How do I start the Harvest Festival Mod?

Throw any flower on the ground to summon the Harvest Goddess. Once she appears, choose the tutorial option. She walks you through the basics, including how to get your first crops and buildings set up.

Do I need to water crops every single day?

Yes, crops need watering to grow. Rain will water them for you on rainy days, but you'll need a watering can on dry days. Upgrading your watering can makes this much less tedious later in the game.

What does building a town actually do?

New buildings bring in new NPCs and unlock new content like shops, cooking facilities, and relationship options. The town builder NPC guides you on what to buy and where to place things.

Does Harvest Festival work with other mods?

Generally yes, it plays fine alongside most mods. If you're running a larger modpack, the CraftTweaker integration lets you tweak what's buyable and shippable to avoid conflicts with other economy or farming mods.

What Minecraft versions does Harvest Festival support?

This mod supports Minecraft 1.10.2 and 1.12.2. Both versions require Minecraft Forge. Download the file that matches your installed version from the links above.

Harvest Festival Mod (1.12.2, 1.10.2) - Farming, Cooking & NPCs

Harvest Festival is a mod built around the Harvest Moon series. It brings proper farming seasons, livestock care, NPC relationships, town building, and a cooking system into Minecraft. If you’ve ever wanted that slow-paced farming RPG feel without leaving the game, this is worth grabbing.

Seasons and Farming

The four seasons actually matter here. Each one changes day length, daily weather, and what you can plant. You can’t just grow the same crops all year round.

13 new crops that need watering to grow
Seasons HUD so you can track where you are in the year
Seasonal appearance changes across the world

Livestock

Cows, chickens, and sheep can all be raised and cared for. The more attention you give them, the better the products they produce. You buy your first animals from the shops in town.

Town Building and NPCs

There’s a builder NPC who guides you through setting up a town from scratch. You buy buildings, place them, and gradually fill your settlement with people. It’s a lot more involved than it sounds.

Multiple NPCs with relationship meters that unlock more content as you progress
Shops to buy items, animals, and supplies
Sell crops, fish, and other goods to earn money for new buildings

Cooking and Mining

There’s a full cooking system using crops you harvest, with a cookbook to track your recipes. The mine has infinite floors for gathering minerals, which you can sell or use to upgrade your tools.

CraftTweaker Support

Works with CraftTweaker so you can configure what items are buyable, shippable, and more. Useful if you’re building a modpack around this.

Getting Started

Summon the Harvest Goddess first. Any flower works for the ritual. Once she appears, select the tutorial option and she’ll walk you through the rest. Don’t skip it, the mod has a lot of moving parts and the tutorial actually covers them well.

How to Install

Download and install Minecraft Forge for your Minecraft version.
Download the Harvest Festival Mod file for your version from the links below.
Drop the .jar file into your .minecraft/mods folder.
Launch Minecraft with the Forge profile and load your world.

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Harvest Festival Mod (1.12.2, 1.10.2) Download Links

For Minecraft 1.10.2

Harvest-Festival-Mod-1.10.2.jar
This file is part of Harvest Festival Mod (1.12.2, 1.10.2) – Farming, Cooking & NPCs. Visit the main page for features, installation guide, screenshots, and more download options.

Size: 2.8 MB
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For Minecraft 1.12.2

Harvest-Festival-Mod-1.12.2.jar
This file is part of Harvest Festival Mod (1.12.2, 1.10.2) – Farming, Cooking & NPCs. Visit the main page for features, installation guide, screenshots, and more download options.

Size: 4.1 MB
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