Better Botany
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🔍 Analysis
- 🏆 #1372 of 2169 datapack mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
# Better Botany Made by (https://www.youtube.com/@8bitdino) with **100% human** trial & error :3 ## Description This datapack lets you duplicate small flowers and other plants with **Bone Meal** in a Crafting Table, fixes a bug where **Jungle Saplings** have the incorrect drop rate, allows **Dead Bushes** to be renewable via smelting, and has **Tall Grass** and **Large Ferns** drop themselves when sheared! This is designed to work with my (https://modrinth.com/collection/uglZSVKi)! ## Affected Blocks/Items - All Small Flowers (except Golden Dandelion, Torchflower, and Wither Rose) - Spore Blossom - Sugarcane - Cactus - Cactus Flower - Vines - Nether Wart - Chorus Flower - Small Dripleaf - Jungle Sapling - Dead Bush - Tall Grass - Large Fern ## Recipes Added I plan to update this datapack in the future to make **Bone Meal** work on the included plants outside of crafting. **Dead Bushes** are not duplicated via Bone Meal, but instead by smelting existing bush-adjacent plants. ## Loot Tables Altered > **Jungle Leaves** now drop their saplings at the same rate as every other leaf block (5% of the time instead of 2.5%) ## IMPORTANT > This datapack makes **Spore Blossoms**, **Dead Bushes**, **Tall Grass** (item), and **Large Ferns** (item) renewable when they are not normally! > **Tall Grass** and **Large Ferns** are renewable in block form by bone mealing **Short Grass** and **Ferns** respectively, but the items themselves are normally only able to be acquired via generated loot in chests. ## More I haven't figured out a good way to make modular datapacks, so don't be afraid to go into the file and delete any .json files in the or folders you don't want! Please let me know if any bugs/issues arise by submitting a report through the dedicated (https://forms.gle/UnCkA96xm5q3CV6a8)! ## Credits Made by **8bitdino** > Made with help from (https://misode.github.io/) > Recipe Gallery images made with (https://crafting.thedestruc7i0n.ca/) <details> <summary>Search Tags</summary> bone meal, bug fix, minecraft, vanilla, vanilla like, vanilla tweaks, datapack, fix, tweak, better minecraft, 8bitdino
# Better Botany Made by [8bitdino](https://www.youtube.com/@8bitdino) with 100% human trial & error :3 ## Description This datapack lets you duplicate small flowers and other plants with Bone Meal in a Crafting Table, fixes a bug where Jungle Saplings have the incorrect drop rate, allows Dead Bushes to be renewable via smelting, and has Tall Grass and Large Ferns drop themselves when sheared!
This is designed to work with my (https://modrinth.com/collection/uglZSVKi)! ## Affected Blocks/Items - All Small Flowers (except Golden Dandelion, Torchflower, and Wither Rose) - Spore Blossom - Sugarcane - Cactus - Cactus Flower - Vines - Nether Wart - Chorus Flower - Small Dripleaf - Jungle Sapling - Dead Bush - Tall Grass - Large Fern ## Recipes Added I plan to update this datapack in the future to make Bone Meal work on the included plants outside of crafting. Dead Bushes are not duplicated via Bone Meal, but instead by smelting existing bush-adjacent plants. ## Loot Tables Altered > Jungle Leaves now drop their saplings at the same rate as every other leaf block (5% of the time instead of 2. 5%) ## IMPORTANT > This datapack makes Spore Blossoms, Dead Bushes, Tall Grass (item), and Large Ferns (item) renewable when they are not normally!
> Tall Grass and Large Ferns are renewable in block form by bone mealing Short Grass and Ferns respectively, but the items themselves are normally only able to be acquired via generated loot in chests. ## More I haven't figured out a good way to make modular datapacks, so don't be afraid to go into the file and delete any .json files in the or folders you don't want!
Please let me know if any bugs/issues arise by submitting a report through the dedicated (https://forms.gle/UnCkA96xm5q3CV6a8)! ## Credits Made by 8bitdino > Made with help from (https://misode.github.io/)
> Recipe Gallery images made with (https://crafting.thedestruc7i0n.ca/)
Search Tags
bone meal, bug fix, minecraft, vanilla, vanilla like, vanilla tweaks, datapack, fix, tweak, better minecraft, 8bitdino
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Data Packs
- Author
- 8bitdino
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 100
- Endorsements
- 1
- Category
- datapack
- Created
- 7/9/2026
- Updated
- 7/8/2026
- Game Versions
- 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2
- Tags
- decoration, food, game-mechanics
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Data Packs versions does Better Botany support?
The author lists 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Better Botany?
Version 1.0, published 2026-07-08 with 100 downloads recorded at the source.
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