---
type: User Story
title: "US-004: Replant crops and distribute drops"
description: Automatically replant harvested crops and deliver their remaining drops safely to the player.
status: backlog
---

# US-004: Replant crops and distribute drops

As a **player**, I want harvested crops replanted and their useful drops delivered to me so that auto-harvest saves repetitive work without duplicating or losing items.

## Acceptance criteria

- [ ] Every crop successfully harvested by an auto-harvest operation is immediately replanted as the same crop at its minimum growth stage.
- [ ] Replanting consumes one appropriate planting item from that crop's generated drops before remaining drops are delivered.
- [ ] Wheat consumes one wheat seed, carrots consume one carrot, potatoes consume one potato, and beetroot consumes one beetroot seed when replanted.
- [ ] A crop is not auto-harvested when its generated drops cannot supply the item required to replant it.
- [ ] Drop quantities follow normal server crop-drop behavior and applicable tool enchantments where supported by the Spigot API.
- [ ] Replanting does not consume an additional item from the player's existing inventory.
- [ ] Remaining planting items, produce, and other generated drops are inserted into the initiating player's inventory.
- [ ] Items that do not fit in the inventory are dropped safely near the initiating player rather than at every harvested crop.
- [ ] No crop harvest duplicates or silently discards generated items.
- [ ] If the initiating player becomes unavailable, the operation ends without harvesting further crops.

## Related

- [US-003: Harvest connected mature crops](us-003-harvest-connected-mature-crops.md)
- [US-007: Configure and persist harvesting behavior](us-007-configure-and-persist-harvesting-behavior.md)