Players grow bonsai trees from vanilla Minecraft saplings, which progress through 5 growth stages. Once mature, each tree type unlocks a unique magical behavior fueled by Ether Candles, a craftable resource placed on the bonsai (up to 6 per tree) that amplifies the effect.
Trees and Their Powers
- Oak: Automatically bonemeals nearby crops
- Spruce: Pulls nearby dropped items like a magnet
- Birch: Purifies negative potion effects from nearby players
- Jungle: Spawns spreading thorned vines that damage and slow enemies
- Acacia: Knocks back nearby monsters
- Dark Oak: Grants XP orbs in dark areas
- Cherry: Strikes nearby monsters with lightning
- Mangrove: Slows the growth of other nearby bonsai trees
Mechanics
- Shear pruning: Reverts growth stage and yields leaves/sticks
- Freezing/unfreezing: Preserves bonsai state with ether wax
- Hopper behavior: Candle input from top, resource output from bottom
- Dynamic light: Bonsai emits light based on growth stage and candle count
- Explosion risk: Leaving a bonsai at max growth too long causes it to explode
Crafting recipes
Bonsai:
Ether Sap Smelting Recipe:
Ether Wax Ball:
Ether Candle:
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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.
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- Ships as aetheric_roots-neoforge-1.0.0+1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 85 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.