Better Nether: New Dawn

Better Nether: New Dawn is an unofficially maintained continuation of BetterNether for Fabric and NeoForge.

The Fabric edition is based on the original BetterNether codebase and includes continued maintenance, bug fixes, balance adjustments, and quality-of-life improvements.

The NeoForge edition brings the same functionality to NeoForge with the loader-specific adaptations required for compatibility.

Unless otherwise specified, the fixes and improvements listed below are included in both the Fabric and NeoForge editions.

Please make sure to download the correct file for your Minecraft version and mod loader.

How this project differs from the original

• Platforms: supports both Fabric and NeoForge
• Fabric edition: a maintained version of the original Fabric codebase with additional fixes, balance adjustments, and quality-of-life improvements
• NeoForge edition: an unofficial port adapted for NeoForge
• Goal: continued maintenance and consistent functionality across supported mod loaders
• Scope: functionality is kept as close to the original project as reasonably possible, with shared bug fixes, selected balance changes, and loader-specific compatibility adjustments where required

Fixes and improvements

• New content from official fabric versions available on 1.21.1!
• Added compatibility with the TerraBlender and Lithostitched libraries and mods that use it (Luminous Nether, Garden of the Dead, Biomes O' Plenty, Oh The Biomes We've Gone, Regions Unexplored, etc.)
• Added config to disable biomes and structures
• Only use Bark wood variant for trees (thanks RedCraft86)
• Improved music system (thanks RedCraft86)
• Ruby compat tags (thanks RedCraft86)
• Fixed: crash when clicking on the Respawn Statue
• Fixed: Cincinnasite furnace does not drop when mined in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: “flying block” issue in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: Golden vine does not drop in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: Hook mushroom does not drop in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: Giant lucis drops loot twice in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: Eye Plants not dropping loot (thanks Myrrium)
• Fixed: Fireflies do not spawn from monster spawners (thanks nothingtown)
• Fixed (datagen): the automatic tag provider only looked at blocks with the BlockTagDataProvider interface and ignored blocks with the org.betterx.wover.block.api.BlockTagProvider interface (such as BlockTerrain). As a result, runData was writing to wover:surfaces/nether/terrain only what came from other sources
• Change (suggestion): changed all fire bowl blocks to use lit instead of fire (thanks Cicopath)
• 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)
• 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): prevent the Fireruby pickaxe from smelting ores when it has the Silk Touch enchantment (thanks TimVincii)
• Change (suggestion): new name for moss cover in the Russian translation (thanks happykgit)

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

Better Nether: New Dawn is an independent, unofficial continuation and is not maintained by the original BetterNether developers.

Please do not report issues specific to New Dawn to the official BetterX Team Discord or the upstream BetterNether GitHub repository.

For bugs and support related to this project, please use the New Dawn GitHub issue tracker linked below.

When reporting an issue, please include your Minecraft version, mod loader, BetterNether version, dependency versions, logs, and reproduction steps.

If any issues caused by New Dawn affect the upstream community, please contact me directly.

Credits / Attribution

BetterNether was originally created by Paulev and its contributors.

All original artwork and the majority of the original code were created by the original BetterNether developers and contributors.

Better Nether: New Dawn is an independent, unofficial continuation for Fabric and NeoForge and is maintained by Raijin.

Special thanks to everyone credited above for reporting issues, suggesting improvements, contributing fixes, and testing the project.

Better Nether: New Dawn is not maintained or endorsed by the original developers.

Links

• Upstream source (Fabric): https://github.com/quiqueck/BetterNether
• Upstream project page: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/betternether
• New Dawn Discord: https://discord.gg/BHxhJSn5uR
• BetterX discord: https://discord.com/invite/kYuATbYbKW
• New Dawn issue tracker (GitHub): https://github.com/Reijin2312/BetterNether-New-Dawn

BetterNether: New Dawn

An independently maintained continuation of BetterNether for modern Minecraft versions

BetterNether: New Dawn is an unofficial continuation of BetterNether for Fabric, Quilt, and NeoForge.

The project continues maintenance of the original BetterNether experience with bug fixes, compatibility improvements, selected balance changes, quality-of-life improvements, and support for modern Minecraft versions and mod loaders.

