Better Farm turns flat crops and wild plants into 3D models while keeping the blocky style. A small, varied garden is the best way to see everything it changes.
What to plant
Gather one of each so every model is on display:
- Field crops: potatoes, carrots and beetroot. Plant them in rows on tilled farmland next to water.
- Wild plants:
sugar cane along a water edge, sweet berry bushes, and a mix of flowers. - Fungi: normal mushrooms in a shady corner. Nether fungi go on their matching nylium if you have been to the Nether.
Try to have crops at different growth stages. A field of seedlings next to a ripe field shows off the 3D shapes better than one uniform patch.
Layout tips
1. Keep paths one block wide between beds so you can walk right up to the plants. The 3D detail is clearest close up.
2. Fence in a pen next to the garden and add a pig, a cow, a sheep and a chicken. With OptiFine running, you get the curly tails, snouts and plumper birds in the same view.
3. Mushrooms and fungi visibly pop out from the blocks they sit on. Put them on a raised block or a ledge at eye level.
Taking screenshots
- Press F1 to hide the HUD, then F2 to save a screenshot.
- Crouch low, near crop height, for close-up shots of carrots and beetroot.