soil

A charming two-block composter. Drop plant and animal material into the top, and it slowly turns into Fertile Earth in the bottom - a special soil that makes crops grow far faster (until it wears out). Feed it by hand or wire it into your Bluestone for a fully automatic soil farm.

Pure server-side plugin - no client mod required.

What is GlymeraComposter?

GlymeraComposter adds a two-block-tall composter bin with a custom 3D model. The top half is an input, the bottom half an output - each a full double-chest of space. Throw in anything organic and the composter processes it bit by bit into Fertile Earth, a consumable fast-growth soil. Common greenery is cheap bulk; rarer materials are worth far more. Everything is configurable, and the whole thing plugs straight into Bluestone hoppers and pipes.

How It Works

Place the composter (it needs 2 blocks of vertical space).
Put organic material into the top bin - by hand, or via a hopper above.
The composter processes one item every few seconds; the rarer the material, the more of a batch it fills.
Collect Fertile Earth from the bottom - by hand, or via a hopper/pipe below or to the side.

Right-click either half to open it (no Bluestone required). Only the player who placed a composter (the owner) and server operators can break it. The composter never touches a container while someone has it open, so it is dupe-safe.

Fertile Earth - the fast-growth soil

The composter's default output is Fertile Earth, a special soil:

Plant straight onto it - no hoe needed; normal crops grow right away.
Much faster growth - the soil keeps itself permanently watered and fertilized, so crops race through their stages.
It wears out - Fertile Earth is a consumable boost. After about 6 hours of loaded time (+/-10%) it dries into plain dry mud. Only time while the chunk is actually loaded counts - leaving the area or logging off pauses the clock, so it never decays while nobody is around.
Prefer something else? Switch the output in the config to vanilla Fertilizer Bags, Crystal Earth, or any item id you like.

Crafting Recipe

Input	Bench	Output
5x Stick + 1x Carrot + 1x Cauliflower + 1x Cotton	Farmer Workbench (maximum upgrade tier only)	1x Composter

The recipe can be turned off in the config.

Eats almost anything organic

680+ items are recognized: crops, fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, cacti, flowers, grass, leaves, moss, seaweed, raw & cooked meat, fish, eggs, manure, bonemeal, leather, hide, feathers and much more. Inorganic items are simply ignored.

Configuration

Generated at first startup: mods/de.glymera_GlymeraComposter/config.json (reload live with /gcomp reload).

Setting	Default	Description
`processIntervalSeconds`	`15`	Seconds between processing one organic item
`outputItemId`	`GlymeraFertileEarth`	What a finished batch produces (any block/item id)
`fertileLifetimeHours`	`6.0`	Loaded-only lifetime before Fertile Earth dries to mud
`fertileLifetimeJitterPercent`	`10.0`	+/- random spread around the lifetime, per block
`fertileCheckIntervalSeconds`	`30`	How often the wear timer ticks (loaded chunks only)
`fertileMaxPerTick`	`1000`	Blocks processed per wear tick (flat performance at any scale)
`autoWater` / `autoFertilize`	`true`	Keep Fertile Earth permanently watered / fertilized
`recipeEnabled`	`true`	Whether the composter is craftable
`protectionEnabled`	`true`	Only the owner and operators can break a composter

The percentage each rarity tier fills, the working effect, plus an extraOrganics list (add your own items) and a blacklist (remove any) are all tunable too.

Commands

/gcomp give - give yourself a Composter (OP)
/gcomp givesoil - give yourself Fertile Earth (OP)
/gcomp reload - reload config & catalog (OP)
/gcomp info - placed count and current settings
/gcomp fertcheck - diagnose the nearest Fertile Earth block (OP)

Features

Custom 3D models & icons - a proper composter bin and a distinct Fertile Earth block
Fertile Earth - plant-ready fast-growth soil that wears out over loaded time
680+ organic inputs with configurable rarity values
Hand-operated and automation-ready - works standalone or with Bluestone hoppers/pipes
Owner & OP protection and dupe-safe container handling
Living compost effect rising from the open top while material is inside
Lightweight - the wear timer spreads its work across ticks, staying cheap at any scale

Installation

Place GlymeraComposter-2.0.0.jar in your server's mods/ folder
Start (or restart) the server
Done!

Made with care by Glymera for the Hytale community