Old Farming

This page contains an overview of farmable blocks in Minetest Game. Farmable blocks will spawn either new blocks or yield new items, when mined. All farmable blocks have to be on top of another certain kind of block to grow. Some farmable blocks also need light.

There are some farming mods with extensions, e.g. more fruits and foods.

The “Maximum profit” column shows the maximum possible outcome a single block will yield, including itself.

	Block	Grows on	Needs light?	Maximum profit	Theorical growth speed (evolution)	Expected growth speed (full)	Number of growth stages
	Cotton Plant	Wet Soil, Wet Savanna Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	Yes, 13 or higher	3 Cotton and 3 Cotton Seeds	1/2 chance to grow every 80 seconds = about 160 seconds per stage	160 × 7 = 1120 seconds ≈ 19 minutes	8
	Wheat Plant	Wet Soil, Wet Savanna Soil	Yes, 13 or higher	2 Wheat and 2 Wheat Seeds	1/2 chance to grow every 90 seconds = about 180 seconds per stage	180 × 7 = 1260 seconds = 21 minutes	8
	Jungle Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Savanna Grass, Dirt with Snow, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	About 20 Jungle Trees and many Jungle Leaves	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
	Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Savanna Grass, Dirt with Snow, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	5 Trees, many Leaves and some Apples	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
	Acacia Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Savanna Grass, Dirt with Snow, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	13 Acacia Trees and ca. 75 Acacia Leaves	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
	Pine Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Savanna Grass, Dirt with Snow, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	Some Pine Trees and many Pine Needles	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
	Cactus	Any kind of sand	Yes, 13 or higher	4 Cacti	1/20 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 20 = 1000 seconds ≈ 17 minutes	4
	Papyrus	Dirt, Dirt with Grass. (Water must be to 3 blocks away)	Yes, 13 or higher	4 Papyri	1/20 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 20 = 1000 seconds ≈ 17 minutes	4
	Group:flora	Dirt with Grass	Yes, 13 or higher	4 flora blocks of the same kind	1/25 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 25 = 1250 seconds ≈ 21 minutes	1
	Group:flora	Desert Sand	No	1 Dry Shrub	1/25 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 25 = 1250 seconds ≈ 21 minutes	1