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BetterNether: Before Dawn

BetterNether: Before Dawn

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BetterNether (Unofficial Forge & Fabric Port) — Minecraft 1.20.1

This project is an unofficial Forge & Fabric port of Paulev’s Fabric mod “BetterNether” for Minecraft 1.20.1, including bug fixes and a few small balance/quality tweaks.

Required on: both client and server. Requires: BCLib, WunderLib

Latest BetterNether Content

BetterNether Forge & Fabric for 1.20.1 includes all content introduced in the latest BetterNether releases.

All additions have been fully integrated and adapted specifically for this Minecraft version and the Forge & Fabric mod loaders.

Included New Content

  • The complete Gloomwood biome
  • Bleached, Veined, and Molten Gloomsculk terrain
  • Gloomwood trees, leaves, saplings, grass, and vegetation
  • Gloomsculk geodes, crystals, vines, and lamps
  • Interactive glowing Gloomwisps
  • Complete Gloomwood and Dark Gloomwood building sets
  • Gloomwood boats and chest boatsNew furniture, containers, signs, and decorative blocks
  • Three new biome music tracks and collectible music discs
  • New advancements, block mechanics, particles, sounds, and world-generation features

About BetterNether

BetterNether makes adventures in the Nether more exciting by adding new biomes, plants, and materials. You’ll encounter new challenging monsters (like the Naga), explore dark dungeons taken over by Nether creatures, and use new tools with unique improvements to help you survive. Builders also get lots of unique blocks and additional variants of familiar vanilla blocks.

Features

  • Dozens of new plants for the Nether
  • New Nether mobs
  • New unique biomes
  • Vertical and volumetric biome system (supporting other mods and datapacks)
  • Many new materials, recipes, food, tools, and items
  • Ability to farm some materials using plant farms and mob farms
  • Many Nether structures, including big and rare Nether Cities
  • Ability to configure presence of blocks, items, structures, biomes, and plant density (and a config GUI with the ModsMenu mod)
  • Integrations with some other mods

Fixes and changes in this Forge & Fabric 1.20.1 port

  • Added compatibility with the TerraBlender library and mods that use it (Luminous Nether, Garden of the Dead, Biomes O' Plenty, Oh The Biomes We've Gone, etc.)
  • Add Ruby item and block tags for better compatibility (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Fix Stripped Rubeus Log/Bark textures (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Only use Bark wood variant for trees (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Improved music system (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Change (suggestion): removed the Sculk Catalyst from loot tables (thanks Yukiroshi). It was too easy to obtain Fireruby gear early; now you’ll have to pay a visit to the Warden
  • Change (suggestion): full translation for ru_ru.json (thanks FO13E)
  • Change (suggestion): new name for moss cover in the Russian translation (thanks happykgit)
  • Change (suggestion): terracotta has been replaced with smooth basalt in flooded deltas (thanks Eletoast)
  • Change: lava can now pass through stalactites
  • Change (suggestion): Nether Brewing Stand now brews 2× faster, 200 ticks; UI progress remains correct (thanks AcaGamer5)
  • Change (suggestion): Willow wood renamed to Nether Willow in all languages, with native localized wording (thanks AcaGamer5)

Support / Issue reports

This is an unofficial Forge & Fabric port. Please do not report issues to the official BetterX Team Discord or the upstream project, since they do not maintain this Forge & Fabric versions.

To report issues, use the GitHub linked below. If any issues arise due to the existence of this port and it affects the upstream community, please contact me directly.

Credits / Attribution

Original mod (Fabric): https://modrinth.com/mod/betternether

This project: unofficial Forge & Fabric 1.20.1 port + fixes (maintained by: Reijin2312)

Thanks to the contributors credited above for reports and suggestions

Links

Upstream source (Fabric): https://github.com/quiqueck/BetterNether

Upstream project page: https://modrinth.com/mod/betternether

BetterX Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kYuATbYbKW

Port issue tracker (GitHub): https://github.com/Reijin2312/BetterNether_Forge/issues

