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An unofficial port of the BetterNether mod to Forge 1.20.1 that adds improvements to the Nether, including plants, biomes, structures, and world generation
Themed around magical elements, mythical creatures, and enchanted worlds, often inspired by fantasy literature and folklore.
Contains enhancements to the Nether dimension, expanding on existing features or adding entirely new ones.
Features structures of no particular theme, or meant as background decoration.
General improvements to world generation, such as bug fixes, aesthetic overhauls, or misc additions.
Adds new ores or other raw resources.
Features new biomes or content focused on overhauling existing ones.
Enhances plant life and foliage in the game world.
Introduces new tools, which may add enhanced capabilities.
Adds or enhances hostile creatures and enemies.
A modified or ported version of an existing mod.
Forge is a popular mod loader for versions 1.1+ of Minecraft.
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BetterNether (Unofficial Forge Port) — Minecraft 1.20.1
This is an unofficial Forge 1.20.1 port of Paulev’s Fabric mod “BetterNether”. It includes various bug fixes, optimizations and a few small balance/quality tweaks.
How this port differs from the original
- Loader/platform: Forge (upstream is Fabric), TerraBlender for world generation
- Minecraft version: 1.20.1
- Changes: includes bug fixes and small balance/quality tweaks (see list below)
- Support: this is an unofficial port; upstream authors do not maintain it
Fixes and changes in this Forge 1.20.1 port
- Added config to disable biomes, structures and features
- 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)










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
Support / Issue reports
This is an unofficial Forge port. Please do not report issues to the official BetterX Team Discord or the upstream project, since they do not maintain this Forge version.
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): BetterNether by Paulev (and contributors): https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/betternether
Upstream source: https://github.com/quiqueck/BetterNether
This project: unofficial Forge 1.20.1 port + fixes (maintained by: Raijin)
Thanks to the contributors credited above for reports and suggestions
Links
- Upstream source (Fabric): https://github.com/quiqueck/BetterNether
- Upstream project page: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/betternether
- Port Discord: https://discord.gg/BHxhJSn5uR
- BetterX discord: https://discord.com/invite/kYuATbYbKW
- Port issue tracker (GitHub): https://github.com/Reijin2312/BetterNether_Forge/issues
BetterNether (Unofficial Forge Port) — Minecraft 1.20.1
This project is an unofficial Forge port of Paulev’s Fabric mod “BetterNether” for Minecraft 1.20.1, including bug fixes and a few small balance/quality tweaks. Forge only (not Fabric / not Forge). Required on: both client and server. Requires: BCLib, WunderLib
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 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 port. Please do not report issues to the official BetterX Team Discord or the upstream project, since they do not maintain this Forge version.
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 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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