Quick Harvest
Farming in Minecraft is a relaxing cornerstone of survival gameplay, but manually breaking each wheat stalk or carrot can quickly become tedious. The Quick Harvest mod revolutionizes your agricultural routine by letting you reap entire fields with a single click. No more frantic right-clicking or accidental trampling — just pure, efficient harvesting that keeps your focus on building and exploring.
What is Quick Harvest?
Quick Harvest is a lightweight utility mod designed to streamline crop collection. Instead of breaking each plant individually, you simply right-click once on a mature crop, and the mod automatically harvests all identical, fully grown plants in a configurable radius. It also replants seeds where applicable, so your farmland stays productive without extra effort. Beyond its standalone functionality, Quick Harvest serves as an API, enabling other mods like Cultivated Tech to integrate its smart harvesting mechanics into their own custom crops and systems.
Key Features
- One-click harvesting: Right-click a mature crop to instantly collect all nearby ready-to-harvest plants of the same type.
- Auto-replant: Seeds and saplings are automatically put back into the ground, maintaining your farm layout.
- Configurable radius: Adjust the harvest range to suit small garden plots or massive industrial farms.
- API support: Other mods can hook into Quick Harvest to add compatibility for their own vegetation.
- Lightweight and performance-friendly: Minimal impact on game performance, even with large farms.
Supported Crops and Plants
Quick Harvest works out of the box with a wide variety of vanilla vegetation. The mod recognizes both the stem and the fruit for melons and pumpkins, so you can harvest the block without destroying the plant. Here’s the full list of supported crops:
- Wheat
- Carrots
- Potatoes
- Beetroot
- Pumpkin (stem and crop)
- Watermelon (stem and crop)
- Cocoa Beans
- Big Mushrooms
- Sugarcane
- Cactus
- Kelp
- Chorus Fruit
- Berry Bushes
If you’re a mod developer, you can easily add Quick Harvest support for your own plants by using its API — the mod’s CurseForge page includes documentation to get you started.
How to Install Quick Harvest for Minecraft
Getting started with Quick Harvest is straightforward, but you’ll need to make sure you have the correct mod loader. The mod runs on Fabric, so you must install the Fabric Loader and Fabric API first. Follow these steps:
- Download and install the Fabric Loader from the official Fabric website.
- Place the Fabric API jar file into your Minecraft
modsfolder. - Download Quick Harvest from a trusted source like CurseForge or Modrinth. Make sure you pick the version that matches your Minecraft release.
- Move the Quick Harvest jar into the same
modsfolder. - Launch Minecraft with the Fabric profile, and the mod will be active immediately.
If you prefer a more streamlined setup, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install for Quick Harvest, automatically matching the mod version to your game instance and keeping it updated alongside your other add-ons. This removes the hassle of manual file management and ensures compatibility with your existing modpack.
Compatibility and Supported Versions
Quick Harvest is actively maintained for modern Minecraft versions. The following releases are fully supported:
- 1.18 (Supported)
- 1.17 (Supported)
- 1.16 (Supported)
Older versions like 1.15 and 1.14 are currently unsupported, so you’ll need to be on at least 1.16 to enjoy the mod’s features. The developer, EwyBoy, occasionally live-streams mod development on Twitch, and you can follow progress or request features there. Modpack creators have full permission to include Quick Harvest in both private and public packs without any extra steps.
Why You Should Download Quick Harvest
Whether you’re a casual farmer or a redstone engineer building automated crop systems, Quick Harvest eliminates the grind of manual harvesting. It respects your time and lets you focus on the creative aspects of Minecraft. The mod’s API also means it plays nicely with other agricultural expansions, making it a future-proof addition to your modded world. Give it a try, and you’ll wonder how you ever farmed without it.