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Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric]
Stop the bonemeal discrimination! Grow all plants, no limitations.
Quick answer
Which Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] release should I use?
Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.5-1.18.2-Fabric.jar targets 1.18.2 with Fabric. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. All 3 required mods have matching files.
Where it goes
Is Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] required on the client, server, or both?
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.
What else does Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.5-1.18.2-Fabric.jar need?
UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.5-1.18.2-Fabric.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
Install Fabric API, Puzzles Lib [Legacy Fabric], Forge Config API Port first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup. 1 comes through another mod in the chain.
1 extra mod was pulled in by another dependency. Indented rows show who needs each one. We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.
Before you install it
Add Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] without breaking your instance.
Built for Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.5-1.18.2-Fabric.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.5-1.18.2-Fabric.jar. It targets 1.18.2 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
Install Fabric API, Puzzles Lib [Legacy Fabric], Forge Config API Port first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup. 1 comes through another mod in the chain.
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Put it on the correct side
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.5-1.18.2-Fabric.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] add?
Download for 1.19+: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/universal-bone-meal

📖 About:
Universal Bone Meal fills all the missing gaps where bone meal cannot be used, but really should be!
📚 Contents:
There are quite a lot of plants you now can use bone meal on. The growing behaviors all are rather unique, depending on the plant you are growing.
- Cactus can be grown 12 to 16 blocks tall, very similar to bamboo
- Sugar canes can be grown 12 to 16 blocks tall, very similar to bamboo
- Lily Pads will spread around on nearby water in groups of 3
- Small Flowers will spread around the original flower
- Dead Bushes will spread around in groups of 2
- Nether Wart can be grown just like wheat
- Vines quickly grow downwards, very similar to weeping vines
- Small Mushrooms can be grown by bone mealing mycelium, similar to growing nether vegetation on nylium
- Pumpkins and Melons can be forced to appear from a fully grown stem, although this usally takes a few tries
- Chorus Plants can be forced to grow upwards by one step by using bone meal anywhere on the plant
- Coral Blocks can be farmed by growing coral plants into coral reef structures, but this only works inside of a warm ocean biome, and corals are also very picky where to grow, so make sure no sea pickles and sea grass are anywhere above the coral plant
- Grass Blocks or Mycelium will be forced to spread when using bone meal on a dirt/coarsed dirt/dirt path block, when a grass block/mycelium is directly next to it, just like spreading nylium onto netherrack
- Sweet Berry Bushes and Fern can be grown on podzol, similar to grass and flowers from grass blocks
All new behaviors also work with dispensers and can be individuall disabled in the config.
📷 Media:
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| Give nature a helping hand with just a bit of bone meal | Growing sugar canes up from 12 to 16 blocks tall | |
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| Growing cactus up from 12 to 16 blocks tall | Vines quickly spread downwards when bonemealed | |
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| Lily pads replicate themselves around on any water they find | Grow small flower to farm all the dyes | |
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| Getting a lot of dead bushes is no longer a problem | Populate mycelium with a bunch of mushrooms | |
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| Grow nether wart quickly, no need to wait around | Growing chorus plants can be quite exciting | |
💡 FAQ:
Q: How do I configure this mod?
A: Editing configs directly in-game has not yet been implemented. Instead when in a world run the /config showfile <modid> command by choosing either CLIENT or SERVER (depending on the mod), then click the file name (ending with .toml) that appears in chat to be able to manually edit the config file in a separate editor. After saving the file, the config will automatically reload in-game after a couple of seconds, so no game restart required.
Q: What is optional on the client side supposed to mean?
A: Since only the server handles plants being grown, the main logic of Universal Bone Meal only runs on the server anyways. The client is only reponsible for playing the use item animation (swinging the player's hand). So if absent client side, growing plants will work, but there won't be the correct use animation.
🏆 Credits:
Developing Universal Bone Meal was helped and inspired by:
- Pifou for inspiring a few behaviors from their Improving Minecraft mod
- Josephcsible for inspiring a few behaviors from their ExpandedBonemeal mod
- Pepperoni Jabroni for inspiring the coral behavior from their Complete Bone Meal mod
- This Reddit thread for inspiring the sweet berry bush behavior
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Project description from CurseForge.
Pick your setup
Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
1.18.2
1 loader buildCheck the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Universal Bone Meal [Legacy Fabric] versions and loaders
UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.5-1.18.2-Fabric.jar
7 May 2022
UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.4-1.18.2-Fabric.jar
9 Apr 2022
UniversalBoneMeal-v3.0.2-1.18.2-Fabric.jar
20 Mar 2022
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