Description
HyValley
"The depleted soil yields nothing…"
Deep farming overhaul : soil quality, crop rotation, and seasons.
HyValley transforms Hytale's farming into a rewarding system where the land remembers what you plant. Monoculture depletes your soil, crop rotation restores it, and pristine soil rewards you with bonus harvests. Neglect your fields and they'll stop producing entirely.
0.3.0 - NEW Features :
- Dynamic Seasons integration from BlueOrbit, look at compatibility section below.
- Fallow soil system : Empty tilled soil recovers quality over time on season change. Three tiers: watered soil (+12/season), tilled dry (+8/season), neglected dry (diminishing 5/3/1/0). Water your fallow fields for maximum recovery. HUD and F key inspection show fallow status and projected bonus.
- Season Crop Kill : Crops in a lethal season are destroyed on season change. Replaced with a custom withered crop block. Eternal crops are immune.
- Withered Crop Block : First iteration of custom withered crops blocks. Dead crops leave visible withered stubble on the soil instead of vanishing. You need to destroy them to clear you fields and plant again. No drops. I edit them by hand. Withered wheat is the default fallback. I will add more over time.
Features
Soil Quality System
Every tilled soil block tracks a hidden quality value (0–100) that affects your harvests:
- Pristine (80–100): 50% chance of bonus crop drops
- Fertile (50–79): Normal yields
- Tired (25–49): Normal yields, no bonuses
- Depleted (0–24): 50% chance of failed harvest. Crop destroyed
Crop Rotation
Planting the same crop family repeatedly drains the soil (-8 per harvest). Switch to a different family and the soil recovers (+6 per harvest). Crops are grouped into families: Grains (wheat, corn, rice), Roots (carrot, potato, turnip, onion), Fruiting (tomato, chilli, aubergine, pumpkin), Leafy (lettuce, cauliflower), Fiber (cotton), and Alchemy (health/mana/stamina herbs).
Soil Inspection
Press F on empty tilled soil to check its quality, label, and last crop planted.
Season System
Four seasons cycle through your world, each affecting crop growth speed globally. Spring brings faster growth (1.5×), winter slows everything down (0.3×). Every crop has a preferred season shown in the HUD. Wheat thrives in spring, tomatoes prefer summer, and root vegetables endure winter better than most.
Configurable : disable the season growth modifier for compatibility with Dynamic Seasons or other season mods.
Real-Time Soil HUD
Toggle with /hvhud shows everything about the tile you're looking at:
- Crop name and growth stage
- Soil quality with colour coded label
- Watered and fertilized status with multiplier values
- Current season effect on the specific crop
- Total growth multiplier
Auto-hides when you look away
Crop Inspection (F key)
Press F on any growing crop or tilled soil to see detailed info in chat : soil quality, watered/fertilized status, season modifier, and total growth speed.
Eternal Crop Support
Eternal crops skip soil degradation entirely. No quality loss on harvest.
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| /hvhud | Toggle soil HUD overlay |
| /season | Show current season and days remaining |
| /soil | Inspect soil you're looking at |
| /hybrids <player> | View hybrid crop discovery log |
| /hvreload | Reload configuration (admin) |
| /hvsetseason <season> | Force season change (admin) |
| /hvsetquality <x> <y> <z> <value> | Set soil quality (admin) |
Installation
- Place
HyValley jarin your server'smods/folder - Restart the server
- A default
config.jsonis created inmods/greugreu_HyValley/
Requires: Hytale dedicated server with the Farming module enabled (default).
Compatibility
Dynamic Seasons full Integration
HyValley offers full compatibility with BlueOrbit's Dynamic Seasons mod. Configure the interaction with two settings in config.json:
seasonSource |
enableSeasonGrowthModifier |
Behavior |
|---|---|---|
"dynamic_seasons" |
true |
Read seasons from Dynamic Seasons, HyValley applies its own crop growth |
"dynamic_seasons" |
false |
Dynamic Seasons handles everything. Seasons and growth speed. HyValley provides soil quality, HUD, and inspection only |
"hyvalley" |
true |
Default. HyValley handles its own season cycle and growth effects |
"none" |
false |
No seasons, no growth effects. Soil quality system only |
Other Mods
- Farming Overhaul (Krynnx): Compatible. AoE sickle harvesting triggers per-block soil logic.
- NoCube's Cultivation: Compatible. Fertilizer items stack with HyValley's soil quality system.
Configuration
The config file (config.json) lets you adjust:
- Soil quality starting value and min/max bounds
- Monoculture penalty and rotation bonus amounts
- Auto-save interval
- Debug logging toggle
- Custom crop registration for mod compatibility
Planned (v0.4+)
- Compost crafting system
- Crossbreeding with hybrid discovery
- Rain auto-watering
- Crop quality tiers
- More custom sprites and blocks
Next 3.x updates with winter dead crops assets are ongoing. You can follow progress with previews here
Source & Issues
Made by Greugreu. Report bugs or suggest features on the project page.