Productive Trees in All the Mons

Productive Trees adds a big collection of tree species, 159 in total, and the whole mod is built around breeding them. This pack includes version 1.21.1-1.1.0. If you want to see every tree and which parents make it, the mod's own guide points you to JEI.^[1][2]

The core idea is simple: put one tree next to another tree near some bees and let them cross-pollinate. For bees to do it, the leaves of both trees must be within 4 blocks of the nest or hive, and the bees need flowers nearby. Each trip from flower to hive triggers a pollination attempt on a nearby leaf, and a spyglass helps you spot which leaves got pollinated.^[3]

You can also do it by hand. Run collected leaves through a pollen sifter to get Pollen, then use the pollen on a leaf to pollinate it and get a new species. Check JEI to see which pollen goes on which leaves.^[3][4][5]

If you want to automate it, the Pollen Sieve Upgrade goes in an advanced beehive from Productive Bees and has the bees collect pollen from nearby trees. The collection area follows your range upgrades. A second sieve upgrade won't increase the yield.^[6]

Where it fits in the pack

The ATM Star path includes the "Productive Trees" quest quest, which asks for Pollen. The quest text says this mod ties into Productive Bees, because bees are what you use to breed trees. The next step on that path is "Socotra Dragon Sapling" quest, which is a breeding chain:^[7]

1. Breed Jungle with Dark Oak to get Teak Sapling.^[7][8]
2. Breed Acacia with Teak to get Balsa Sapling.^[7][8]
3. Breed Balsa with Dark Oak to get Cocobolo.^[7]
4. Breed Cocobolo with Balsa to get Wenge.^[7]
5. Breed Wenge with Cocobolo to get Socotra Dragon Sapling.^[7]

The mod also has its own quest chapter. Some saplings come from structure chests, for example Black Ember Sapling from Bastion chests and Soul Tree Sapling from End City chests. Others are bred from parents, such as Beech Sapling from Oak and Birch.^[8]

Two machines get their own quests: "Stripping" quest for the Stripper, which strips logs using axes you put in the machine, and "Sawing" quest for the Sawmill, which turns logs into sawdust and more planks than crafting gives you.^[8][9]

Welcome to Productive Trees! The whole mod comes down to one idea: put one tree next to another tree near some bees and you get a new tree species. The mod has 159 trees, and it is still in beta, so how the grown trees look is still being worked on.^[2][3]

Step by step

1. Open the Productive Trees quest chapter. It lists the parent trees for each species. a quest in "Productive Trees" (Beech) and a quest in "Productive Trees" (Silver Lime) both list Oak + Birch as parents, so they are great first targets. Many later trees chain off those two, for example a quest in "Productive Trees" (Alder) from Beech + Birch.^[8]
2. Grab the rare saplings that only come from structures. The quests point to Bastion chests for Black Ember Sapling, Shipwreck chests for Blue Yonder Sapling, and End City chests for Soul Tree Sapling. Ancient City chests give Firecracker Sapling, Desert Pyramid chests give Flickering Sun Sapling, and Suspicious Sand and Gravel in Cold Ocean Ruins gives Brown Amber Sapling.^[8][10]
3. Plant two parent trees close together and let bees do the pollinating. The leaves of both trees must be within 4 blocks of the bee nest or hive, and the bees need flowers nearby. Each trip from a flower to the hive triggers a pollination attempt on a nearby leaf. A spyglass helps you spot which leaves were pollinated.^[3]
4. Prefer to do it by hand? Collect leaves and run them through a pollen sifter to get Pollen, then use the pollen on a leaf to pollinate it. Check JEI to see which trees breed together, so you know which pollen to use on which leaves.^{[3][4][5][10]}

Machines worth making early

The Stripper ("Stripping" quest) strips logs automatically using axes you put in the machine. The Sawmill ("Sawing" quest) cuts logs into sawdust and more planks than you would get from crafting, and sawdust can be used to make paper.^[8][9]

Growing trees in pots

Once you own a sapling, the pack also has a Botany Pots crop recipe for each tree, and the pack changed these. The Beech crop takes a Beech Sapling and yields Beech Leaves, Beech Log, more saplings and Beechnut.^[11]

Beech Leaves, Beech Log, Beech Sapling, BeechnutChanged by the pack

Crop (botanypots)

• 2× Beech Sapling

Recipe id: productivetrees:botanypots/beech

The pack's Botany Pots crop recipe for Beech.

