Just Another Grass Seed guide for FTB Skies 2 1.19.0

Just Another Grass Seed adds the Grass Seed to the pack. This pack ships version 21.1.5, in the file jags-neo-21.1.5+mc1.21.1.jar. It was first included in 1.2.0 or earlier, so it isn't a recent addition.^[1]

Where the quest book places it

You meet this mod in the chapter "the_beginning". The quest a quest in "?" has no title, and its task is to obtain the Grass Seed. It unlocks after another quest, so you won't see it until you've completed that one.^[2]

Getting started with this mod is a short chain: get a Grass Seed, craft a Fake Grass Block, then use a stonecutter to switch between biome looks. Here is the order, and why.^[3]

Step one: get your first Grass Seed

The first item to get is Grass Seed. The pack adds a sifting recipe where it is one of many possible results, alongside crop seeds, saplings and other items. So you may need to sift a few times before it shows up.^[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 several possible results of this sifting recipe.

Grass Seed is also the item the quest a quest in "?" asks for. It sits in the Beginning chapter of the quest book, so it makes a good early checkpoint.^[2]

Step two: craft a Fake Grass Block

Next, make Fake Grass Block. The pack adds two shapeless crafting recipes for it. One starts from a normal grass block, and the other is built from different items, so you can pick whichever is easier for you.^[3]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Grass Block

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass

Shapeless recipe added by the pack, starting from a normal grass block.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

A second shapeless recipe added by the pack for the same block.

Step three: switch biome looks with a stonecutter

Once you have the plain Fake Grass Block, you don't need a separate crafting recipe for each biome look. The pack adds stonecutting recipes that turn it into each variant, and every variant turns back into the plain block.^[3]

A few examples are Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Desert), Fake Grass Block (Snow) and Fake Grass Block (Swamp). There are more, including Fake Grass Block (Jungle), Fake Grass Block (Mushroom), Fake Grass Block (Ocean), Fake Grass Block (Meadow) and Fake Grass Block (Pale_garden).^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Plains)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_plains_fake_grass_block

Stonecutting from the plain Fake Grass Block to the Plains variant.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Plains)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_13

Stonecutting from the Plains variant back to the plain block.

Here's the honest picture for this mod, because it matters for how you plan your base. The sources I have for Just Another Grass Seed only cover its recipes. They show no machines, multiblocks, power, fluid or item-handling systems, so there is nothing to explain there. What they do show is how you get Fake Grass Blocks and Grass Seed, and how you switch between the biome variants.^[3]

Getting the base Fake Grass Block

The pack adds two shapeless crafting recipes that produce the plain Fake Grass Block. Both are pack-added recipes, so don't assume they match what the mod does on its own.^[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

Getting Grass Seed

In this pack, Grass Seed comes from a sifting recipe, which the pack adds through the Create Sifter recipe type. It is one of several possible outputs of that recipe, which also drops a range of vanilla and modded crop seeds and saplings. The sources don't give drop chances, so I can't tell you how often the seed shows up.^[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

Switching biome variants with the stonecutter

Once you have the plain block, you don't need any more crafting to get the biome looks. The pack adds stonecutting recipes that turn the plain Fake Grass Block into each variant, such as Fake Grass Block (Badlands). Each variant also has a stonecutting recipe back to the plain block, so you can swap freely.^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Badlands)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_badlands_fake_grass_block

The pack's stonecutting recipe from the plain block to the Badlands variant.

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block (Badlands)

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_fake_grass_block_5

The pack's stonecutting recipe from the Badlands variant back to the plain block.

