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Realistic Plant Growth

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👋 Welcome to the Realistic Plant Growth Plugin

Realistic Plant Growth is a powerful Spigot/Paper plugin that brings a new level of realism to the Minecraft flora, allowing you to fine-tune growth parameters on a per-biome basis.

  • Do you want to stop Nether Wart farming or make it only work in the Nether like it used to be?
  • Do you think Melon farms are too powerful and want to balance them?
  • Maybe you want cocoa to grow only in jungles or make plants grow slower in deserts?
  • Or perhaps you want farms to be above ground and need natural light?

You can do all that with Realistic Plant Growth!

Realistic Plant Growth actively monitors grow events, allowing plants to progress through their growth stages based on a configured growth rate. What sets this plugin apart is its biome-dependent growth rate, providing an immersive experience tailored to the in-game environment.

Supported Languages

Realistic Plant Growth is currently available in the following languages:

  • English (default)
  • German (Deutsch)
  • Finnish (Suomi)
  • Russian (Русский)
  • Chinese (Traditional) (繁體中文)

Want to add another language? See the Translators page!

Wiki

Check out our wiki for detailed documentation.

Features

All features are highly customizable! You can tweak them to your preference in the Config.yml and GrowthModifiers.yml files.

  • 🌍 Biome-Based Growth: Customize plant growth by biome.
  • 🏞️ Custom Biome Support: Works with Terra, Terralith, and more.
  • 🌱 Survival Chance: Plants may die at each growth stage.
  • 🪓 Tool-Based Harvesting: Use hoes for crop drops.
  • 🚜 Farmland Decay: Farmland revert to dirt after harvest.
  • ☀️ Sunlight Requirement: Plants need natural light to grow.
  • 💡 UV Blocks for Indoor Farming: Grow indoors with UV blocks.
  • 🌾 Fertilizer Boost: Nearby composters speed up growth, requiring refills.
  • 🚫 Disable Bonemeal Output: Prevent composters from producing bonemeal.
  • 🧪 Bonemeal as Input: Use bonemeal to fill composters.
  • ⚡ Shift-Click Composting: Quickly fill composters with Shift + right-click.
  • 🎶 Atmospheric Effects: Optional sounds/effects on plant death.
  • 🗨️ Custom Messages: Fully customizable player messages.

For a full and detailed feature description, visit the wiki.

Requirements

Minecraft version: -> 1.20.1 or above.

Java version: -> At least Java 21.

Commands
commands:
   rpg:
      description: Execute a RealisticPlantGrowth command.
      usage: /rpg <help|info|reload>
      permission: rpg.help
      aliases: [realisticPlantGrowth, realisticplantgrowth]
Permissions
permissions:
  rpg.*:
    description: Gives access to all RealisticPlantGrowth features.
    default: op
    children:
      rpg.reload: true
      rpg.help: true
      rpg.info: true

  rpg.reload:
    description: Gives access to the /rpg reload command.
    default: op

  rpg.help:
    description: Base-Permission to access /rpg command.
    default: op

  rpg.info:
    description: Gives access to the /rpg info command.
    default: op
    children:
      rpg.info.interact: true

  rpg.info.interact:
    description: Gives growth information of plants when interacting with them.
    default: true

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This plugin draws inspiration from PwnPlantGrowth by Pwn9.

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# Performance Improvements

This update addresses a performance bottleneck related to the *special block search* functionality, which is triggered when either the **Fertilizer** or **UV Light** features are enabled.
You should notice smoother operation when using these features.

Thanks to **ShermansWorld** for reporting this issue on the RealisticPlantGrowth Discord server and helping validate the performance improvements.

## 🧱 Dependency Updates


## 🔄 How to Update from BETA-0.9.X:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server.


### 📜 Full Changelog
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.9.6-BETA...v0.9.7-BETA
# New Villager Farming Restrictions

  • Introduced a new villager section in Config.yml to control how farmer villagers interact with **GrowthModified** crops.
  • These settings offer more control over automated villager farming and ensure villager actions respect your growth modifier rules:
  • villager.require_hoe: When enabled, villagers will not receive crop drops. This effectively disables villager-based farming for GrowthModified plants.
  • villager.destroy_farmland: When enabled, farmland is converted into coarse dirt after villagers harvest GrowthModified crops. Players must re-till the soil to replant.
  • villager.disable_composter_interaction: When enabled, villagers will no longer fill composters with collected seeds or crops.


## ⚙️ Configuration Changes

### Config.yml:
  • 🆕 **Added**:
  • villager.require_hoe
  • villager.destroy_farmland
  • villager.disable_composter_interaction
  • 🔼 **Bumped** config-version to **9**



## 🐛 Bug Fixes

  • 🌳 Fixed an issue where **DARK_OAK** growth modifiers were incorrectly applied to **OAK** trees.
  • 🥔 Fixed a config error caused by incorrect material names like POTATOE, which previously worked but aren't valid Minecraft materials.


## 🧱 Dependency Updates




## How to Update from BETA-0.9.X:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server.


  • Full Changelog**:
[Compare v0.9.5-BETA...v0.9.6-BETA](https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.9.5-BETA...v0.9.6-BETA)

# Bug Fix & Dependency Updates

  • Fixed a bug causing OAK_SAPLINGS to use the growth modifiers of DARK_OAK_SAPLINGS.
  • Updated build and adventure dependencies.

Huge thanks to @Steve for reporting this bug on the RealisticPlantGrowth Discord server! ❤️


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.9.4-BETA...v0.9.5-BETA
# Added New Composter Settings

A new section has been added to Config.yml that allows you to customize composter behavior.

