This mod adds functionality to the popular Botany Pots mod, allowing you to harness the power of botany to grow ores like never before. This mod is not apart of the DarkHax ecosystem and is completely made and maintained by myself.
Features
- 5 New Soil Types
- 1 New Fertilizer
- Tiered Progression
- Grow Every Ore
- Grow Obsidian and Blaze Powder
- Mod Support
- Planned Updates
Soil
SpoilersTier 1 Soil: Coal Soil | 1.5x Speed
Tier 2 Soil: Iron Soil | 3x Speed
Tier 3 Soil: Diamond Soil | 4.5x Speed
Tier 4 Soil: Netherite Soil | 6x Speed
Tier ? Soil: Creative Soil | 25x Speed
All soil is made by surrounding a block of dirt with the respective block of smelted ore.
Growables
SpoilersAll growables are tiered and requires the respective tier of soil or higher to be grown.
Vanilla Minecraft
Tier 1
Coal (Requires Coal Ore to be grown)
Copper (Requires Copper Ore to be grown)
Iron (Requires Iron Ore to be grown)
Tier 2
Gold (Requires Gold Ore to be grown)
Lapis Lazuli (Requires Lapis Lazuli Ore to be grown)
Redstone (Requires Redstone Ore to be grown)
Glowstone (Requires Glowstone Dust to be grown)
Tier 3
Diamond (Requires Diamond Ore to be grown)
Emerald (Requires Emerald Ore to be grown)
Nether Quartz (Requires Nether Quartz Ore to be grown)
Tier 4
Blaze Powder (Requires Blaze Rod to be grown)
Netherite (Requires Netherite Ingots to be grown)
Obsidian (Requires Obisdian to be grown)
Tech Reborn
Tier 1
None
Tier 2
Bauxite (Requires Bauxite Ore to be grown)
Cinnabar (Requires Cinnabar Ore to be grown)
Lead (Requires Lead Ore to be grown)
Pyrite (Requires Pyrite Ore to be grown)
Ruby (Requires Ruby Ore to be grown)
Sapphire (Requires Sapphire Ore to be grown)
Silver (Requires Silver Ore to be grown)
Tin (Requires Tin Ore to be grown)
Tier 3
Galena (Requires Galena Ore to be grown)
Iridium (Requires Iridium Ore to be grown)
Peridot (Requires Peridot Ore to be grown)
Sheldonite (Requires Sheldonite Ore to be grown)
Sodalite (Requires Sodalite Ore to be grown)
Sphalerite (Requires Sphalerite Ore to be grown)
Tungsten (Requires Tungsten Ore to be grown)
Tier 4
None
Planned Updates
SpoilersBetterEnd Support
BetterNether Support
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.1
- 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: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as BotanyOres-0.4-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 70 KB
- Download link checked 20 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.