Dynamic Trees Plus FAQ

Find a mushroom or cactus in the world and break it — dynamic versions grow from seeds and spread like trees. Plant a Pillar Cactus Seed or Pipe Cactus Seed on sand to start a cactus tree, or let a dynamic mushroom spread naturally on dirt.

Plant a Pillar Cactus Seed or Pipe Cactus Seed on sand and let it grow over time. The cactus will build itself into a branching tree structure rather than a single column.

Let a dynamic cactus tree mature, then look for Saguaro Fruit growing on its arms. Break or harvest the fruit when it appears — it regrows over time on the same cactus.

Grow a dynamic mushroom from a mushroom item placed on suitable ground, then break the cap blocks once the mushroom matures. Red Mushroom Cap and Brown Mushroom Cap are the harvestable parts.

Cactus seeds need to be planted on sand and require light and space to expand. If the area is blocked or the ground isn't sand, growth stalls — clear room around the seed.

Dynamic mushrooms need a suitable dark, moist surface like dirt or mycelium and room to expand. Too much light or a cramped space stops them from growing into a full mushroom.

Cacti grow on sand, while mushrooms prefer dirt, mycelium, or similar organic ground. Using the wrong block prevents growth entirely.

Saguaro Fruit regrows on mature dynamic cactus trees, so you can harvest repeatedly from the same plant. Automation depends on your setup — a simple manual harvest loop works fine.

It's built as an addon for Dynamic Trees, so it works alongside the base mod and other DT addons. Conflicts are rare, but overlapping tree generation in the same biome can cause visual oddities.

Dynamic tree growth is more computationally involved than vanilla trees, so large farms or dense mushroom patches can cost some tick time. Keeping farms reasonably sized avoids noticeable lag.

It is an official extension of Dynamic Trees that adds dynamic foliage that is not strictly a tree, mainly cacti and huge mushrooms. It also adds new items, blocks, and worldgen for deserts, badlands, dark forests, and mushroom fields.

It supports Minecraft 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.20, 1.20.1, and 1.21.1. Huge mushrooms are only available in 1.18.2 and above.

It runs on Forge and NeoForge.

Yes, it is an official extension of Dynamic Trees, so it depends on that mod.

It registers brown mushroom cap, cactus, mushroom, pillar cactus seed, pipe cactus seed, red mushroom cap, and saguaro fruit.

It adds 4 distinct species of cacti, each with a unique look. One of them is secret.

Different cactus species can be found in deserts and badlands biomes. Badlands get saguaro cacti, while deserts get pillar cacti and pipe cacti.

Fell them with a silk-touch axe to get the stem and mushroom blocks. Otherwise you get the mushroom items.

Dark forests are sparsely populated with red and brown huge mushrooms, and mushroom fields are filled with red and brown mushrooms plus their mega variants.

Yes, saguaro cacti produce edible fruits. You harvest them when you see them open.