Farming for Blockheads guide for FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.0.3 to 1.7.3

Same as in the FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 guide

Farming for Blockheads adds the Market, and in this pack it is a handy shortcut for getting farm supplies. Once you place it, it calls a local Farmer who sells most of the seeds and items you need for a good farm. The pack's quest book points out that this is especially useful in skyblocks, where you can't just wander off and find seeds.^[1]

This pack ships Farming for Blockheads 21.1.13, and it has been in the pack since 1.0.3 or earlier.^[2]

Where it sits in the quest book

The mod's quest is "The Market" quest. It lives in the "Cooking and Brewing" chapter, which is chapter 12 of 31 in the book and sits in the "Exploration & Combat" group. The chapter has 45 quests.^[1]

The quest asks you to get a Market, and no prerequisite is listed for it, so nothing has to come before it. No other quest in the chapter lists it as a prerequisite either, so nothing is shown as coming directly after it. The rest of the chapter covers crop quests such as "Carrot Farm" quest and "Potato Farm" quest, plus kitchen building and potion brewing.^[1]

Nothing in the quest data ties this mod to the ATM Star path.^[1]

Same as in the FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 guide

Step 1: The Market

Start with the Market. In this pack's quest book it is the quest "The Market" quest, in the Cooking and Brewing chapter (chapter 12 of 31, in the Exploration & Combat group), and no earlier quest is listed before it. Once you place it, a local farmer shows up who sells most of the seeds and items a good farm needs. The quest points out that this is especially handy in skyblocks, where you can't just go and find seeds.^[1]

MarketMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Red Wool	any plank
any log	Empty slot	any log
any log	any log	any log

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:market

The Market is a shaped crafting recipe in this pack.

Step 2: Fertilizers

Next, look at the fertilizers. Green Fertilizer increases crop output. The mod's config text says Red Fertilizer gives a chance of a bonus growth. The Market also has trade entries for each of them, including Yellow Fertilizer, so you can buy them instead of crafting them.^[3][4]

4× Green FertilizerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any green dye	any green dye	any green dye
Gold Nugget	Wheat Seeds	Gold Nugget
Wheat	Wheat	Wheat

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:green_fertilizer

Green FertilizerMod recipe

Market (farmingforblockheads)

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:market/farmingforblockheads/green_fertilizer

This is the Market trade for Green Fertilizer.

4× Red FertilizerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any red dye	any red dye	any red dye
Gold Nugget	Wheat Seeds	Gold Nugget
Bone Meal	Bone Meal	Bone Meal

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:red_fertilizer

Red FertilizerMod recipe

Market (farmingforblockheads)

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:market/farmingforblockheads/red_fertilizer

This is the Market trade for Red Fertilizer.

4× Yellow FertilizerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any yellow dye	any yellow dye	any yellow dye
Gold Nugget	Wheat Seeds	Gold Nugget
Dirt	Dirt	Dirt

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:yellow_fertilizer

The pack changed this recipe from the mod's default.

Yellow FertilizerMod recipe

Market (farmingforblockheads)

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:market/farmingforblockheads/yellow_fertilizer

This is the Market trade for Yellow Fertilizer.

Fertilized farmland can turn back into regular farmland. The mod has a regression chance for this, applied per bonus provided, so don't expect one application to last forever.^[4]

Unverified The actual chances for bonus crops, bonus growth and farmland regression are set in the mod's config, and the sources here do not show the pack's values.

Step 3: Animal helpers

Once your crops are going, add the animal blocks. The Chicken Nest collects eggs laid by chickens. The Feeding Trough auto-feeds nearby animals that are ready to mate, which saves you feeding them by hand.^[4]

Chicken NestMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank

Hay Block

any plank

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:chicken_nest

Feeding TroughMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Golden Carrot	any plank
any plank	Hay Block	any plank

Recipe id: farmingforblockheads:feeding_trough

Same as in the FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 guide

Farming for Blockheads shows up in one quest in this pack: "The Market" quest. It sits in the "Cooking and Brewing" chapter, which is chapter 12 of 31 in the quest book, in the "Exploration & Combat" group. The chapter has 45 quests in total.^[1]

The Market quest

The quest asks you to get a Market. The quest text says that once you place it, it calls a local Farmer who sells most of the seeds and items you need for a good farm. It also says the Market is especially useful in skyblocks, which is exactly where you start in this pack.^[1]

The chapter doesn't list any quest that has to be finished before this one, so you can pick it up whenever you reach the chapter.^[1]

Nearby farming quests

The same chapter has a handful of crop quests that each ask you to hand in a single item: "Sweet Berry Farm" quest, "Carrot Farm" quest, "Potato Farm" quest, "Cabbage Farm" quest, "Onion Farm" quest and "Tomato Farm" quest. None of them are tied to the Market in the quest book, and none of them have a quest listed before them.^[1]