Time in a Bottle Mod FAQ

Craft the Time in a Bottle item, then hold it while time passes in the world to begin storing time into it. Once it holds time, you can release that stored time to accelerate a block or crop.

The bottle accumulates time while you carry it, then spends that stored time to apply extra ticks to a targeted block or plant, making it progress faster. It's a storage-and-release loop: fill it passively, then use it actively.

Simply keep the bottle in your inventory or hand and let in-game time pass; it charges on its own. There's no ritual or fuel needed to start the fill.

Aim at the crop and use the bottle to dump stored time into it, pushing it through growth stages instantly. Works best on crops that are already planted and have room to grow.

Yes, using the bottle on a furnace or modded machine applies stored time to its progress, finishing smelts or crafting faster. It accelerates the block's tick rate rather than duplicating inputs, so you still need the normal fuel and materials.

Just wait — the bottle refills passively as time passes while you carry it. There's no separate recharge item; the world clock is the fuel.

It functions the same on servers as in singleplayer, since it operates on world ticks. On laggy servers the fill rate can feel slower because ticks are the source.

It only fills while time is actually passing in the world, so it won't charge while the game is paused or the chunk is unloaded. Keep it in your inventory during normal play and it will accumulate.

Avoid using it on blocks that don't tick or that you don't want progressing, like decorative blocks or containers you're saving for later. Also skip it on anything already at max progress — the stored time is wasted.

Using it briefly on a few blocks is fine, but spamming it across many machines at once can spike tick load. Use it deliberately on the blocks you actually need sped up rather than blanket-applying it.