# KeepMeGrowing<\/p>\n
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Crops and passive mobs keep maturing while chunks are unloaded: when someone loads the area again, the plugin applies the \u201cmissing\u201d progress in one shot so growth feels natural instead of time-gated by online players.<\/p>\n
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## Summary<\/p>\n
KeepMeGrowing tracks when plant blocks and supported animals were last persisted for a chunk. On **chunk load**, it looks at **wall-clock time since last unload**, applies your configured pacing, and advances growth (crops, stems, saplings, vines, etc.) plus passive mob ageing where enabled. **Requires Spigot\/Paper 1.13+** (API); passive mob simulation needs **Minecraft 1.10+**. WorldGuard is optional via the `offline-growth` flag.<\/p>\n
Drop your marketing screenshots into `assets\/` as **`crops.png`** and **`animals.png`** so the images below render on GitHub.<\/p>\n
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## Showcase<\/p>\n
### Supported crops<\/p>\n
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### Supported animals<\/p>\n
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## How it works<\/p>\n
When a chunk that contains tracked plants or eligible animals is loaded, the plugin knows roughly **how long that chunk (or its saved state) sat unloaded**. It does **not** simulate every tick in real time; instead it **fast-forwards** growth using that elapsed time and your `config.yml` pacing so players see crops and mobs \u201ccatch up\u201d as if they had been progressing the whole time.<\/p>\n
Here is a concrete example using the **default** pacing for carrots in `config.yml` (**20 minutes** \u2248 \u201cfull maturity\u201d for pacing purposes \u2014 you can change this per crop):<\/p>\n
– If the chunk was away for **\u2265 20 minutes**, carrots advance as if a full growth window elapsed (they can reach full stage from an empty field, subject to how the growth logic applies that time).
\n– If it was away for **10 minutes**, carrots get about **half** that pacing budget applied.
\n– If it was away for **10 minutes** **and** the carrots were already **half-grown when the chunk unloaded**, the remaining progress stacks with what was saved \u2014 they can reach **full stage** after load.<\/p>\n
Exact behaviour depends on crop type, block state, modifiers (`\/growth rate`, sprint, freeze), and WorldGuard `offline-growth`. Tune every crop in **`plants-minutes-to-full-growth`** and mobs in **`mobs-minutes-to-full-growth`** to match your server.<\/p>\n
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## Crops & plants<\/p>\n
These are handled with offline-style progression (names match common Bukkit materials \/ farm blocks):<\/p>\n
– Carrots
\n– Potatoes
\n– Wheat
\n– Beetroots
\n– Nether wart
\n– Cocoa
\n– Sweet berry bush
\n– **Saplings:** oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, dark oak, cherry \u2014 including **2\u00d72 mega tree** setups (e.g. four spruce, jungle, or dark oak saplings)
\n– Cactus
\n– Sugar cane
\n– Melon (stem **and** melon blocks)
\n– Pumpkin (stem **and** pumpkin blocks)
\n– Kelp
\n– Weeping vines
\n– Twisting vines
\n– Bamboo
\n– Cave vines
\n– Mangrove propagules
\n– Torchflower
\n– Pitcher crop <\/p>\n
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## Supported passive mobs<\/p>\n
If the server version allows mob tracking, these types can receive offline-style ageing \/ special cases (e.g. baby \u2192 adult pacing, sheep wool regrowth where implemented):<\/p>\n
– Chicken
\n– Pig
\n– Cow
\n– Sheep (including wool regrowth timing)
\n– Mooshroom
\n– Rabbit
\n– Wolf
\n– Ocelot
\n– Horse
\n– Villager
\n– Polar bear
\n– Mule
\n– Donkey
\n– Llama
\n– Turtle
\n– Trader llama
\n– Fox
\n– Cat
\n– Bee
\n– Panda
\n– Strider
\n– Goat
\n– Axolotl
\n– Frog
\n– Tadpole
\n– Sniffer
\n– Camel
\n– Armadillo <\/p>\n
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## Features<\/p>\n
– **Offline crop growth** when chunks reload, driven by configurable \u201cminutes to full growth\u201d per plant type
\n– **Optional offline passive mob progression** on supported versions
\n– **Loaded-chunk bonus ticks** so farms still respect `\/growth` multipliers when players are nearby
\n– **WorldGuard** integration: `offline-growth` flag (DENY blocks simulation in that region)
\n– **Persistence** via JSON or external databases (see `config.yml`)
\n– **Admin commands** for reload, debug, sprint \/ freeze \/ base rate <\/p>\n
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## Installation<\/p>\n
1. Build or download the **shadow** JAR `keepmegrowing-2.0.jar` (or `keepmegrowing-bundled-2.0.jar` if you need all DB drivers in one file).
