Mechanical Harvester

The Mechanical Harvester is a component used on Contraptions to harvest crops.

Obtaining

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting Recipe
Mechanical Harvester	Andesite Alloy + Iron Sheet + Andesite Casing

Usage

Harvesting

The Mechanical Harvester will harvest all mature crops it comes in contact with while moving forward. (Enabling the config option Harvest Partially Grown will make the Mechanical Harvester harvest ALL crops, mature or not.) It will then either deposit the items to an inventory on the Contraption or, if no inventories are available, it will drop the items on to the ground. After harvesting, the plants will be reset to their initial growth state. (Disabling Harvester Replants in the config will instead reset the farmland to contain no crops.)

Unlike most components, the Mechanical Harvester cannot be powered while stationary. This is likely due to the fact that in order for the Harvester to work, it must be within the same block as the mature crop to harvest, which could not happen with a stationary component.

Harvesters can harvest and re-plant:

• Wheat
• Potatoes
• Carrots
• Beetroot
• Cocoa Beans
• Nether wart
• Melon stems (for 0-2 melon seeds)
• Pumpkin stems (for 0-2 pumpkin seeds)

Harvesters can break:

• Sugar cane
• Kelp
• Any flower including torchflower except spore blossom
• Pitcher plant
• Any grass including seagrass, crimson/warped roots and nether sprouts
• Any fern
• Dead bush
• Any sapling
• Any small mushroom
• Twisting, warped and cave vines
• Small dripleaf
• Any leaves (and drop the leaves block)

Harvesters can harvest sweet berries from sweet berry bushes.

Cactus blocks cannot be harvested and must be collected using a Mechanical Saw instead.

In-Game Description

"A mechanical plant cutter suitable for large to small scale crop automation. It is movable with Mechanical Pistons, Bearings or other controllers."