Botanists and Minerals is an MCreator mod that adds a collection of crops capable of producing renewable mineral resources. Each crop corresponds to a specific Minecraft resource and produces a raw crop product when fully grown.

Raw crops must go through several stages of processing using custom crafting stations before they can be converted into their corresponding Minecraft resources.

The mod includes several mechanics designed to keep Ore Crops balanced and prevent large quantities of resources from being obtained too easily.

• Seed drop rates can be configured using game rules.
• Final production costs can be customized using game rules.
• Crop Research introduces progression and delays access to higher-tier resources such as Diamond.
• Seeds for rarer resources are naturally more difficult to obtain due to the lower world generation rates of their corresponding ores.
• Harvesting a crop only returns one seed, preventing farms from being rapidly expanded without obtaining additional seeds from their original resource.
• Wandering Trader seed trades require both Emeralds and blocks of the corresponding resource, providing an alternative method of obtaining seeds while maintaining a resource cost.

The mod includes several farming, progression, processing, and automation mechanics:

• Rare seeds can be obtained by mining ores or, in some cases, smelting resources.
• Crops must be researched before their seeds can be planted.
• Ore Crops can be planted on Farmland.
• Crops have light requirements for planting and growing.
• Bees carrying nectar can pollinate crops and advance their growth.
• Crops can be harvested by flowing water, allowing automated farming systems to be created.
• Raw Crops can be processed into Crop Dust.
• Crop Dust can be processed into Compacted Crop Dust.
• Compacted Crop Dust can be processed into the corresponding Minecraft resource.
• 9 Crop Dust are required to produce one Compacted Crop Dust.
• Processing can be automated using Hoppers and other redstone systems.
• Seeds for rarer resources, such as Diamond and Ancient Debris, are naturally harder to obtain due to their lower ore generation rates.
• The mod uses tags where possible to improve compatibility with other mods.

The mod currently includes 10 Ore Crops:

• Carbon Lily – Coal
• Irontail – Iron
• Cuprum – Copper
• Emnip – Emerald
• Lapbarb – Lapis Lazuli
• Gorn – Gold
• Redtus – Redstone
• Diamlic – Diamond
• Quash – Quartz
• Debage – Ancient Debris

Raw crop products are processed through three crafting stations in the following order:

1. Grindstone – Available in Andesite, Diorite, Granite, and Stone variants.
2. Compactor
3. Smelter – Available in Andesite, Diorite, Granite, and Stone variants.

The complete processing chain is:

Raw Crop → Crop Dust → Compacted Crop Dust → Minecraft Resource

Compacted Blocks provide additional decorative building options. Their textures can be used for floors, walls, and other decorative structures.

This mod was made without custom code, or plugins, strictly out of the box MCreator features.