Farming for Blockheads Minecraft Mod

Last modified on Jan 3, 2023 in Mods

By Dalton Whalen

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Overview

Food is a necessity in the world of Minecraft, allowing you to feed your character and keep exploring the world. No matter the source, a steady amount of food must be farmed to keep up with the demand, especially when playing with others. This can become tedious at times, as there are so many items to locate and farm, especially when adding other food mods. Introducing Farming for Blockheads, a Minecraft mod that aims to streamline the farming process for both plants and animals. Whether it is automatically feeding your mobs, upgrading your farmland, or purchasing seeds from anywhere, this mod simplifies the overall experience. This is made even easier with the Apex Hosting panel, which allows you to quickly upload mods to your server. With this in mind, we have created this tutorial to help you get started in your farming adventures.
 

Summary

Farming for Blockheads is owned by BlayTheNinth, with CFGrafanaStats listed as the mascot. It is the sibling to Cooking for Blockheads, featuring over 43.4 million downloads across both Forge and Fabric. The mod adds many new blocks to improve farming and is compatible with other mods like Pam’s Harvestcraft.
 

Downloading Farming for Blockheads

1. Navigate to the Farming for Blockheads Forge or Fabric page.
2. Press “Files” near the top to view all downloads.
   
3. Scroll down and locate the version that you wish to use.
4. Press the “Download” button to the right-hand side.
   
5. Save the file to a safe location for later.
6. Additionally, download the matching Forge or Fabric version of Balm.

 
With both of the required mod .jar files downloaded to your system, you are ready to add it to both your server and your client game!
 

Server-Side Installation

1. Navigate to your Apex server panel, then stop the server.
2. Scroll down to the “Game File” section make note of the version.
   
3. Ensure the matching version of Forge or Fabric is selected.
4. Afterwards, enter the “FTP File Access” from the left-hand menu.
5. Locate or create the “mods” folder, then enter it.
   
6. Press the “Upload” button in ihe top-left, then drag + drop the .jar files.
7. Once at 100% uploaded, return to the main panel page and restart the server.
   

 
The server will now load up with your matching Forge or Fabric version to run Farming for Blockheads.
 

Client-Side Installation

1. Before proceeding, install Forge or Fabric for your client.
2. Open your Minecraft launcher, then enter the “Installations” tab.
3. Hover over your profile, then press the “Open Folder” icon.
   
4. In the new window, locate or create the “mods” folder, then enter it.
5. Paste the mod .jar files into this location, then return to the launcher.
   
6. Press “Play” to start your game with Farming for Blockheads.

New Features

There are many new blocks and features added through the mod to make your farming life even easier.
 

Market Block

With the Market, you are capable of trading emeralds for a variety of seeds, saplings, and even bonemeal. While an entire emerald for a seed may seem pricey, you are primarily paying for the ease-of-access, which can be helpful if you are in a biome or area without a particular sapling or seed that you may desire.

The recipe for the market is quite simple, only requiring a few items:

• Red wool x1
• Any planks x2
• Any logs x5

Feeding Trough

The Feeding Trough makes it much easier to continuously breed your animals as it will automatically feed any nearby animals. All you need is:

• Any planks x4
• Golden Carrot x1
• Hay Bale x1

Chicken Nest

The Chicken Nest is similar, however it will collect eggs and store up to 4 per block. This will prevent any eggs from despawning and make the collection process much easier. You may wish to have several per chicken pen, especially if there is a large concentration of chickens in the area. The recipe is extremely simple and only requires:

• Any planks x2
• Hay Bale x1

Fertilizer

The last gameplay additions are the use of fertilizer upgrades which can be used on farmland to gain abilities that affect growth. You can choose to either upgrade growth speed or crop yield, with the optional option of preventing crops from being trampled. To upgrade, craft the necessary fertilizer and right-click the farmland.

Increases crop output.

• Green Dye x3
• Gold Nugget x2
• Seeds x1
• Wheat x3

Speeds up growth.

• Red Dye x3
• Gold Nugget x2
• Seeds x1
• Bone Meal x3

Prevents trampling.

• Yellow Dye x3
• Gold Nugget x2
• Seeds x1
• Dirt x3

Conclusion

Following that, you now know how to install and get started with the Farming for Blockheads mod. The many features of the mod promotes simplicity and the ability to not constantly worry about the farms. This is especially true with the Feeding Troughs, which will breed more animals automatically and only needs the occasional top-up. Additionally, items like the fertilizer and market allow you to get a jump start in your farms and get them configured fast. Whether you use this to focus on other mods early or to not fret over your hunger, once you use this mod you’ll never want to go back. With this in mind, jump right into Farming with Blockheads and start your farming journey.
 

Helpful Links

Farming for Blockheads Forge
Farming for Blockheads Fabric
Balm Forge
Balm Fabric