Orchard

All the images featured in gallery are using our example config and the recommended mods

What is orchard

Simply said, orchard is a mod giving you the ability to replace any tree and fungi in Minecraft with a custom .nbt structure that you can create and customize however you like.

Why You'll Love It

• Endless variety With orchard you have the ability to add anything you want and as much as you want to the Minecraft flora
• Biome-specific trees Make certain designs only appear in specific biomes.
• Rare finds Mark special designs as rare so they only appear occasionally.
• Underground roots Gives you the ability to offset trees so you can easily add roots to your trees
• Zero client needed Works entirely server-side. Join any server running Orchard and enjoy the enhanced worldgen without installing anything.
• Hot reload Easily reload the mod and apply changes using /orchard reload

Supported Tree Types

Oak, birch, spruce, pine, jungle, acacia, dark oak, cherry, swamp, azalea, mangrove, plus nether fungi (warped, crimson) and huge mushrooms (red, brown).

Commands

All commands are run in-game and require operator permissions.

Command	What it does
/orchard reload	Reloads all config files from disk
/orchard status	Shows all registered tree definitions, whether their NBT files exist, and their weights
/orchard list	Lists all loaded definitions with their full properties
/orchard test <name>	Places a structure at your position
/orchard what	Shows your current biome and which definitions would match
/orchard find <query>	Searches through all definitions and NBT files by name
/orchard validate	Checks all your config files for parsing errors
/orchard nbt info <name>	Shows you the tree and file size
/orchard clearcache	Clears all cached .nbt files

Getting Started

Orchard makes it easy to get started adding custom trees to your world. You simply install the mod and put it into your mod folder and start creating designs.

1. Setup The Folder

Orchard loads your trees from:

config/orchard/nbt/
config/orchard/data/

All your .nbt files should be put in nbt/ and all the .json configs should be put in data/

2. Create A Config

Orchard will only load your trees if you have a configuration entry in data/, but no worries creating one is straightforward:

{
  "nbt": "mytree.nbt",
  "tree_type": "oak"
}

The nbt field tells orchard which file to load and the tree_type field tells orchard which tree to replace

More Options

You can also control more using the other json options we have.

{
  "nbt": "mytree.nbt",
  "tree_type": "oak",
  "weight": 2,
  "min_spacing": 5,
  "biomes": ["#minecraft:is_forest"], 
  "origin_y_offset": -2,
  "rare": false
}

Field	What it does
weight	Higher = more common (default: 1)
min_spacing	Minimum distance between your custom trees
biomes	Limit which biomes your tree spawns in
origin_y_offset	Shift the tree down to create underground roots
rare	Only 2.5% chance to spawn

Multiple Variants

Add multiple config files with the same tree_type and Orchard will randomly pick between them. Give them different weights to control how often each appears.

Premade Configs

Premade configs are available on our Discord server

Other Versions

Currently, Orchard supports NeoForge and Fabric only. If you'd like to help accelerate development, contributions are always welcome!

Mod Recommendations

We recommend using the mod with some other mods for the best experience

• Lithosphere
• Wilderness
• Stony Cliffs Are Cool
• FallingTree
• Solas Shader
• Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (NeoForge)