Industrial Foregoing Farming: Mobs, Animals, and Plants

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Industrial Foregoing shines at automating farms of every kind. This guide covers its mob, animal and plant machines.

Mob and animal farms

The mod automates living resources: machines slaughter mobs for drops, and animal machines breed and harvest livestock without you lifting a finger. A Mob Crusher-style machine kills entities in range for their drops and experience, powered by RF.

Plant farming

Plant machines handle crops and trees: a gatherer harvests mature plants and trees in its area, while a sower replants them, giving a closed-loop farm. There is even a machine that duplicates fungi — requiring water for overworld fungi and lava for nether fungi at a small RF cost.

Water and fishing

A water condenser generates water when placed next to at least two source blocks, feeding your other machines, and a fishing machine placed over a 3x3, one-deep pool automatically catches fish and other loot. Because every machine runs on RF and works in an area, the pattern is the same throughout: supply power, define the region, and let Industrial Foregoing farm it for you.

The crafting list exploded between versions

Crafting runs 101 recipes on 1.21.1 against just 18 on 1.20.1. That is not a small revision — it is the difference between a mod whose machines are mostly assembled through its own systems and one where they are crafted normally.

Any guide written for 1.20.1 will describe obtaining machines in a way that does not match a 1.21.1 game.