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  • Giant Nether Willows and Giant Anchor Trees can now grow from a 2x2 of saplings
  • Legacy recipe, block and item disable entries are ignored with a warning instead of crashing the game
  • Fixed missing chair entities in Nether Cities
  • Nether seeds and saplings no longer glow unintentionally
  • Nether plants, seeds and saplings once again break instantly with crop sounds
  • Added the Cincinnasite Anvil to the vanilla anvil item tag
  • Removed the empty Patchouli book that caused loading errors
  • Compatibility recipes such as Tech Reborn recipes now load only when their target mod is installed
  • Nether Redstone Ore now drops redstone when mined with correctly levelled modded tools
  • Restored Japanese and Polish translations
  • Removed stray pixels from Agave textures
  • Added proper names for Willow Fence and Trimmed Mushroom Fir Chest
  • Fixed the leading space in the Weeping Obsidian name
  • Anchor trees and fallen anchor logs no longer generate through Nether City buildings
  • Fireruby tools now award smelting experience and respect Silk Touch
  • Eye plants once again drop slime balls and eye seeds
  • Black Apple and Stalagnate Bowl no longer share food properties with vanilla items
  • Fixed Lithium class-analysis log spam for BetterNether blocks and items
  • Giant Nether Willows and Giant Anchor Trees can now grow from a 2x2 of saplings
  • Legacy recipe, block and item disable entries are ignored with a warning instead of crashing the game
  • Fixed missing chair entities in Nether Cities
  • Nether seeds and saplings no longer glow unintentionally
  • Nether plants, seeds and saplings once again break instantly with crop sounds
  • Added the Cincinnasite Anvil to the vanilla anvil item tag
  • Removed the empty Patchouli book that caused loading errors
  • Compatibility recipes such as Tech Reborn recipes now load only when their target mod is installed
  • Nether Redstone Ore now drops redstone when mined with correctly levelled modded tools
  • Restored Japanese and Polish translations
  • Removed stray pixels from Agave textures
  • Added proper names for Willow Fence and Trimmed Mushroom Fir Chest
  • Fixed the leading space in the Weeping Obsidian name
  • Anchor trees and fallen anchor logs no longer generate through Nether City buildings
  • Fireruby tools now award smelting experience and respect Silk Touch
  • Eye plants once again drop slime balls and eye seeds
  • Black Apple and Stalagnate Bowl no longer share food properties with vanilla items
  • Fixed Lithium class-analysis log spam for BetterNether blocks and items
  • Port to Fabric 1.20.1
  • The complete Gloomwood biome
  • Bleached, Veined, and Molten Gloomsculk terrain
  • Gloomwood trees, leaves, saplings, grass, and vegetation
  • Gloomsculk geodes, crystals, vines, and lamps
  • Interactive glowing Gloomwisps
  • Complete Gloomwood and Dark Gloomwood building sets
  • Gloomwood boats and chest boatsNew furniture, containers, signs, and decorative blocks
  • Three new biome music tracks and collectible music discs
  • New advancements, block mechanics, particles, sounds, and world-generation features
![New biome image](https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/df5dd38e8f8c6477fe2d5e60c1e55fdee3023e61.png)**New Biome: Gloomwood** (from official fabric 26.x versions) 
  • Added the new betternether:gloomwood biome
  • A dark, sculk-covered Nether forest featuring unique terrain, vegetation, structures, particles, and music
  • Added Bleached, Veined, and Molten Gloomsculk terrain
  • Added Molten Gloomsculk patches near lava
  • Added several sizes of naturally generated Gloomwood trees
  • Added trunks that transition from Dark Gloomwood into regular Gloomwood
  • Added regular and bleached Gloomwood leaves
  • Added Gloomgrass and Pale Gloomgrass
  • Added Gloomsculk vines, crystals, and geodes
  • Added glowing Gloomwisps
  • Added ancient debris deposits near the biome ceiling
  • Added unique ambient biome music

  • New Natural Blocks**
  • Bleached Gloomsculk
  • Molten Gloomsculk
  • Veined Gloomsculk
  • Gloomsculk Geode
  • Gloomsculk Geode Crystal
  • Gloomsculk Crystal
  • Gloomsculk Lamp
  • Gloomsculk Vine
  • Gloomwisp
  • Gloomgrass
  • Pale Gloomgrass
  • Gloomwood Leaves
  • Bleached Gloomwood Leaves
  • Gloomwood Sapling
  • Molten Dark Gloomwood Log

  • New Block Mechanics**
  • Gloomsculk Geodes turn into lava when broken without Silk Touch
  • Silk Touch allows Gloomsculk Geodes to be collected
  • Placed geodes can gradually grow crystals on available faces
  • Gloomsculk Crystals support placement on floors, walls, and ceilings
  • Molten Gloomsculk and molten logs emit light and particles
  • Gloomwood Saplings only grow when enough free space is available

