Just Another Grass Seed guide for FTB Skies 2 1.9.2 to 1.10.1

Just Another Grass Seed adds the Grass Seed item to the pack. The pack ships version 21.1.5 of the NeoForge build for Minecraft 1.21.1, and the mod has been in the pack since 1.0.1 or earlier.^[1]

Where it fits in progression

You meet this mod early. In the "the_beginning" quest chapter, quest a quest in "?" has Grass Seed as its task. It unlocks after another quest in the same chapter, so you'll reach it as part of your first steps.^[2]

Unverified The sources don't describe how Grass Seed is used, how you get it, or whether the pack changes any of its recipes or configs. Check the quest in-game for hints before relying on a method.

Just Another Grass Seed is a small mod, and in this pack it gives you two things to care about: the Grass Seed item and the Fake Grass Block family. Here's the order I'd tackle them in.^[2][3]

Step 1: Get a Grass Seed

You don't craft Grass Seed. In this pack it's one of the possible results of a sifting recipe the pack added. That same recipe can also give you farming items like seeds, rice, bamboo and sugar cane. The block below shows exactly what the sifter needs.^[3]

Pumpkin Seeds, Wheat Seeds, Melon Seeds, Beetroot Seeds, Cocoa Beans, Bamboo, Sugar Cane, Sweet Berries +6 moreAdded by the pack

Sifting (createsifter)

• Mechanical Cloth Mesh
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:sifting/minecraft_dirt_with_cloth_mesh

Sifting recipe added by the pack. Grass Seed is one of several possible results.

Grabbing the seed is also worth it for progression. The quest a quest in "?" in the the_beginning chapter has you obtain Grass Seed, and it unlocks after an earlier quest in that chapter.^[2]

Step 2: Craft a Fake Grass Block

Next up is Fake Grass Block. The pack gives you two ways to craft it. Both are shown below, so use whichever is easier for you to put together right now.^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Grass Block

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass

Shapeless crafting recipe added by the pack.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

Alternative shapeless recipe added by the pack.

Step 3: Switch biome looks with a stonecutter

Once you have a plain Fake Grass Block, you can turn it into a biome variant with a stonecutter. The pack adds stonecutting recipes for variants such as Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Jungle), Fake Grass Block (Snow), Fake Grass Block (Desert), Fake Grass Block (Swamp) and Fake Grass Block (Mushroom). There are more, including badlands, birch, cheery, dark forest, mangrove, meadow, ocean, pale garden and sparse jungle.^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Plains)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_plains_fake_grass_block

Example: plain Fake Grass Block to the Plains variant. The other variants have their own stonecutting recipes added by the pack.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Plains)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_7

Example: Plains variant back to the plain Fake Grass Block, a stonecutting recipe added by the pack.

Here's the honest picture for this mod: the pack data I have shows no machines, multiblocks, power use or fluid handling for Just Another Grass Seed. What it does show is a small set of crafting, stonecutting and sifting recipes around Fake Grass Block and Grass Seed. That's all I can explain in depth.^[3]

Getting the base Fake Grass Block

The pack gives you two shapeless crafting routes to the plain Fake Grass Block, so you don't need a specific layout. One uses a grass block. The other uses Super Glue together with dirt and moss carpet. Both recipes are added by the pack.^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Grass Block

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass

Pack recipe: a single grass block becomes a Fake Grass Block.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

Pack recipe: the second shapeless route to the plain block.

Biome variants through the stonecutter

Biome variants are stonecutter recipes added by the pack, not crafting grid ones. The variants available from the plain Fake Grass Block include Fake Grass Block (Badlands), Fake Grass Block (Birch), Fake Grass Block (Cheery), Fake Grass Block (Dark_forest), Fake Grass Block (Desert), Fake Grass Block (Jungle), Fake Grass Block (Mangrove), Fake Grass Block (Meadow), Fake Grass Block (Mushroom) and Fake Grass Block (Ocean).^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Badlands)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_badlands_fake_grass_block

Pack stonecutting recipe for the Badlands variant.

Fake Grass Block (Desert)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_desert_fake_grass_block

Pack stonecutting recipe: the plain block turns into the Desert variant.

Fake Grass Block (Birch)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_birch_fake_grass_block

Pack stonecutting recipe for the Birch variant.

The reverse direction exists too. Every variant has a stonecutting recipe back to the plain block, including Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Snow), Fake Grass Block (Swamp), Fake Grass Block (Sparse_jungle) and Fake Grass Block (Pale_garden).^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Badlands)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_10

Pack stonecutting recipe: Badlands variant back to the plain block.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Desert)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_12

Pack stonecutting recipe: the Desert variant converts back to the plain block.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Birch)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_14

Pack stonecutting recipe: Birch variant back to the plain block.

Where Grass Seed comes from

The pack has a sifting recipe where dirt and a Mechanical Cloth Mesh can give you Grass Seed. The same recipe lists other possible outputs, such as farming seeds and saplings. Grass Seed is one of the possible outputs of that recipe.^[3]

Pumpkin Seeds, Wheat Seeds, Melon Seeds, Beetroot Seeds, Cocoa Beans, Bamboo, Sugar Cane, Sweet Berries +6 moreAdded by the pack

Sifting (createsifter)

• Mechanical Cloth Mesh
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:sifting/minecraft_dirt_with_cloth_mesh

Pack sifting recipe: dirt with a cloth mesh, Grass Seed is one possible output.

