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Life Crops

Adds farming-based resource progression with Life Essence, ore crops, creature-drop crops, custom soils, and crafting benches.

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Quick answer

Which Life Crops release should I use?

Updated 6 days ago
Latest stable file LifeCrops(2.0.0).jar
Game version 0.5
Mod system Built-in Hytale mod system

Life Crops LifeCrops(2.0.0).jar targets 0.5. Do not install it as a separate client mod. Enable it on the world host—the local server in singleplayer or the dedicated server in multiplayer. No required dependencies listed for this file.

Where it goes

Where should Life Crops be installed in Hytale?

Do not install it as a separate client mod. Enable it on the world host—the local server in singleplayer or the dedicated server in multiplayer.

Separate client mod Not supported
World host / dedicated server Required
Mod system for this release Built-in Hytale mod system
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

Put Hytale mods on the world host or dedicated server. Singleplayer runs a local server too; Hytale does not use separate client mods.

What else does Life Crops LifeCrops(2.0.0).jar need?

LifeCrops(2.0.0).jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

No required dependencies listed for this file

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

This file does not list any required or optional project dependencies. Check the creator notes before changing an existing world.

Before you install it

Add Life Crops without breaking your instance.

Built for Life Crops LifeCrops(2.0.0).jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

  1. 01

    Stick to this file

    Use LifeCrops(2.0.0).jar. It targets 0.5; another release may target a different game build or dependency set.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

    This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

  3. 03

    Enable it on the world host

    Do not install it as a separate client mod. Enable it on the world host—the local server in singleplayer or the dedicated server in multiplayer.

  4. 04

    Pick the file you checked

    Use the “Get this file” button beside LifeCrops(2.0.0).jar. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Life Crops add?

Life Crops

Life Crops expands Hytale's farming system with resource crops, Life Essence progression, custom soils, and two new crafting benches.

Instead of farming only normal food crops, you can grow crops tied to ores, crystals, essences, woods, stones, soils, flowers, mushrooms, and creature drops. The mod is built around Life Essence: grow it, craft with it, unlock stronger seeds, then use your farmed resources to support building, crafting, and progression.


What This Mod Adds

  • Life Essence and Concentrated Life Essence crops
  • Ore and crystal fragment crops
  • Fire, Ice, Lightning, Void, and Water essence crops
  • Wood, stone, and soil essence crops
  • Flower and mushroom crops
  • Passive creature-drop crops
  • Hostile creature-drop crops
  • Eternal crop variants
  • Custom infused soils
  • Two custom crafting benches: the Life Well and the Life Forge

How Progression Works

Life Crops starts with Life Essence. Life Essence is the core resource used to craft and unlock many of the mod's crop seeds.

As you progress, you will use two new benches:

Life Well

The Life Well is used for crafting the new crop seeds. This is where most of the mod's farming progression begins.

Use it to turn Life Essence and other resources into seeds for new crop types.

Life Forge

The Life Forge is used to turn farmed essences back into useful blocks, materials, and resources.

This is especially important for wood, stone, soil, and other resource crops that produce essence first, then get converted into usable materials through crafting.


Crop Types

Ore and Crystal Crops

Grow crops for ores and crystal fragments, giving you a farming path for many mining resources.

Essence Crops

Grow magical essence crops, including Fire, Ice, Lightning, Void, and Water.

Creature Drop Crops

Farm useful drops from passive and hostile creatures without relying only on hunting.

Wood, Stone, and Soil Crops

Grow essence crops for building materials, then process those essences through the Life Forge.

Custom Soils

Life Crops also adds custom soil types that support the mod's crop progression.


Why Use Life Crops?

Life Crops is for players who enjoy farming-based progression, automation-friendly resource gathering, and turning agriculture into a larger part of survival gameplay.

It gives farmers a long-term role in resource generation, while still requiring crafting progression through Life Essence, the Life Well, and the Life Forge.


Useful Links

Wiki:
https://hytale-lifecrops.fandom.com/wiki/Hytale\_LifeCrops\_Wiki

GitHub Releases:
https://github.com/Bingo20122-Hytale/LifeCrops-Versions

Feedback Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaijiZsqRq1tfoBh_lIEMbSuhEvaeSinrh_twv2by8u2BznQ/viewform

Project description from CurseForge.

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