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Minecraft: Java Edition
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Sensible Plants is a vanilla-friendly Minecraft datapack that expands the game's botanical mechanics to streamline farming and large-scale decorating. It introduces highly requested quality-of-life adjustments, allowing you to easily duplicate every major overworld and Nether plant type using bone meal, while optimizing composter performance to ensure no organic waste goes to waste.
The datapack also brings unparalleled freedom to your building palette by introducing universal tag overhauls, allowing any wood leaf variant to function as a drop-in replacement for mossy block conversions. Complete with seamless native recipe book synchronization and automated unlock toasts, it offers a natural progression system that upgrades your green-thumb gameplay without breaking the vanilla survival experience.
Core Mechanics & Duplication Loops
Plants Should All Be Compostable Too!
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Vines.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Glow Lichen.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Lily Pads.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Spore Blossoms.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Weeping Vines.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Twisting Vines.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Crimson Roots.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Warped Roots.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Nether Sprouts.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Moss Blocks.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Moss Carpets.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Pale Moss Blocks.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Pale Moss Carpet.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Lilac.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Rose Bush.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Peony.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Sunflower.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Bush.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Red Shrub.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Firefly Bush.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for All Saplings/Propagule.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for All Tulips.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Sea Pickle.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Sea Grass.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Red Mushroom.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Brown Mushroom.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Shelf Mushroom.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Short Dry Grass.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Tall Dry Grass.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Grass.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Tall Grass.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Fern.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Tall Fern.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Sugar Cane.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Small Drip Leaf.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Big Drip Leaf.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Closed/Open Eyeblossoms.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Hanging Roots.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Kelp.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Dead Bush.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Cactus.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Cactuc Flower.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Azalea.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Flowering Azalea.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Mossy Cobblestone using leaves.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Mossy Stone Bricks using leaves.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Mossy Cobblestone Stairs using leaves.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Mossy Cobblestone Slabs using leaves.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Mossy Cobblestone Walls using leaves.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Mossy Stone Brick Stairs using leaves.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Mossy Stone Brick Slabs using leaves.
• Added a shapeless crafting recipe for Mossy Stone Brick Walls using leaves.
Verified Leaves
• Oak Leaves
• Spruce Leaves
• Birch Leaves
• Jungle Leaves
• Acacia Leaves
• Dark Oak Leaves
• Mangrove Leaves
• Cherry Leaves
• Pale Oak Leaves
• Azalea Leaves
• Red/Orange/Yellow Poplar Leaves
Composter Performance Upgrades
• Optimized organic recycling efficiency across MOST botanical items.
Universal Recipe and Tag Overhauls
• Allowed Oak, Spruce, Birch, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak, Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, and Azalea leaves to act as functional drop-in replacements for all standard mossy block conversion recipes.
• Validated full material interchangeability for organic decorations, allowing players to utilize any base leaf type interchangeably without strict individual recipe restrictions.
• Updated functional mossy block paths to accept the expanded foliage family, fully supporting vanilla crafting and block structures.
Organic Resource Integration
• Updated the Mossy Cobblestone recipe to accept all verified leaf variants.
• Updated the Mossy Stone Bricks recipe to accept all verified leaf variants.
• Updated the Plant Duplication recipes to accept a single target plant combined with bone meal.
• Updated the Moss Carpet recipe to offer smooth integration.
• MOST plants/items are compostable.