Productive Trees is less about big multiblocks and more about breeding trees. The mod adds 159 trees, and most of the action is pollination: you move pollen between leaves to get new species. A few small machines and upgrades help you automate that. The mod is also in beta and not feature complete, and the guide says the growth features (how trees look when grown) are still under development.^[2][3]

Breeding with bees

The simplest setup is to put one tree next to another tree near some bees. The leaves of the two trees you want to breed must be within 4 blocks of the nest or hive, and the bees need flowers nearby. Each trip from the flower to the hive triggers a pollination attempt on a nearby leaf.^[3]

The hive can be simulated, and each range upgrade increases the working area by 2 blocks. The base range is 4. A spyglass helps you spot which leaves have been pollinated.^[3]

Pollinating by hand

You can skip the bees. Collect leaves and run them through a pollen sifter, which extracts pollen from leaves. Use the resulting pollen on a leaf to pollinate it and get a new tree species. Pollen collected by bees works the same way.^{[3][4][5][10]}

Which pollen goes on which leaves depends on the species pair you want, so look it up in JEI first.^[5]

Automating pollen with the Pollen Sieve Upgrade

Install the pollen sieve upgrade in an advanced beehive from Productive Bees and the bees will collect pollen from nearby trees. Some of the pollen the bees collect is sifted and deposited in the hive. The collection area is affected by range upgrades. Installing more than one sieve upgrade does not increase the yield.^[6][10]

The mod also has an allergy bee ingredient. Its description says it puts in an extra effort to collect pollen so your allergies don't act up while working with trees.^[10]

Machine upgrades

The pollen sifter, the sawmill and the stripper can each take time upgrades. For the pollen sifter and the sawmill, an upgrade can be installed for faster processing, and multiple upgrades give a greater time decrease. Each of these machines also has a second, stronger upgrade, described as twice as good as the other one.^[10]

The stripper is a bit different. Its upgrade tooltip says each upgrade increases the number of items processed per operation by 4, and that multiple upgrades give a greater time decrease. The stripper takes the bark off wood, leaving it stripped, and it requires an axe to operate.^[9][10]

Tree products and Tree Tap

The mod is compatible with Tree Tap, which opens up some additional tree products to extract. Maple sap can be extracted from Sugar Maple trees, and the sap makes Maple Syrup.^[12][13]

Bookshelves in this pack

Each tree's bookshelf, such as the Alder Bookshelf, is crafted with a book and that tree's planks, such as Alder Planks. The pack has changed these recipes from the mod's own. Here is the in-pack recipe for the Alder one:^[11]

Alder BookshelfChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Alder Planks	Alder Planks	Alder Planks
Book	Book	Book
Alder Planks	Alder Planks	Alder Planks

Recipe id: productivetrees:bookshelves/alder_bookshelf

The pack changes the bookshelf recipes; other tree species follow the same pattern with their own planks.

Unverified No config files for this mod are available as sources here, so any pack-specific tuning of the mod's values beyond the changed bookshelf recipes is not confirmed.

The mod has 159 trees, and this pack turns the breeding web into a quest chapter. Each quest asks you to get one sapling and unlocks after the quests for its parent trees. Think of it as a family tree you work down, starting with a handful of base saplings.^[2][8]

How you get new trees

You can breed with bees: put two trees next to each other near a hive. Their leaves must be within 4 blocks of the nest or hive, and the bees need flowers nearby. Each trip from flower to hive triggers a pollination attempt on a nearby leaf. Range upgrades add 2 blocks each, on top of a base range of 4.^[3]

You can also do it by hand. The Pollen you get from bees or from a pollen sifter can be used on a leaf to create a new species. The sifter extracts pollen from leaves. Check JEI to see which pollen goes on which leaves for each cross.^[4][5]

Tier 1: the starting saplings

Every quest in this group unlocks straight after the chapter's opening quest, "Productive Trees" quest. They split into saplings you breed from vanilla trees and saplings you find as loot. The parent trees below are the ones each quest lists.^[8]

• Silver Lime Sapling and Beech Sapling both list Oak + Birch as parents.^[8]
• European Larch Sapling lists Spruce + Birch.^[8]
• Cacao Sapling lists Jungle + Cherry.^[8]
• Teak Sapling lists Dark Oak + Jungle.^[8]
• Red Delicious Apple Sapling lists Cherry + Oak/Dark Oak.^[8]
• Black Ember Sapling is found in Bastion chests.^[8]
• Blue Yonder Sapling is found in Shipwreck chests.^[8]
• Soul Tree Sapling is found in End City chests.^[8]
• Firecracker Sapling is found in Ancient City chests.^[8]
• Flickering Sun Sapling is found in Desert Pyramid chests.^[8]
• Brown Amber Sapling comes from Suspicious Sand and Gravel inside Cold Ocean Ruins.^[8]

