Native Nature

Ever tried to build a zoo in your savanna base but your polar bear looks miserable? Well this mod is just for you.

This mod allows you to craft biome-locked vegetation that preserves it's natural coloration when placed in different biomes. These blocks don't spread, grow or decay, so you gardens and builds don't require any maintenance. 

To craft blocks from each biome color category you need biome essences, these are infinite items that are not consumed when crafting blocks, so once you explore enough to craft the essence you want you don't have to worry about it again.

I tried to make recipes balanced, make each essence recipe represent the biome's "personality" and make you explore a little.

List of the 17 essences and crafting recipes:

⛰️ Highlands Essence (Meadow)

Glass Bottle + Grass + Allium

🍃 Grasslands Essence (Plains)

Glass Bottle + Grass + Azure Bluet

🧊 Glacial Essence (Snow biomes: Snowy Taiga, Ice Spikes, Jagged Peaks...)

Glass Bottle + Packed Ice + Blue Ice

🌳 Forest Essence (Oak Forest)

Glass Bottle + Poppy + Dandelion

🌵 Dry Essence (Badlands)

Glass Bottle + Dead Bush + Terracotta 

🏞️ Continental Essence (Dark Oak Forest)

Glass Bottle + Red Mushroom + Brown Mushroom

🥶 Cold Essence (Cold biomes: Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga, Windswept Forest...)

Glass Bottle + Snowball + Ice

☀️ Arid Essence (Savanna) 

Glass Bottle + Acacia Leaves + Acacia Log

🐪 Hot Essence (Desert)

Glass Bottle + Sand + Cactus

🐸 Wetlands Essence (Swamp, Mangrove Swamp)

Glass Bottle + Mud + Lily Pad

☢️ Wasteland Essence (Custom, not from a Minecraft biome)

Glass Bottle + Dead Bush + Charcoal

🌴 Tropical Essence (Jungle)

Glass Bottle + Cocoa Beans + Melon Slice

🌤️ Temperate Essence (Birch Forest)

Glass Bottle + Birch Leaves + Birch Log

🌑 Stygian Essence (Custom, dark bluish green)

Glass Bottle + Fern + Echo Shard

🛶 River Essence (River)

Glass Bottle + Gravel + Seagrass

🌿 Rainforest Essence (Custom, similar to lush cave green) 

Glass Bottle + Moss Block + Vines

🐻‍❄️ Arctic Essence (Custom, snowy/frozen) 

Glass Bottle + Blue Ice + Snow Block

For the blocks you just surround the essence for the biome color you want with vegetation blocks, the essence will not be consumed upon crafting. 

There's also 5 water types, so you can also have the main water colors in any biome you want. 

• River Water (River, Ocean, Forest, Birch Forest, Plains...) 

Water Bucket + Kelp

• Glacial Water (Frozen Ocean, Meadow (kinda))

Water Bucket + Packed Ice

• Tropical Water (Custom, turquoise/tropical color)

Water Bucket + Tropical Fish

• Rainforest Water (Lukewarm Ocean) 

Water Bucket + Vines

• Wetlands Water (Swamp, Mangrove Swamp (kinda))

Water Bucket + Mangrove Progagule

There are only 5 water colors because most biomes have very similar ones and making custom water is very problematic. 

This mod should be compatible with resourcepacks and mods that change biome colors.