Farming

This page contains an overview of farmable blocks in Minetest Game. Farmable blocks will spawn either new blocks or yield new items, when mined. All farmable blocks have to be on top of another certain kind of block to grow. Some farmable blocks also need light.

There are some farming mods with extensions, e.g. more fruits and foods.

The “Maximum profit” column shows the maximum possible outcome a single block will yield, including itself.

	Block	Grows on	Needs light?	Maximum profit	Theorical growth speed (evolution)	Expected growth speed (full)	Number of growth stages
32px	Cotton Plant	Wet Soil, Wet Savanna Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	Yes, 13 or higher	3 32px Cotton and 3 32px Cotton Seeds	1/2 chance to grow every 80 seconds = about 160 seconds per stage	160 × 7 = 1120 seconds ≈ 19 minutes	8
32px	Wheat Plant	Wet Soil, Wet Savanna Soil	Yes, 13 or higher	2 32px Wheat and 2 32pxWheat Seeds	1/2 chance to grow every 90 seconds = about 180 seconds per stage	180 × 7 = 1260 seconds = 21 minutes	8
32px	Jungle Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Savanna Grass, Dirt with Snow, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	About 20 32px Jungle Trees and many 32px Jungle Leaves	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
32px	Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Savanna Grass, Dirt with Snow, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	5 32px Trees, many 32px Leaves and some 32px Apples	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
32px	Acacia Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Savanna Grass, Dirt with Snow, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	13 32px Acacia Trees and ca. 75 32px Acacia Leaves	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
32px	Pine Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Savanna Grass, Dirt with Snow, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	Some 32px Pine Trees and many 32px Pine Needles	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
32px	Cactus	Any kind of sand	Yes, 13 or higher	4 32px Cacti	1/20 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 20 = 1000 seconds ≈ 17 minutes	4
32px	Papyrus	Dirt, Dirt with Grass. (Water must be to 3 blocks away)	Yes, 13 or higher	4 32px Papyri	1/20 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 20 = 1000 seconds ≈ 17 minutes	4
	Group:flora	Dirt with Grass	Yes, 13 or higher	4 flora blocks of the same kind	1/25 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 25 = 1250 seconds ≈ 21 minutes	1
	Group:flora	Desert Sand	No	1 32px Dry Shrub	1/25 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 25 = 1250 seconds ≈ 21 minutes	1

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