Tier 2: first crosses

Each of these quests unlocks after one or two of the starters. Here are the main branches.^[8]

• Silver Lime branch: White Willow Sapling (Silver Lime + Oak/Birch), Wild Cherry Sapling, Dogwood Sapling, Walnut Sapling and Ash Sapling.^[8]
• Beech branch: Alder Sapling (Beech + Birch), Pecan Sapling and Brazil Nut Sapling (Beech + Cacao).^[8]
• Teak branch: Balsa Sapling (Teak + Acacia), Ipe Sapling, Kapok Sapling and Cashew Sapling.^[8]
• European Larch branch: Red Maple Sapling (Silver Lime + European Larch), Yew Sapling and Bull Pine Sapling.^[8]
• Red Delicious Apple branch: Granny Smith Apple Sapling, Sand Pear Sapling, Sweet Crabapple Sapling and Prairie Crabapple Sapling.^[8]
• Loot-tree crosses: Thunder Bolt Sapling (Firecracker + Flickering Sun), Sparkle Cherry Sapling (Firecracker + Soul Tree), Purple Spiral Sapling (Blue Yonder + Firecracker), Rippling Willow Sapling (Blue Yonder + Flickering Sun), Water Wonder Sapling (Blue Yonder + Soul Tree) and Cave Dweller Sapling (Black Ember + Soul Tree).^[8]

Tier 3 and beyond: deeper chains

From here the quests combine saplings you already bred, so the order matters. These are the chains the quest chapter lays out.^[8]

• Loot finale: Night Fuchsia Sapling (Purple Spiral + Sparkle Cherry), Time Traveller Sapling (Blue Yonder + Rippling Willow), Foggy Blast Sapling (Cave Dweller + Soul Tree) and Slimy Delight Sapling (Rippling Willow + Soul Tree).^[8]
• Maple line: Sugar Maple Sapling (European Larch + Red Maple), then Sweetgum Sapling and Rubber Tree Sapling (Sweetgum + Loblolly).^[8]
• Tropical line: Papaya Sapling (Wild Cherry + Cacao), then Date Palm Sapling (Papaya + Cacao), then Asai Palm Sapling (Date Palm + Black Cherry).^[8]
• Citrus line: Citron Sapling (Silver Lime + Sour Cherry) leads to Pomelo Sapling, Lemon Sapling, Key Lime Sapling and Lime Sapling (Pomelo + Key Lime).^[8]
• Stone fruit: Plum Sapling (Citron + Wild Cherry) leads to Peach Sapling (Plum + Sweet Chestnut) and Apricot Sapling (Plum + Peach).^[8]
• Apples: Golden Delicious Apple Sapling (Red Delicious Apple + Granny Smith Apple) leads to Beliy Naliv Apple Sapling.^[8]
• Tropical hardwoods: Ceylon Ebony Sapling (Kapok + Dark Oak) leads to Yellow Meranti Sapling, then Mahogany Sapling, and then Greenheart Sapling, Old Fustic Sapling and Rosewood Sapling.^[8]
• Wenge line: Wenge Sapling (Balsa + Cocobolo) leads to Ginkgo Sapling, Grandidiers Baobab Sapling, Socotra Dragon Sapling and Avocado Sapling.^[8]
• Cherry and coffee: Black Cherry Sapling (Ceylon Ebony + Sour Cherry) leads to Coffea Sapling (Black Cherry + Cacao).^[8]

Machines the quests teach you

Two quests cover the mod's wood machines. "Stripping" quest introduces the Stripper, which strips logs automatically using axes you put in the machine.^[8][9]

"Sawing" quest introduces the Sawmill. It cuts logs into sawdust and gives more planks than crafting would. Sawdust can be used to make paper. Fustic logs also give Fustic, and Brazilwood and Logwood logs also give Haematoxylin.^[8]

Growing the trees

The Botany Pots crop recipes for Productive Trees saplings are marked as changed by the pack. Here is Beech as an example. It returns leaves, logs, the sapling and a beechnut.^[11]

Beech Leaves, Beech Log, Beech Sapling, BeechnutChanged by the pack

Crop (botanypots)

• 2× Beech Sapling

Recipe id: productivetrees:botanypots/beech

Beech crop in Botany Pots, as changed by the pack.

