Farming for Blockheads guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.12.0
Farming for Blockheads guide for FTB Skies 2
Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.12.0 on Oct 16, 2026 · text last changed Oct 16, 2026
A newer release (1.24.0) is out Guide for the current version
Also applies to:All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0 to 1.0.2
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- Recipes shown
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- Items named
- 6
- Quests covered
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3 sections are written for this pack; 2 are shared from another pack's guide.
Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.12.0's own files.
What is Farming for Blockheads?
Farming for Blockheads is part of the pack as version 21.1.10, built for NeoForge on Minecraft 1.21.1. It has been in the pack since 1.0.1 or earlier, so it is a long-standing part of the mod list rather than a recent addition.[1]
The mod's main item in the pack's quests is the Market. The quest a quest in "?" has an item task for it and sits in the cooking and brewing chapter. So the pack places the Market alongside its food and brewing progression.[2]
Unverified The sources I have don't show a recipe for the Market, any pack changes to the mod's configs, or how it fits into the ATM Star path, so none of that is covered here. The quest is also untitled in the quest data, so I can't say more about what it expects from you.
How do you get started with Farming for Blockheads?
3 parts
Farming for Blockheads is about getting your farm to do more of the work for you. A sensible order in this pack is the Market first, then fertilizer for your crops, then the animal helpers.[2][3][4]
Start with the Market
The Market is the first block to make. The pack's quest book has a quest for it in the cooking_and_brewing chapter, a quest in "?", and its task is to have a Market. Here is the in-pack recipe:[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any plank | |
| any log | Empty slot | any log |
| any log | any log | any log |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:market
This is the mod's own recipe, unchanged by the pack.
The recipe dump also lists Market trades for Green Fertilizer, Red Fertilizer and Yellow Fertilizer. The sources here do not show what those trades cost, so check the prices in the Market itself.[3]
Add fertilizer for your crops
Fertilizer is the next step once you have crops growing. Each type does something different, and fertilized farmland can turn back into regular farmland as it hands out its bonuses.[4]
- Green Fertilizer increases crop output. It gives a chance of a bonus crop.[4]
- Red Fertilizer gives a chance of a bonus growth.[4]
- Yellow Fertilizer can be crafted too, but the sources here do not describe what it does.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | any green dye | any green dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:green_fertilizer
Crafting Shaped
| any red dye | any red dye | any red dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:red_fertilizer
Crafting Shaped
| any yellow dye | any yellow dye | any yellow dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:yellow_fertilizer
Look after your animals
With crops going, you can take care of livestock too. The Chicken Nest collects eggs laid by chickens.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any plank |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:chicken_nest
The Feeding Trough auto-feeds nearby animals that are ready to mate. It only feeds animals within its range, and it stops feeding once it reaches a maximum number of animals per type.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any plank | |
| any plank | any plank |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:feeding_trough
How does Farming for Blockheads work?
4 parts
Farming for Blockheads is a small mod with a few jobs: a shop for farming goods, automatic animal feeding, egg collection and fertilizer for your crops. Here is how each part works in this pack, as far as the sources explain it.[3][4]
The Market and the Merchant
The Market is a block with its own screen. The screen shows a cost for the offer you pick, and reads "No Selection" until you choose one. The mod also adds a Merchant entity.[4]
The pack's recipe data lists Green Fertilizer, Red Fertilizer and Yellow Fertilizer as Market offers, each with no item inputs listed.[3]
The mod has settings for merchants. One is a list of names the merchant can have. Another is called Treat Merchants like Babies. When it is on, merchants count as babies on a technical level only, which may resolve exploits based on merchant death loot (like blood).[4]
Automating animals
The Feeding Trough auto-feeds nearby animals that are ready to mate. Animals must be within its range to be fed. It also has a maximum number of animals per type, and once that is reached it stops feeding.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any plank | |
| any plank | any plank |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:feeding_trough
The Chicken Nest collects eggs laid by chickens. It picks up laid eggs within a set range, and a mod setting controls that range.[4]
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any plank |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:chicken_nest
Unverified The actual values for the Feeding Trough range, the Feeding Trough max animals and the Chicken Nest range are not shown in the sources here, because no config file for this mod is available. Check the in-game config screen for them.
Fertilizer
Green Fertilizer increases crop output, and the mod has a Green Fertilizer Bonus Crop Chance setting for the chance to get a bonus crop. Red Fertilizer has a matching Red Fertilizer Bonus Growth Chance setting for the chance to get a bonus growth.[4]
Fertilized Farmland does not last forever. The Fertilizer Regression Chance setting is the chance, per provided bonus, that it turns back into regular Farmland.[4]
Crafting fertilizer in this pack
The pack changed the crafting recipes for green and red fertilizer. Each craft makes 4 of them.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | any green dye | any green dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:green_fertilizer
This recipe was changed by the pack and makes 4 Green Fertilizer.
Crafting Shaped
| any red dye | any red dye | any red dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:red_fertilizer
This recipe was changed by the pack and makes 4 Red Fertilizer.
Yellow fertilizer uses the mod's own recipe and also makes 4 per craft.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any yellow dye | any yellow dye | any yellow dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:yellow_fertilizer
This is the mod's own recipe, not changed by the pack.
Unverified The pack's values for the fertilizer bonus and regression chances are not shown in the sources here, because no config file for this mod is available. Check the in-game config screen for them.
How do you progress through Farming for Blockheads?
3 parts
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide
Farming for Blockheads has no strict tier ladder in this pack. Everything starts with the Market, and the other items are crafted when you need them. The pack's quest for this mod sits in the cooking and brewing chapter.[5][6]
The Market
The quest a quest in "?" is untitled, and its task is to obtain a Market. It is the only quest for this mod in the quest sources. The Market uses the mod's own recipe.[5][6]
Animal helpers
The Chicken Nest and the Feeding Trough both use the mod's own recipes in this pack. The quest sources show no quest for crafting them.[5][6]
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any plank |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:chicken_nest
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any plank | |
| any plank | any plank |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:feeding_trough
Fertilizers
The fertilizers are Yellow Fertilizer, Red Fertilizer and Green Fertilizer. Yellow uses the mod's own recipe. The red and green crafting recipes are changed by the pack, so they may not match what you see in other modpacks.[6]
Crafting Shaped
| any yellow dye | any yellow dye | any yellow dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:yellow_fertilizer
Crafting Shaped
| any red dye | any red dye | any red dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:red_fertilizer
Crafting Shaped
| any green dye | any green dye | any green dye |
| any gold nugget | any gold nugget | |
Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:green_fertilizer
The Market also has an entry for each of these fertilizers, so you can get them there as well as by crafting. The recipe dump lists no item inputs for these Market entries.[6]
Which FTB Skies 2 quests use Farming for Blockheads?
Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide
Farming for Blockheads shows up in just one quest chapter in this pack: "cooking_and_brewing". There's a single quest there that involves the mod, so this is a short section.[5]
The quest is a quest in "?", and it has no title in the pack files. Its task is simply to have the Market item.[5]
Unverified The sources don't show where this quest sits in the chapter's order, what it requires first, or what reward it gives, so those details are unconfirmed.
Sources
- FTB Skies 2 1.12.0 mod list · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.12.0 quests: "cooking_and_brewing" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.12.0 recipe dump: recipes making Farming for Blockheads items · pack recipe dump
- farmingforblockheads tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 quests: "cooking_and_brewing" · pack file
- FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 recipe dump: recipes making Farming for Blockheads items · pack recipe dump
Where this guide comes from
Written from what FTB Skies 2 itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 16, 2026.
Guides for other versions: 1.13.0 to 1.24.0