Unverified What Grass Seed does once you have it, how the Fake Grass Blocks behave in the world, and whether the mod has any config options are not shown by the sources here. No guidebook, tooltips, config files or documentation were available for this mod.

In this pack, Just Another Grass Seed has a short progression chain rather than a set of tiers: get Grass Seed, make a plain Fake Grass Block, then turn it into biome variants.^[2][3]

Step 1: The quest

The quest book has an untitled quest, a quest in "?", in the_beginning chapter. Its task is to obtain Grass Seed. It unlocks after another quest in the same chapter, so you finish that one first.^[2]

Step 2: Getting Grass Seed

The pack adds a Create Sifter recipe that can give you Grass Seed when you sift dirt with a Mechanical Cloth Mesh. Grass Seed is one of many possible results from that recipe, alongside crop seeds, a sapling and a few other items.^[3]

Pumpkin Seeds, Wheat Seeds, Melon Seeds, Beetroot Seeds, Cocoa Beans, Bamboo, Sugar Cane, Sweet Berries +6 moreAdded by the pack

Sifting (createsifter)

• Mechanical Cloth Mesh
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:sifting/minecraft_dirt_with_cloth_mesh

Added by the pack. Grass Seed is one of the possible results.

Step 3: Fake Grass Blocks

The pack gives you two ways to make a plain Fake Grass Block. One is a shapeless recipe that starts from a grass block. The other is a shapeless recipe that uses Super Glue, dirt and moss carpet.^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• Grass Block

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass

Added by the pack: a shapeless recipe that starts from a grass block.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

Added by the pack: a second shapeless recipe, built around Super Glue.

Step 4: Biome variants

Once you have a plain Fake Grass Block, you can turn it into a biome variant in the stonecutter. Every variant can also be cut back into the plain block, so you can change your mind later. All of these stonecutting recipes are added by the pack.^[3]

• Dry biomes: Fake Grass Block (Badlands), Fake Grass Block (Desert).^[3]
• Forest biomes: Fake Grass Block (Birch), Fake Grass Block (Cheery), Fake Grass Block (Dark_forest), Fake Grass Block (Pale_garden).^[3]
• Jungle and wet biomes: Fake Grass Block (Jungle), Fake Grass Block (Sparse_jungle), Fake Grass Block (Mangrove), Fake Grass Block (Swamp), Fake Grass Block (Ocean).^[3]
• Open and special biomes: Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Meadow), Fake Grass Block (Snow), Fake Grass Block (Mushroom).^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Desert)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_desert_fake_grass_block

Example of a variant recipe: the stonecutter turns the plain block into the Desert variant. The other biomes work the same way.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Desert)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_12

Cutting the Desert variant back into the plain Fake Grass Block.

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.15.0 guide

This pack ties Just Another Grass Seed into several other mods through recipes it adds itself. These are the connections the pack's recipes and quests confirm.^[4]

Getting Grass Seed by sifting dirt

The pack adds a Create Sifter recipe that sifts Dirt with a Mechanical Cloth Mesh. Grass Seed is one of the possible results.^[4]

The same sift also gives seeds and crops from other mods, plus some vanilla items. The sources do not show drop chances.^[4]

• Farmer's Delight: Cabbage Seeds, Rice Crops and Tomato Seeds.^[4]
• Immersive Engineering: Industrial Hemp Seeds.^[4]
• Integrated Dynamics: Menril Sapling.^[4]
• Vanilla: Bamboo, Beetroot Seeds, Cocoa Beans, Melon Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Sugar Cane, Sweet Berries and Wheat Seeds.^[4]

Pumpkin Seeds, Wheat Seeds, Melon Seeds, Beetroot Seeds, Cocoa Beans, Bamboo, Sugar Cane, Sweet Berries +6 moreAdded by the pack

Sifting (createsifter)

• Mechanical Cloth Mesh
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:sifting/minecraft_dirt_with_cloth_mesh

Added by the pack: sifting dirt can give you Grass Seed.

Fake Grass Block with Create

The pack adds a shapeless crafting recipe for the Fake Grass Block. It connects the mod to Create, since the recipe uses Super Glue.^[4]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

Added by the pack.

Grass Seed and Ender IO

The pack also adds a Lychee item-inside recipe, grass_seed_from_dirt_water, that uses Grass Seed together with Grains of Infinity from Ender IO. The recipe dump lists no output for it.^[4]

Quest link

In the "the_beginning" quest chapter, quest a quest in "?" has you hand in Grass Seed. It unlocks after another quest in the same chapter.^[5]

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide

In this pack, the mod shows up in one quest, and it lives in the "the_beginning" chapter. It's an early-game quest, so you'll run into it near the start of your run.^[6]

The quest is a quest in "?", and it has no title in the pack files. Its task is an item task: you hand in Grass Seed. That's all the quest asks for.^[6]

It comes after the quest with the id 5FCEA8229BB6955C in the same chapter, so you need to finish that one first before this one unlocks.^[6]

Unverified The sources don't say what the previous quest asks for, whether this quest gives a reward, or how you obtain Grass Seed in this pack. Check the in-game quest book for those details.