Productive Trees doesn't live on its own in this pack. The pack ties it into other mods through sawmill recipes, a bee-related conversion, and a few custom crafts that call for its saplings and fruit.^[11]

Sawmill planks for other mods' woods

The Sawmill cuts logs into Sawdust and gives more planks than normal crafting would. The pack adds sawmill recipes for wood from other mods, so you can run their logs through it too.^[8][11]

6× Demonic PlanksAdded by the pack

Sawmill (productivetrees)

• Demonic Log
• 2× Sawdust

Recipe id: allthemods:productivetrees/sawing/allthemodium/demonic_planks_from_shapelesscrafting

Allthemodium is covered too: allthemodium:ancient_planks, Demonic Planks and allthemodium:soul_planks all have sawmill recipes, one per log variant.

The same treatment extends to wood from Ars Nouveau, Cobblemon, Deeper Darker, Eternal Starlight, Forbidden Arcanus, Integrated Dynamics, Occultism, Silent Gear and Undergarden. Examples are Archwood Planks, Apricorn Planks, Echo Planks, Lunar Planks, Edelwood Planks, Menril Planks, Otherplanks, Netherwood Planks and Grongle Planks.^[11]

6× Archwood PlanksAdded by the pack

Sawmill (productivetrees)

• 2× Sawdust
• any archwood log

Recipe id: allthemods:productivetrees/sawing/ars_nouveau/archwood_planks

One of the pack's sawmill recipes for another mod's wood.

The Sawing quest "Sawing" quest covers the sawmill itself.^[8]

Productive Bees

The Upgrade Pollen Sieve goes into an advanced beehive from Productive Bees, and the bees then collect pollen from nearby trees. Range upgrades affect the collection area, and extra sieve upgrades don't increase the yield.^[6][11]

The pack changed the recipe that turns this upgrade into the Upgrade Pollen Sieve. It also changed the bee conversion that turns Pollen into the allergy bee.^[11]

Upgrade Pollen SieveChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Upgrade Pollen Sieve

Recipe id: productivetrees:pollen_sieve_upgrade

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Crafts that use Productive Trees items

A few of the pack's custom recipes need Productive Trees items alongside items from many other mods. The Dragon Soul needs a Socotra Dragon Sapling, and Magical Soil needs a Moonlight Magic Crepe Myrtle Sapling. Both recipes were added by the pack.^[11]

Dragon SoulAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

Infused Dragon's Breath	Soul Gem	Dragon Familiar Spawn Egg
Socotra Dragon Sapling	Empty slot	Block of Piglich Hearts
Empty slot	Abyssal Sacrifice	Chain of Souls

Recipe id: allthemods:allthetweaks/dragon_soul

Magical SoilAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

Insanium Block	Nether Star Block 2x	Dirt 3x
Awakened Supremium Growth Accelerator	Insanium Farmland	Dragon Head
Piglich Heart	Ender Pearl Block 3x	Moonlight Magic Crepe Myrtle Sapling

Recipe id: allthemods:kjs/magical_soil

The Cobblemon side of the pack touches Productive Trees too, through the Imbued Pokemon Egg and the Pika Star. Both recipes below involve a Productive Trees item: Maple Syrup, which comes from maple sap that can be extracted from Sugar Maple trees, and Star Fruit.^[11][13]

Imbued Pokemon EggAdded by the pack

Altar (summoningrituals)

• Patrick Star
• Maple Syrup
• any sandpaper

Recipe id: allthemons:imbued_pokemon_egg

Pika StarMod recipe

Mechanical Crafting (create)

Mechanical Crafting (create)

Exp. Candy XL	Exp. Candy XL	Exp. Candy XL	Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot	Exp. Candy XL	Exp. Candy XL	Exp. Candy XL
Exp. Candy XL	The Kitty Badge	Electric Tera Shard	Exp. Candy XL	Empty slot	Exp. Candy XL	Electric Tera Shard	The Microwave Badge	Exp. Candy XL
Empty slot	Exp. Candy XL	Tm Thunder	Custap Berry	Exp. Candy XL	Star Fruit	Liechi Berry	Exp. Candy XL	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	Exp. Candy XL	The Drunk Badge	Yellow Nectar	The Skyblock Badge	Exp. Candy XL	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	Exp. Candy XL	Stellar Tera Shard	Purple Nectar	Imbued Pokemon Egg	Red Nectar	The Artist Badge	Exp. Candy XL	Empty slot
Exp. Candy XL	The Ralph Badge	The Helpful Badge	The Unknown Badge	Pink Nectar	The Notch Badge	The Vortex Badge	The Toblerone Badge	Exp. Candy XL
Exp. Candy XL	Exp. Candy XL	Exp. Candy XL	Red Orb	Electric Tera Shard	Blue Orb	Exp. Candy XL	Exp. Candy XL	Exp. Candy XL
Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot	Exp. Candy XL	The Lobster Badge	Exp. Candy XL	Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot	Exp. Candy XL	Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: allthemons:pika_star

