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Botania
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Botania

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An innovative natural magic themed tech mod

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5.0

Beautiful and well-thought-out mod

ivan5disc

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Posted: December 16, 2025 at 11:36:45 AM UTC
20 hrs
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MC 1.16, 1.2… MC 1.16, 1.20
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4.0
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5.0
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5.0

If you want some tech in your pack but don't want pipes and wires - this is it. A perfect fit into unthemed or magic-themed pack.

It's not vanilla-plus with all magical stuff, and it's not for everyone... but for a good reason - Botania will challenge your planning skills, engineering sense and intelligence.

Maybe you don't want tech mods but tree farms are so helpful - Botania has you covered. Farms and small contraptions are doable and if you don't know what you're looking at - it looks like pretty flowers and some particles doing things around them.

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Botania
5.0

Beautiful and well-thought-out mod

ivan5disc

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Explorer 0 pts ←
Contributor 100 pts
Guide 500 pts
Veteran 1,500 pts
Luminary 4,000 pts

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Posted: December 16, 2025 at 11:36:45 AM UTC
20 hrs
Total hours played at time of review
MC 1.16, 1.2… MC 1.16, 1.20
The version(s) the reviewer played
Gameplay
4.0
Aesthetics
5.0
Performance
5.0

If you want some tech in your pack but don't want pipes and wires - this is it. A perfect fit into unthemed or magic-themed pack.

It's not vanilla-plus with all magical stuff, and it's not for everyone... but for a good reason - Botania will challenge your planning skills, engineering sense and intelligence.

Maybe you don't want tech mods but tree farms are so helpful - Botania has you covered. Farms and small contraptions are doable and if you don't know what you're looking at - it looks like pretty flowers and some particles doing things around them.

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5.0
ivan5disc

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Explorer 0 pts ←
Contributor 100 pts
Guide 500 pts
Veteran 1,500 pts
Luminary 4,000 pts

Ranks only ever go up; points can drop but your rank stays.

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Posted: December 16, 2025 at 11:36:45 AM UTC
20 hrs
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MC 1.16, 1.2… MC 1.16, 1.20
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5.0

Botania: not a mod for everyone, but definitely a mod for some people

luveelvoom

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Luminary 4,000 pts

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Posted: August 24, 2024 at 6:37:09 PM UTC
20 hrs
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MC 1.7, 1.12… MC 1.7, 1.12, 1.16, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20
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Gameplay
4.0
Aesthetics
5.0
Performance
5.0

Botania is one of the most well-designed magic mods in minecraft. While the gameplay and mechanics are slow (although rewarding), and some people may not like the design choice to have non-numerical mana, it has some of the most unique and fun mechanics in modded minecraft. Absolutely recommend trying it if you haven't already.

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Botania
5.0

Botania: not a mod for everyone, but definitely a mod for some people

luveelvoom

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Explorer 0 pts ←
Contributor 100 pts
Guide 500 pts
Veteran 1,500 pts
Luminary 4,000 pts

Ranks only ever go up; points can drop but your rank stays.

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Posted: August 24, 2024 at 6:37:09 PM UTC
20 hrs
Total hours played at time of review
MC 1.7, 1.12… MC 1.7, 1.12, 1.16, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20
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Gameplay
4.0
Aesthetics
5.0
Performance
5.0

Botania is one of the most well-designed magic mods in minecraft. While the gameplay and mechanics are slow (although rewarding), and some people may not like the design choice to have non-numerical mana, it has some of the most unique and fun mechanics in modded minecraft. Absolutely recommend trying it if you haven't already.

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5.0
luveelvoom

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Explorer 0 pts ←
Contributor 100 pts
Guide 500 pts
Veteran 1,500 pts
Luminary 4,000 pts

Ranks only ever go up; points can drop but your rank stays.

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Posted: August 24, 2024 at 6:37:09 PM UTC
20 hrs
Total hours played at time of review
MC 1.7, 1.12… MC 1.7, 1.12, 1.16, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20
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Botania License
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Botania-1.20.1-454-FORGE.jar
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Warning: Botania Requires Patchouli and Curios!
This is the Forge version of Botania. You can also get it for Fabric/Quilt here.

Botania is a tech mod themed around natural magic. Gameplay is centered around creating magical flowers and devices using Mana, the power of the earth. Botania is fully playable as a standalone mod (and is designed as such), but it functions just well in conjunction with other mods.

The mod focuses on automation, but without elements that make it feel grindy-- systems can be thought out and designed, rather than built blindly from blueprints in JEI or a wiki.

Botania's design philosophy

  • No pipes, wires, etc-- they're boring and overdone;
  • No GUIs-- interact with everything in-world;
  • No numbers-- players shouldn't try to minmax everything;
  • Keep all resources as renewable as possible;
  • Provide pleasing visuals, despite using only two different particle effects.

Botania's goals

  • Break the mold of mods being means to ends-- be engaging in gameplay as well as in rewards;
  • Deliver fun and balanced gameplay without forcing players to grind;
  • Incentivize sandbox gameplay and allow players to create fun contraptions;
  • Create an overall immersive experience.

Learn more about Botania today

Visit the Official Website

About

Warning: Botania Requires Patchouli and Curios (Forge) or Trinkets (Fabric/Quilt)!

Botania is a tech mod themed around natural magic. Gameplay is centered around creating magical flowers and devices using Mana, the power of the earth. Botania is fully playable as a standalone mod (and is designed as such), but it functions just well in conjunction with other mods.

The mod focuses on automation, but without elements that make it feel grindy-- systems can be thought out and designed, rather than built blindly from blueprints in JEI or a wiki.

Botania's design philosophy

  • No pipes, wires, etc-- they're boring and overdone;
  • No GUIs-- interact with everything in-world;
  • No numbers-- players shouldn't try to minmax everything;
  • Keep all resources as renewable as possible;
  • Provide pleasing visuals, despite using only two different particle effects.

Botania's goals

  • Break the mold of mods being means to ends-- be engaging in gameplay as well as in rewards;
  • Deliver fun and balanced gameplay without forcing players to grind;
  • Incentivize sandbox gameplay and allow players to create fun contraptions;
  • Create an overall immersive experience.

Learn more about Botania today

Visit the Official Website

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