Check the Versions tab before downloading and make sure you select the correct file for your Minecraft version and mod loader.

Required on both the client and server.

Required dependencies

• BCLib: New Dawn
• WunderLib: New Dawn
• WorldWeaver: New Dawn

Supported platforms

• NeoForge
• Fabric
• Quilt, through the compatible Fabric edition

Platform availability may differ between Minecraft versions.

About BetterNether

BetterNether makes adventures in the Nether more exciting by adding new biomes, plants, materials, mobs, structures, tools, food, building blocks, and world-generation features.

You will encounter challenging creatures such as the Naga, explore dark dungeons occupied by Nether mobs, discover large and rare Nether Cities, and use new tools and materials to improve your chances of survival.

Builders also receive many unique decorative 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
• Farmable resources through plant and mob farms
• Many Nether structures, including large and rare Nether Cities
• Configurable blocks, items, structures, biomes, and plant density
• Configuration-screen support through Mod Menu on Fabric
• Integrations and compatibility with other mods

Fixes and changes in this project

• Fixed: crash when clicking on the Respawn Statue
• Fixed (datagen): the automatic tag provider only looked at blocks with the BlockTagDataProvider interface and ignored blocks with the org.betterx.wover.block.api.BlockTagProvider interface (such as BlockTerrain). As a result, runData was writing to wover:surfaces/nether/terrain only what came from other sources
• 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)
• Fixed: Cincinnasite furnace does not drop when mined in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Change (suggestion): new name for moss cover in the Russian translation (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: “flying block” issue in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: Golden vine does not drop in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: Hook mushroom does not drop in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: Giant lucis drops loot twice in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
• Fixed: Eye Plants not dropping loot (thanks Myrrium)
• Change (suggestion): prevent the Fireruby pickaxe from smelting ores when it has the Silk Touch enchantment (thanks TimVincii)
• Fixed: Fireflies do not spawn from monster spawners (thanks nothingtown)
• Change (suggestion): changed all fire bowl blocks to use lit instead of fire (thanks Cicopath)
• 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)

How this project differs from upstream

The original BetterNether project is maintained by the BetterX developers.

BetterNether: New Dawn is an independent community continuation that maintains additional Minecraft versions and mod-loader editions.

The project focuses on:

• continued maintenance of the Fabric edition;
• compatibility with Quilt through the Fabric edition;
• support for modern NeoForge versions;
• compatibility fixes required by different mod loaders;
• selected balance and quality-of-life changes;
• support for newer Minecraft versions;
• compatibility with other biome and world-generation mods;
• consistency across the New Dawn ecosystem.

BetterNether: New Dawn is not maintained, endorsed, or officially supported by the original BetterNether developers or the BetterX Team.

Support and issue reports

Please do not report New Dawn-specific issues to the upstream BetterNether repository, the original developers, or the official BetterX support channels. They do not maintain this continuation.

For crashes, bugs, compatibility problems, and other issues affecting BetterNether: New Dawn, use the New Dawn issue tracker:

BetterNether: New Dawn issue tracker

When reporting a problem, include:

• Minecraft version
• Mod loader and loader version
• BetterNether: New Dawn version
• BCLib, WunderLib, and WorldWeaver versions
• Complete mod list
• Latest log or crash report
• Clear reproduction steps

New Dawn community

Join the New Dawn Discord

Source code

BetterNether: New Dawn on GitHub

BetterNether: New Dawn is independently maintained by Raijin.

Credits and attribution

BetterNether was originally created by Paulev and its contributors.

The original artwork and the majority of the original code belong to their respective creators, contributors, and the BetterX Team.

BetterNether: New Dawn is an independent, unofficial continuation maintained by Raijin.

Thanks to everyone credited in the fixes and changes section for their reports, suggestions, translations, and contributions.

Original project

• Original BetterNether project on Modrinth
• Upstream source code

Upstream community

BetterX Discord

The BetterX Discord is provided only as a link to the upstream community. Do not use it to request support for New Dawn-specific problems.

License

BetterNether: New Dawn is distributed under the licensing and attribution terms included in its source repository.

Review the repository license files before modifying or redistributing the project or its assets.