🌿 Gaia’s Breath

A Fabric mod that makes the natural world evolve on its own.

Grass spreads, flowers sprout, trees regenerate, metal weathers, wood ages — Minecraft’s ecology becomes alive, gradual, and configurable.

🧭 Overview

The world breathes, grows, and heals over time.
Without player input, nature reclaims barren land and balances overgrowth,
creating a living landscape that changes as you explore.

Main Features

• Vegetation propagation: short grass spreads, may become tall grass, and wild flowers can appear.
• Tree renewal: saplings can pop near trees, letting forests naturally expand.
• Natural path formation: player footsteps gradually wear down grass into coarse dirt and dirt paths, which can slowly recover over time.
• Charcoal from burned wood: when wood blocks are burned by fire, they can drop charcoal instead of disappearing completely.
• Fully configurable via an in-game screen (tick budgets, growth chances, moss spread, path erosion, and more).
• Server-friendly: all updates are tick-limited and distributed across chunks to prevent lag spikes.

🌱 Natural Growth

Vegetation Propagation

• Grass blocks may receive short grass over time.
• Short grass can convert to tall grass based on probability.
• Flowers occasionally generate in suitable spots (low density, natural feel).

⚙️ Configuration (ModMenu)

Open the Gaia’s Breath configuration screen from ModMenu to fine-tune every natural mechanic.
All values are stored in config/gaiasbreath.json and can be safely edited in-game or manually.

🚀 Performance

• Tick budgeted: hard caps per tick and per chunk to keep servers smooth.
• Distributed work: processing spreads across the world to avoid spikes.
• Compatible with existing worlds: no world reset required.

🧩 Compatibility

• Fabric (MC 1.21.9).
• Works in single-player and servers.
• Plays nicely with biome/terrain mods — Gaia’s Breath only performs light, probabilistic edits over time.

🗺️ Design Goals

• Keep the world feeling alive, not chaotic.
• Prioritize readability: changes should be noticeable when you return, not jarring the moment you arrive.
• Offer control to players and server owners via clear settings.

Got feedback or want different defaults?

• Email: [email protected]