  • Gloomwisp**
  • Added interactive glowing Gloomwisp vegetation
  • Walking through a Gloomwisp produces particles and chime sounds
  • Gloomwisps can occasionally reward the player with experience
  • Reward and regular chime sounds are distinct
  • Added the betternether:gloomwisp_drops_experience gamerule for controlling experience rewards

  • New Wood Sets**
  • Added the complete Gloomwood wood set
  • Added the complete Dark Gloomwood wood set
  • Added logs, stripped logs, bark, and planks
  • Added stairs, slabs, fences, gates, and walls
  • Added doors, trapdoors, buttons, and pressure plates
  • Added signs, hanging signs, and ladders
  • Added chests, barrels, crafting tables, composters, and bookshelves
  • Added chairs, stools, and bar stools
  • Added Gloomwood Boats and Chest Boats
  • Dark Gloomwood intentionally has no boat variants

  • Transition Blocks**
  • Gloomwood Transition Log
  • Stripped Gloomwood Transition Log
  • Gloomwood Transition Planks

  • New Music**
  • Added three new biome tracks
  • Gloom Woods
  • Gloom Wisps
  • Gloomsculk
  • Added a music disc for each track
  • Music discs can be discovered in BetterNether city chests
  • Gloomwood randomly selects the new tracks as its background music

  • New Advancements**
  • Who Goes There — disturb a Gloomwisp by walking through it
  • Worth the Detour — receive experience from a Gloomwisp
  • Gem of a Fire — use a Gloomsculk Crystal as fuel
  • Gloomwood now counts toward the advancement for visiting every BetterNether biome

  • Fixes**
  • Fixed Flying Pigs not spawning naturally
  • Fixed Jungle Skeletons being effectively unable to spawn
  • Fixed nearby mob limits incorrectly counting every entity instead of only mobs of the requested type
  • Fixed Jungle Skeletons increasing their inactivity timer twice and despawning too quickly
  • Migrated entity spawn placements to the proper Forge registration event
  • Improved compatibility between vanilla Nether carvers and BetterNether terrain blocks
  • Removed the non-functional fog density slider
  • Added config to disable biomes, structures and features
  • Added/fixed compatibility with Biomes O Plenty, Regions Unexplored, Incision, Infernal Expansion Redux, Jaden's Nether Expansion, Luminous: Nether, Nether's Exorcism Reborn, Gardens of the Dead, Blueprint
  • Fixed #16 [Bug] Joining the world, where I am in the Nether, causes an abrupt crash
  • Fixed #17 [Bug] Nether Mycelium not removed by cave carvers
  • Fixed #18 [Bug] Grasses don't generate when some other mods adding nether biomes are present
  • Fixed #22 [Bug/Suggestion] Make Willow Torches obtainable
  • JEI and Jade integrations (thanks magcicada)
  • Replace LiquidBlock mixin with fluid event handler for blue obsidian casting (fix blue obsidian cannot be cast) (thanks magcicada)
  • Lazy initialization of structures
  • Add Ruby item and block tags for better compatibility (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Fix Stripped Rubeus Log/Bark textures (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Only use Bark wood variant for trees (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Improved music system (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Nether Brewing Stand now brews 2× faster (200 ticks; UI progress remains correct)
  • Willow wood renamed to Nether Willow in all languages, with native localized wording
  • JEI: smithing template names now searchable (e.g. “Fireruby Upgrade”), localized across languages
  • Cincinnasite Anvil GUI no longer closes immediately (custom menu validity check)
  • Added EMI Forge entrypoint (@EmiEntrypoint)
  • Version bump to 20.0.6
  • Datapack refresh for nether wood: recipes/advancements regenerated and log tags updated
  • Loot table and tag updates (library/wither tower chests, climbable tag)
  • Fixed Fireruby armor/tools being craftable with sculk catalysts; now properly upgraded via Smithing Template
  • Added thread-safe handling for BetterNether brewing recipe checks to prevent concurrent modification crashes with some mods (e.g., Nirvana)
  • General fixes and stability improvements
  • A server-side crash in large modpacks related to the registration of features, placed features, and structures has been fixed
  • Block registration has been brought in line with BetterEnd’s logic, which fixes a crash during the loading stage in large modpacks
  • Terracotta has been replaced with smooth basalt in flooded deltas
  • Lava can now pass through stalactites
  • Fixed [Bug] Bone Reef Missing Vegetation (thanks Eletoast)
  • Fixed [Bug] Fancy Walls Not Properly Connecting/Inconsistently Connecting (thanls Eletoast)
  • Port to Forge 1.20.1
  • Bug fixes
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