Productive Trees shows up in the quest book as its own chapter, plus an entry quest in The ATM Star chapter. The chapter is basically a breeding tree: you collect a few base saplings, then work your way through crossbred ones.^[7][8]

Where it starts: The ATM Star

The entry quest "Productive Trees" quest asks you to hand in Pollen. Its text says the mod is tied to Productive Bees: trees don't breed with wheat, they breed with bees. A follow-up quest in the same chapter, "Socotra Dragon Sapling" quest, asks for a Socotra Dragon Sapling.^[7]

The Productive Trees chapter

Every first-tier quest in the chapter unlocks after that entry quest. Each quest asks you to submit one sapling, and the subtitle shows the pairing it comes from, like Oak + Birch. Nearly everything after that unlocks from the quests above it, so you can follow the chains.^[8]

First-tier breeding quests

• a quest in "Productive Trees" asks for a Silver Lime Sapling (Oak + Birch).^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees" asks for a Beech Sapling (Oak + Birch).^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees" asks for a European Larch Sapling (Spruce + Birch).^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees" asks for a Red Delicious Apple Sapling (Cherry + Oak/Dark Oak).^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees" asks for a Teak Sapling (Dark Oak + Jungle).^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees" asks for a Cacao Sapling (Jungle + Cherry).^[8]

Saplings from loot

Some first-tier quests can't be bred. Their saplings come from structure loot:^[8]

• a quest in "Productive Trees": Black Ember Sapling, found in Bastion chests.^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees": Blue Yonder Sapling, found in Shipwreck chests.^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees": Soul Tree Sapling, found in End City chests.^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees": Firecracker Sapling, found in Ancient City chests.^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees": Flickering Sun Sapling, found in Desert Pyramid chests.^[8]
• a quest in "Productive Trees": Brown Amber Sapling, found in Suspicious Sand and Gravel inside Cold Ocean Ruins.^[8]

The loot saplings feed the next tier. For example, a quest in "Productive Trees" (Black Ember + Soul Tree) and a quest in "Productive Trees" (Firecracker + Flickering Sun) both build on them.^[8]

Machine quests

Two quests cover the mod's machines. "Stripping" quest asks for the Stripper, which strips logs automatically using axes put in the machine. "Sawing" quest asks for the Sawmill. It cuts logs into sawdust and more planks than crafting gives you. Sawdust can be used to make Paper, Fustic Logs also give Fustic, and Brazilwood and Logwood Logs also give Haematoxylin.^[8]

Longer chains

The deeper quests unlock in order. The Beech branch runs through a quest in "Productive Trees", a quest in "Productive Trees" and a quest in "Productive Trees" to a quest in "Productive Trees", and from there to a quest in "Productive Trees" and a quest in "Productive Trees".^[8]

The citrus branch goes from a quest in "Productive Trees" through a quest in "Productive Trees", a quest in "Productive Trees", a quest in "Productive Trees", a quest in "Productive Trees", a quest in "Productive Trees" and a quest in "Productive Trees". It continues to a quest in "Productive Trees" (mango), which is one of the two prerequisites for the final Star Fruit Sapling quest, a quest in "Productive Trees".^[8]

The other prerequisite for that Star Fruit quest is a quest in "Productive Trees". It comes after the spice line: a quest in "Productive Trees", a quest in "Productive Trees", a quest in "Productive Trees" and a quest in "Productive Trees".^[8]

The crepe myrtle line starts at "Purple Crepe Myrtle Sapling" quest and continues through a quest in "Productive Trees" and a quest in "Productive Trees" to "Moonlight Magic Crepe Myrtle Sapling" quest.^[8]

Unverified Several quests, including the crepe myrtle line and the Copper Beech, White Ipe, Pink Ipe, Purple Ipe and Purple Blackthorn quests, list Luck as a second parent and depend on quest 0661E9669E639621. That quest's contents aren't in the available sources, so what it asks for is unverified. The Pika Star chapter text was also cut off, so I can't confirm whether it has any Productive Trees quests.