Gartenfreude

Gartenfreude – Initial Public Test Release

The first public test version of Gartenfreude brings new crops, cooking recipes and farm automation to Minecraft.

Farming

• Added vegetables, berries, fruit crops and grains.
• Added optional two-block trellises for supported climbing plants.
• Added rain-related tomato rot.
• Added craftable fertilizer that increases suitable crops’ yields for one harvest.
• Added vanilla composter support for plant products.

Cooking

• Added a cooking oven with nine ingredient slots and reusable pots and pans.
• Added soups, salads, cakes, bread, pizza, burgers and vegetable dishes.
• Added a vegetable chopper, juicer and oil press.
• Added fruit juices, sunflower oil and olive oil.
• Added an in-game cookbook with illustrated recipes.

Automation

• Added iron, diamond and netherite harvesters and fertilizer machines.
• Added automatic connections between adjacent harvesters and fertilizer machines.
• Machines activate once per redstone pulse and support hopper connections.
• Supported planting heights include the machine’s own level and two blocks above it.
• Both fertilizer recipes work with the vanilla Crafter.

Compatibility

• Minecraft 26.3.
• NeoForge 26.3.0.76 or newer within the 26.3.0 release line.

Testing note

This version is still in development. Recipes, textures and balancing may change. Custom cooking-oven recipes are available in the included cookbook; recipe-viewer integration is not yet included.

Feedback and bug reports are welcome!