Straw Golem Updated
This mod adds a helpful (and awfully cute) little golem to do some of your farming for you.
About this Mod
Hello! This mod is no longer a port of Straw Golem Rebaled, but rather me taking the mod its own direction!
I've rewritten the mod, and hope to flesh it out in a new and different direction! This will only be true for 1.21+, as older versions will remain my port. The status below will display what how far my rewrite has gotten.
I'm currently doing a poll to see what you all would like to see from the mod in the future. Please respond as it will give both of us a better mod to play!
Thank you for the responses to the poll! Here's what I plan to change in the next update:
- Adding Straw Golem Lifespan
- Even Straw Golems get sick if left alone!
- Golems will need upkeep to not decay with time
- Will also add a config to customize this, for those preferring immortal Straw Golems
- Adding Straw Golem Hunger
- Feed your Straw Golems, friends deserve food!
- Straw Golems will start to slow down if they are not fed.
- (See previous)
- Adding Straw Golem Interactions
- Protect your Straw Golems!
- Animals eating the straw golems
- Pillagers attacking them
- Shivering in rain
1.21+ status: Beta Testing
Last Update: 2.1.1 Winter Update + Item Pick Update
Please let me know what you all think about the winter model, and if there's any issues!
Hint
Note: Winter skin only available during December and January Try throwing a snowball at a Straw golem!Know Bugs:
- Straw golems cannot properly harvest sweet berries.
- Barrels not properly protecting straw golems.
Planned Features:
- More sounds when doing actions.
- Whitelist feature for picking up items.
- Straw golems harvesting non-standard crops (ex: sugar cane).
Mod before 1.21 info
Spoiler
This mod is an unofficial port of Straw Golem Rebaled as with my other port of Haybale. I'm porting this and uploading this mod because a friend wanted to play it. If CommodoreThrawn would like to use this port officially or wants this port taken down, feel free to message me and I will do so.
Features (mostly taken from original):
Harvesting
- Automatic harvesting, replanting of crops & delivery to a nearby container
- Can specify which container to deliver by shift right clicking golem and then container with an empty hand
- Supports modded crops and containers, stem grown blocks like pumpkins and melons, and more!
- Can add a whitelist / blacklist in config
Lifespan
- Golems have a 7 day lifespan by default. This is configurable
- Certain actions, like carrying a heavy block, being in water or the rain add an additional -1/tick penalty each (cumulative)
- Lifespan can be restored with wheat. 1 wheat = 1/4 minecraft day
- Strawgolem health is capped by their lifespan %. A golem with 3.5 days remaining will have a max health of 1 heart
- Lifespan is indicated via HWYLA or by their decaying texture. When they're very old there's a fly that hovers around 'em
Hunger
- Loves apples! They will follow you if you hold one
- Golems get hungry in 3 days by default. This is configurable
- If they don't get an apple in time, they will pout and refuse to work until you give them one!
- Each apple gives them another day before they're hungry again
Miscellaneous - Iron Golems get curious sometimes, and will pick straw golems up for inspection
- Farm animals get hungry sometimes, and will take a little monch. Don't let their health get too low!
- Raiders seem to really have it out for straw golems. Make sure to protect them!
Configuration
- I've always tried to make the mod pretty configurable so modpack makers can have their way with it.
- Crops can be whitelist or blacklist, harvesting, replanting and delivery can all be toggled
- Crop detection range can be edited
- Lifespan and hunger defaults can be changed, or disabled alltogether. Lifespan penalties can also be toggled individually
- Tether system can be toggled and altered
- Golems picking up items from the ground can be toggled
- Golem pick up items can use whitelist, blacklist, or presets
- Misc features like shivering, iron golem pickup can be toggled as well
WIP Section:
Spoiler
Fix golem straw hat visibility in JEIAvailable Versions
How to Install Straw Golem Updated on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Straw Golem Updated". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1, 1.21, 1.20.4 (+2 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Straw Golem Updated server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Straw Golem Updated compatible with fabric and forge and neoforge?
Straw Golem Updated officially supports fabric, forge, neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21, 1.20.4. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Straw Golem Updated – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Straw Golem Updated consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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