Give Me Water Or Give Me Death
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.16–1.16.5 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.

Makes farmland lose moisture gradually over time. When it drops to zero, crops will die and the block turns back into dirt.
This is different from vanilla, where farmland only turns into dirt if there's no crops on it - so you can hoe some land in the middle of a desert, immediately plant some wheat, and you'll never need to actually water it.
You can configure:
- Starting moisture and rate of moisture loss. This can be set to different values in different biomes (e.g. desert vs jungle).
- Whether drying out farmland will kill the crops on it.
- Whether the dying crops will drop their seeds.
- How far from water the farmland has to be to stay hydrated. (Farmland further away will gradually dry out.)
This is intended for modpacks where water is rare or water source blocks can't be moved (using the Stationary Source Blocks mod or similar), where you have some other mod that has irrigation systems to hydrate farmland (such as Canals or Create Irrigation). Water blocks will still keep farmland hydrated.
Planned future extensions:
- Watering can that just waters farmland.
Notes:
- Previously there was a separate resource pack. This is no longer needed, I included it with the base mod.
- There were some issues in V1 with farmland blocks not being created sometimes. This has been fixed in V2.
Also consider: Anti Bonemeal by Lothrazar
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16, 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: Opens on CurseForge — 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 GiveMeWaterOrGiveMeDeath-1.16.5-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 10 KB
- Download link checked 4 Nov 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.