Herbalism is a skill in McMMO that is based on farming. It helps with harvesting crops, gives a better use for seeds, increases hunger restored by farmed foods (such as bread), and gives a chance for certain blocks and crops to yield more.
Green Thumb (Wheat/Carrots/Potatoes)
When harvesting a fully-grown plant, there is a chance for the player to instantly re-plant.The growth stage of the plant is based on Herbalism level. Replanting will use one of either seeds, carrots, or potatoes depending on what was harvested.
Herbalism Level Wheat Stage Chance 0 - 199 0 0%-13.2% 200 - 399 I 13.2%-26.6% 400 - 599 II 26.6%-40% 600 - 799 III 40%-53.2% 800-1500 IV 53.2%-100%(Lvl 1500)
Shroom Thumb (mushrooms)
Using a mushroom on a block of dirt will attempt to use Shroom Thumb. If successful, it will turn the block of dirt into a block of mycelium, consuming both a red and a brown mushroom to do so.
To do this, you need both a red, and brown mushroom in your inventory, and a sufficiently high Herbalism level. The chances of your success increases with your level, but both mushrooms will be consumed whether you succeed or not.
Farmer's Diet
- Your past experience with growth hormones has taught you how to get the most out of your food. This passive skill increases the amount of hunger herbalism foods restore as your Herbalism level increases.
| Herbalism Level | Rank |
Bonus Hunger |
|---|---|---|
| 0 - 199 | 0 | 0 |
|
200 - 399 |
1 | 0.5 |
| 400 - 599 | 2 | 1 |
| 600 - 799 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 800 - 999 | 4 | 2 |
| > 1000 | 5 | 2.5 |
Note: Farmer's Diet is similar to the healing effect herbalism gave pre- 1.8.
Hylian Luck
Hylian Luck gives you a small chance to get special items when certain Blocks are broken with a Sword. Currently, the blocks that are affected by this are:
- Grass
- Saplings
- Dead Bushes
- Flowers
Grass/Saplings/Dead Bushes will drop Melon Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, or Cocoa. Flowers will drop Potatoes, Carrots, or Apples.
You have a 1% chance at Level 100 for this drop to occur when a corresponding Block is broken, The chance goes up by 1% every 100 Levels, so at Level 1000 you'd have a 10% chance for a drop to occur.
It is unknown what the amount of Drops are. More info will be added soon.
Double Drops (All Corresponding Blocks)
Simple as it looks. A chance to get Double Drops from every farming object. The chance to get Double Drops is increased 0.1% each Level. If you are Level 72 your chance will be 7.2%.
Experience Table
This chart details the amount of experience gained from harvesting the respective crops.
| Item | Exp |
|---|---|
 Cactus
|
30 (per section) |
  Mushrooms
|
150 |
 Sugar Cane
|
30 (per section) |
 Wheat
|
50 |
 Melon
|
20 |
 Pumpkin
|
20 |
  Flowers
|
100 |
 Nether Wart
|
50 |
 Lily Pads
|
100 |
 Vines
|
10 |
 Cocoa Beans
|
30 |
| Potatoes | 50 |
| Carrots | 50 |
Training
- The fastest way to train herbalism is with a flower grinder and bonemeal.
- The fastest way to train herbalism with no resources is to make an extremely large sugar cane farm.
- Another way of training is going to a flower forest biome and mining all the flowers for fast leveling.
- Herbalism grinder built by agentzomboid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN7VcFyhLU4
Trivia
- When harvesting sugarcane you get 30 XP per section. Breaking the top then the middle then the bottom yields 90 XP total; breaking the middle section which automatically breaks the top section still grants 60 XP. If the bottom is recently planted, you will receive no XP for that section. (as of 1.2.5-1.4.6)
- Neither water nor light are needed to grow Nether Wart.
- Large sugar cane farms are a good way to quickly gain XP as reeds do not need to be replanted after harvesting.
- Flowers are also good for leveling Herbalism. Using bonemeal on grass will potentially provide flowers, giving approximately 4 flowers each, totalling to 400 XP per bonemeal. Sometime it will only have 1-3 flowers. 5 and 6 flowers per bonemeal is a rare number.
- Get to the top of the nether if possible. Mine off all the mushrooms you see and have a speed potion and it should level you up pretty hyper quick.