These variants are confirmed in the sources: Badlands, Birch, Cheery, Dark Forest, Desert, Jungle, Mangrove, Meadow, Mushroom, Ocean and Pale Garden, with the plain-to-variant recipe shown for each. Plains, Sparse Jungle, Snow and Swamp are confirmed in the other direction, as a variant turning back into the plain block. Their plain-to-variant recipes aren't shown in the sources.^[3]

• Variants available: 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) and Fake Grass Block (Mangrove).^[3]
• More variants: Fake Grass Block (Meadow), Fake Grass Block (Mushroom), Fake Grass Block (Ocean) and Fake Grass Block (Pale_garden).^[3]
• Variants that can be turned back into the plain block: Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Sparse_jungle), Fake Grass Block (Snow) and Fake Grass Block (Swamp).^[3]

Unverified What Grass Seed does once you have it, how the Fake Grass Blocks behave in the world, and whether the mod has any machines, power, fluid or automation features are not confirmed by the available sources. There is no in-jar guidebook, no config files and no lang descriptions to check against.

Just Another Grass Seed has no tiers or upgrade stages in this pack. What the sources show is a short path: get the seed, make a plain Fake Grass Block, then pick a biome look for it.^[2][3]

Step 1: Get Grass Seed

The pack's quest chapter the_beginning has a quest, a quest in "?", whose task is to obtain Grass Seed. It unlocks after another quest.^[2]

The pack adds a sifting recipe that can give you Grass Seed. It is one of many possible results of that recipe, alongside seeds and crops from vanilla and other mods.^[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 several possible results.

Step 2: Make Fake Grass Blocks

The pack adds two ways to make a plain Fake Grass Block. Both are shapeless crafting recipes.^[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

Once you have a plain Fake Grass Block, the pack lets you convert it in the stonecutter into a range of biome variants. Each variant converts back into the plain block the same way, so you can swap looks freely.^[3]

Fake Grass Block (Plains)Added by the pack

Stonecutting

• Fake Grass Block

Recipe id: minecraft:kjs/jags_plains_fake_grass_block

Plains shown as an 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_13

And back to the plain block again.

• Green and temperate looks: Fake Grass Block (Plains), Fake Grass Block (Meadow), Fake Grass Block (Birch) and Fake Grass Block (Cheery)^[3]
• Dark and odd looks: Fake Grass Block (Dark_forest), Fake Grass Block (Pale_garden) and Fake Grass Block (Mushroom)^[3]
• Wet and jungle looks: Fake Grass Block (Jungle), Fake Grass Block (Sparse_jungle), Fake Grass Block (Swamp) and Fake Grass Block (Mangrove)^[3]
• Dry and cold looks: Fake Grass Block (Desert), Fake Grass Block (Badlands), Fake Grass Block (Snow) and Fake Grass Block (Ocean)^[3]

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide

This pack connects Just Another Grass Seed to other mods through three custom recipes, all added by the pack. Here is what each one does.^[4]

Sifting for Grass Seed

The pack adds a Create Sifter sifting recipe where dirt and a Mechanical Cloth Mesh can give you Grass Seed. The same recipe lists seeds and crops from several other mods among its results.^[4]

• Farmer's Delight: Cabbage Seeds, Rice Crops and Tomato Seeds^[4]
• Immersive Engineering: Industrial Hemp Seeds^[4]
• Integrated Dynamics: Menril Sapling^[4]
• Vanilla items: 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

Pack-added sifting recipe. Grass Seed is one of the listed results.

In the pack's quest book, the quest a quest in "?" in the the_beginning chapter has an item task for Grass Seed. It comes after another quest in that chapter.^[5]

Fake Grass Block

The pack adds a shapeless crafting recipe for the Fake Grass Block that uses Super Glue from Create. The recipe is below.^[4]

Fake Grass BlockAdded by the pack

Shapeless (kubejs)

• Moss Carpet
• Super Glue
• Dirt

Recipe id: ftb:fake_grass_1

Shapeless recipe added by the pack.

Grass Seed and Grains of Infinity

The third link is a Lychee recipe added by the pack, with the id grass_seed_from_dirt_water. It is an item-inside type recipe that takes Grains of Infinity, Grass Seed and Dirt as inputs.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[5]

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.^[5]

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.