\n2. Place it in the server `plugins` folder.
\n3. Start the server; config is created under **`plugins\/KeepMeGrowing\/`**.
\n4. Edit `config.yml`, then `\/growth reload` or `\/keepmegrowing reload` (same permission).<\/p>\n
**Upgrading from older \u201cOfflineGrowthPro\u201d folders:** rename\/copy `plugins\/OfflineGrowthPro\/` \u2192 **`plugins\/KeepMeGrowing\/`** so existing data stays with the new plugin name. Legacy scoreboard tags are not migrated automatically.<\/p>\n
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## Usage<\/p>\n
### Commands<\/p>\n
| Command | Aliases | Permission | Description | ### Permissions<\/p>\n | Permission | Default | Description | —<\/p>\n ## Configuration<\/p>\n Main file: `plugins\/KeepMeGrowing\/config.yml`.<\/p>\n | Section | Purpose | YAML **keys are stable**; adjust comments and values only.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n ## Compatibility<\/p>\n **Paper** and **Spigot**, Minecraft **1.13+** for the API baseline; mob features need **1.10+** game behaviour as noted above. **WorldGuard** soft-depend.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n ## bStats<\/p>\n This plugin sends **anonymous** usage metrics to **bStats \u2014 keepmegrowing** (plugin ID **31246**): server software, Minecraft version, player counts, and adoption trends \u2014 **no** personal player data.<\/p>\n `KeepMeGrowing` enables `Metrics` with ID **31246** on enable. The shadow JAR **relocates** `org.bstats` into `com.keepmegrowing` so it does not clash with other plugins\u2019 bStats copies.<\/p>\n If your server does not show on the chart yet: the first payload is delayed a few minutes, and bStats refreshes around **:00** and **:30** each hour. Server owners can opt out via the global bStats config under `plugins\/` (server owner docs).<\/p>\n ### Live chart (servers using keepmegrowing)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A plugin that allows crops and animals to grow even if users are not online or chunks are not loaded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":89916,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"keep-me-growing","_minecraft_project_id":"lWfUN0Nk","_minecraft_author":"not.authorised","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":25,"_minecraft_follows":0,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"keep-me-growing.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":414170,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T22:42:19.411574Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-05-11T05:04:07.416406Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-10T17:09:52.236025Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/keep-me-growing","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":89916,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-05T03:14:20+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"8f91ea1dbbd63a7137a359f420ab7837","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[124,85,89,126,137,127,128,129,92],"mod_loader":[130,132,133,134],"minecraft_version":[438,446,449,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,36,60,93,94,101,102,62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82,83,167,163],"class_list":["post-89915","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-bukkit","mod_category-food","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-management","mod_category-mobs","mod_category-paper","mod_category-purpur","mod_category-spigot","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-bukkit","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-purpur","mod_loader-spigot","minecraft_version-1-13","minecraft_version-1-13-1","minecraft_version-1-13-2","minecraft_version-1-14","minecraft_version-1-14-1","minecraft_version-1-14-2","minecraft_version-1-14-3","minecraft_version-1-14-4","minecraft_version-1-15","minecraft_version-1-15-1","minecraft_version-1-15-2","minecraft_version-1-16","minecraft_version-1-16-1","minecraft_version-1-16-2","minecraft_version-1-16-3","minecraft_version-1-16-4","minecraft_version-1-16-5","minecraft_version-1-17","minecraft_version-1-17-1","minecraft_version-1-18","minecraft_version-1-18-1","minecraft_version-1-18-2","minecraft_version-1-19","minecraft_version-1-19-1","minecraft_version-1-19-2","minecraft_version-1-19-3","minecraft_version-1-19-4","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9","minecraft_version-26-1","minecraft_version-26-1-1","minecraft_version-26-1-2"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n| `\/keepmegrowing` | `\/kmg` | `keepmegrowing.admin` | Help \/ same subcommands as `\/growth` |
\n| `\/growth` | `\/gth` | `keepmegrowing.admin` | `reload`, `debug`, `sprint`, `freeze`, `unfreeze`, `rate
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\n| `keepmegrowing.admin` | op | All admin commands above |<\/p>\n
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\n| `plants-minutes-to-full-growth` | Pacing hint per crop (lower = faster offline catch-up) |
\n| `mobs-minutes-to-full-growth` | Same idea for supported passive mobs |
\n| `growth-rate` | Base and sprint multipliers |
\n| `loaded-chunk-growth` | Extra ticks while chunks stay loaded |
\n| `unload-chunk-scan-crops` | Optional full-chunk scan on unload (heavier) |
\n| `blacklisted-worlds` \/ `disable-spawn-chunks` | World policy |
\n| `database` | JSON or SQL\/Mongo settings |<\/p>\n