Just Another Grass Seed guide for FTB Skies 2 1.14.1

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

Where it fits in the progression

You meet this mod right at the start. The quest a quest in "?" sits in the "the_beginning" chapter and asks you to obtain Grass Seed. It unlocks after another quest in that same chapter, so you reach it early in your first steps.^[2]

Unverified The sources I have don't describe how Grass Seed is obtained or used, what its configuration options are, or whether the pack changes any of its recipes or values. Check in-game before relying on any of that.

Here's the good news: getting started with this mod is short and sweet. The pack points you at one item, Grass Seed, and everything else in this section follows from it.^[2]

Step 1: Get Grass Seed

There's a quest in the Beginning chapter, a quest in "?", whose task is to obtain Grass Seed. It unlocks after an earlier quest in that chapter, so it's an early goal.^[2]

The pack adds a sifting recipe that can give you the seed. Sifting is the recipe's own type, and the grass seed is one of many possible results from it. The recipe dump doesn't list drop chances, so I can't tell you how many tries it takes.^[3]

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Sifting (createsifter)

• Mechanical Cloth Mesh
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:sifting/minecraft_dirt_with_cloth_mesh

Grass Seed is only one of many possible results of this sifting recipe.

Step 2: Make a Fake Grass Block

Next up is Fake Grass Block. The pack adds two shapeless crafting recipes for it, so you can use whichever route is easiest for you.^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Grass Block

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

Step 3: Pick a biome look

The pack also adds stonecutting recipes that turn the plain Fake Grass Block into biome variants, such as Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Snow) and Fake Grass Block (Desert). Other variants include badlands, birch, cheery, dark forest, jungle, mangrove, meadow, mushroom, ocean, pale garden, sparse jungle and swamp.^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Plains)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_plains_fake_grass_block

Every variant has its own stonecutting recipe like this one.

It works in reverse too. Each variant can be put back into the stonecutter to get the plain block, so you won't get stuck if you pick the wrong look.^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Plains)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_10

Plains variant back to the plain Fake Grass Block.

Unverified The sources don't describe what Grass Seed does when used, or how the fake grass blocks behave in the world, so those details are unconfirmed here.

Here's the honest picture for this mod: Just Another Grass Seed doesn't bring any machines, multiblocks, power or fluid systems that the pack's data shows. What the sources do cover is how you get its items, so that's what this section sticks to.^[3]

Getting Grass Seed

In this pack, Grass Seed comes from sifting. The pack adds a Create Sifter recipe where dirt, run through a Mechanical Cloth Mesh, can drop it. The same recipe also drops a long list of other seeds and plants, so Grass Seed is just one possible result. The sources don't give drop chances.^[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

Grass Seed is one of many possible outputs.

Crafting the Fake Grass Block

The pack gives you two shapeless ways to make Fake Grass Block. Both are added by the pack. One starts from a regular grass block, and the other uses Super Glue, dirt and moss carpet.^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Grass Block

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

Biome variants through the stonecutter

The pack also adds stonecutting recipes that turn the plain Fake Grass Block into biome-flavoured versions. Variants shown in the recipe data 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), Fake Grass Block (Ocean) and Fake Grass Block (Pale_garden). The recipe listing I have is cut off, so I can't confirm the forward recipes for the remaining variants.^[3]

Every variant I can see also has a stonecutting recipe back to the plain Fake Grass Block. That includes Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Sparse_jungle), Fake Grass Block (Snow) and Fake Grass Block (Swamp). If you pick the wrong biome look, you can switch it back and try another.^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Desert)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_desert_fake_grass_block

Example of the plain block turning into a variant.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Desert)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_9

Example of a variant turning back into the plain block.

Unverified What Grass Seed does when used, whether the mod has any machines, multiblocks, power or automation features, and any config options are unverified. The pack data I have doesn't include a guidebook, item descriptions or config files for this mod.

Just Another Grass Seed doesn't have tiers or a ladder of upgrades in this pack. Progression here is one early quest, one way to get the seed, and a few ways to make decorative fake grass. Here's the whole path.^[2][3]

The quest

The mod appears in the "the_beginning" chapter. Quest a quest in "?" has a single task: get a Grass Seed. It unlocks after another quest in the same chapter.^[2]

Step 1: Get Grass Seed

The pack adds a sifting recipe that can drop Grass Seed. It's one of many possible results, alongside seeds, saplings and crops from other mods and vanilla. Since it's a chance-based drop from a shared pool, you may need to sift for a while. This is the only recipe for the seed in the pack's recipe dump.^[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

Grass Seed is one of several possible outputs.

Step 2: Make Fake Grass Blocks

The pack adds two ways to craft a plain Fake Grass Block. Both are shapeless recipes, so the layout doesn't matter.^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Grass Block

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

Step 3: Switch biome variants

Once you have a plain Fake Grass Block, you can turn it into biome-colored versions with a stonecutter. Examples are Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Swamp), Fake Grass Block (Snow) and Fake Grass Block (Cheery). Each variant has a stonecutting recipe back to the plain block, so you can switch freely.^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Plains)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_plains_fake_grass_block

Plains is just one example. Every variant follows the same stonecutting pattern.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Plains)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_10

Converting a variant back to the plain 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.