### New Features:
  • Disable Bonemeal Generation:**
You can now disable bonemeal output from composters — perfect for nerfing automatic bonemeal farms.

  • Quick-Fill Feature:**
Shift-right-clicking with a compostable item instantly fills the composter. It consumes exactly as many items as it would if placed one-by-one.

  • Bonemeal Level Fill:**
You can now use bonemeal to increase a composter’s level by exactly one.

### How to Update from BETA-0.9.3:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server. <br>


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.9.3-BETA...v0.9.4-BETA
# Hotfix for Paper Server

  • Fixed an issue affecting Paper forks where BiomeChecker incorrectly processed the 'default:Biome' section in GrowthModifiers.yml.

Huge thanks to @grabsky and **Mini** for reporting this bug on the **RealisticPlantGrowth** Discord server! ❤️


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.9.2-BETA...v0.9.3-BETA
# Hotfix for 1.20.4 Servers



  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.9.1-BETA...v0.9.2-BETA
# Minecraft 1.21.4 Support & Improved Error Handling

  • Added Minecraft 1.21.4 Support**: The plugin now supports Minecraft version **1.21.4**.
  • Improved Error Handling**: Configuration errors in the GrowthModifiers.yml file will now prevent the plugin from loading, preventing unexpected errors during runtime.


## Important Notes
  • End of Beta Support for Older Versions**: This is the final update in the beta phase that will support older Minecraft versions.
Future releases will only support the latest version of Minecraft until the full release is ready with all features implemented.

## How to Update from BETA-0.9.0:
1. Replace the existing .jar file with the new version.
2. Restart your server.
3. Optionally update your BiomeGroups.yml file to include the new **PALE_GARDEN** biome.
4. Optionally modify your GrowthModifiers.yml to include the new plant types.


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.9-BETA...v0.9.1-BETA
# Custom Biomes Support | Java 21 Requirement

  • Added support for **custom biomes** (requires Paper server or fork).
  • Plugin now requires **Java 21**.


## Important Notes
  • Winter Drop Update:** The new plants from Minecraft 1.21.3's Winter Drop update will be added in the next plugin release. Stay tuned!
  • Beta Support Policy**: This is the final update in the beta phase that will support older versions of Minecraft. Going forward, this plugin will only support the latest Minecraft version up until the full release and all features are implemented.

## How to Update from BETA-0.8.6:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server. <br>
You may need to update your language strings since biome formatting changed.


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.8.6-BETA...v0.9-BETA
# Bug fix.



## How to Update from BETA-0.8.5:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server.

## Download the Latest Build
As always, you can access the latest build by following this [link](https://modrinth.com/plugin/realistic-plant-growth/version/latest).


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.8.5-BETA...v0.8.6-BETA
# Minecraft 1.21 support and Finnish translations.



## How to Update from BETA-0.8.4:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server.


  • Full Changelog**:
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.8.4-BETA...v0.8.5-BETA
# Minecraft 1.20.6 support and more.

  • Support for Minecraft version 1.20.5 and 1.20.6!
  • You now have the ability to utilize the 'enabled_worlds' list as a world blacklist, thus enabling RealisticPlantGrowth by default across all worlds. (closing #14)

Furthermore, support for two new languages is added:
  • Chinese Translation: Big thanks to [Sherry5299](https://github.com/sherry5299) for the contribution.
  • Russian Translation: Also big thanks to digitalguilt for providing the Russian translation.



## How to Update from BETA-0.8.3:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server.


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.8.3-BETA...v0.8.4-BETA
# Hotfix for Spigot Servers.


Paper and Purpur servers are not affected by this issue.


## How to Update from BETA-0.8.2:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server.


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
[https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.8.2-BETA...v0.8.3-BETA](https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.8.2-BETA...v0.8.3-BETA)
# Added support for older Java versions.



## How to Update from BETA-0.8.1:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server.

<br>


  • Full Changelog**:<br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.8.1-BETA...v0.8.2-BETA
# Bug Fix and Update.


<br>

## How to Update from BETA-0.8.0:
Simply replace the existing .jar file and restart your server.

<br>

  • Full Changelog:** <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.8.0-BETA...v0.8.1-BETA
# Update Checker, Material Mapping, and Extended Version Support.

## Implemented Update Checker
  • Added a new configuration option to check for updates automatically on server start.
## Implemented Material Mapping
  • Implemented Material Mapping for the GrowthModifiers.yml file.
## Extended Version Support
  • Now compatible with all server versions greater than 1.20.


## How to Update from BETA-0.7.1:
With the introduction of Material Mapping, a new default GrowthModifiers.yml has been included, simplifying plant variant configurations.
Here are your update options:

### Option 1: Regenerate Default Configuration

  • Delete your existing GrowthModifiers.yml.
  • Use the "/rpg reload" command to generate the file with updated default values.

### Option 2: Keep Existing Configuration

  • You can retain your current GrowthModifiers.yml; the new functionality will not disrupt existing configurations.
  • If desired, remove sections where the plant name ends with "_plant" to align with the new changes.


  • Full Changelog**: <br>
https://github.com/Happy-Hop7/RealisticPlantGrowth/compare/v0.7.1-BETA...v0.8.0-BETA
### Plugin Metrics Implementation

  • Implemented plugin metrics with bStats integration.
  • Fixed an indentation error in the default GrowthModifiers.yml, resolving issues with the plugin not recognizing melon growth parameters.

  • Realistic Plant Growth** has entered the open beta phase.<br>
Please be aware that there might be some bugs, and certain features are still in development.<br>
If you come across any bugs, kindly open an issue on GitHub :)
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