How do I install Forestry Mod (1.16.5, 1.12.2) – Run Your Own Automated Farm?

Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. Download the .jar. Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile. In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.

What Minecraft version does Forestry Mod (1.16.5, 1.12.2) – Run Your Own Automated Farm work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.16.5. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Forestry Mod (1.16.5, 1.12.2) – Run Your Own Automated Farm

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

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Forestry Mod adds many new ways to farm, breed living things, and produce energy in Minecraft. This mod lets you build automatic farms to handle crops and trees. It also introduces detailed systems for breeding bees, trees, and even butterflies to discover new species and resources. You can also find new items like intelligent backpacks and a mail system for sending things around your world.

Forestry Mod (1.16.5, 1.12.2) – Run Your Own Automated Farm — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 1

Features:

Build automatic farms to manage your crops and trees.
Discover and breed many different types of bees for new resources.
Cross-breed trees to create new wood types and fruits.
Find and breed colorful butterflies that fly around the world.
Use intelligent backpacks that help organize your items.
Set up a mail system to send items to other locations.
Produce your own renewable energy to power machines.
Works well with other mods like Buildcraft and IndustrialCraft 2.

Screenshots:

A Minecraft player standing in front of five different colored beehives

A wall showcasing various colorful honeycomb blocks from the Forestry mod

Forestry mod inventory menu displaying items like pulsating mesh and bee jars

Various industrial machines and farm blocks arranged in a grassy field

Minecarts carrying beehives on rails inside a brick room with glass windows

Villagers standing inside and outside an iron bar cage with beehives

Complex industrial machinery and glass walls integrated into a natural Minecraft landscape

The Forestry Storage interface showing a collection of colorful items and blocks

A player browses a creative inventory tab containing various wood block types

A large brick structure with a Forestry sign and colorful honeycomb blocks

An automated rail system with minecarts moving through a brick structure in Minecraft

A bee flying over white and blue flowers in a lush forest biome

Industrial farming machines and a scarecrow holding a scythe in a grassy field

Forestry Mod Download Links

For Minecraft 1.7.10

Forge version: Download from Server 1

For Minecraft 1.16.5

Forge version: Download from Server 1

For Minecraft 1.12.2

Forge version: Download from Server 1

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.16.5
How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
Where to get it: In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

File checked by MCModsHub

Downloads as 203377.mcaddon
Download size: 3.2 MB
Download link checked 30 Jul 2026 — working
Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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