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Better Than Caves [BTC] - Forge

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A better-performing, more nostalgic alternative to playing versions 1.17+

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betterthancaves-v3.2.zip
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Minecraft feels different now. Ever since the Caves & Cliffs update, the game feels like it is at a much larger scale than the Minecraft I remember. The increased world height and depth make what was once a simple world feel enormous and limitless, increasing lag spikes while generating chunks. In many ways, these changes have been for the better, but at the cost of performance, familiarity, and simplicity, I felt like an alternative was needed. That's why I created BTC: shorthand for Better Than Caves & Cliffs. BTC contains the necessary performance and QoL features to compete with vanilla, as well as backporting or reinterpreting a number of modern features. Along with these additions comes a collection of new vanilla-styled content including new village variants like swamp and thatch villages, the end update, and new dimensions. Despite this, the modpack still expands in areas left untouched by vanilla Minecraft throughout the years by adding new furniture blocks and complex boss mobs. This pack combines everything you love about current Minecraft and classic Minecraft to create an experience that will hook you!

This pack contains:

✅ Caves & Cliffs-style cave generation using the classic 1.16.5 world depth and ore generation. Includes Lush Caves, Dripstone Caves, and 3 other cave biomes!

✅ Backports or reimaginations of beloved modern vanilla features, such as most of the Caves & Cliffs update's content, the bamboo wood type, cherry trees, wolf variants and armor, and even the happy ghast!

✅ Fantastic performance despite its 190+ mods!

✅ Free local multiplayer from the ESSENTIAL Mod, no servers required! (Warning: this makes your IP visible to friends you invite to your world. Only do this with people you trust!)

✅ New and beautiful biomes in the Overworld, Nether, and End!

✅ New, exciting structures to conquer, explore, and loot!

✅ Two brand-new dimensions, the Everbright and Everdawn!

✅ New village features such as villager guards, new village variants, difficult raids, and sky villages!

✅ Significantly improved sounds and more frequent music!

✅ Lots of new bosses to fight!

✅ A huge palette of new blocks to build with, including vertical slabs and furniture!

✅ Lots of fun new food items!

Music credits:

Artist: ㅤLLAAPPSSEE Lnk.Bio · link in bio

Stream I Redshift: Shift - Single by LLAAPPSSEE | Spotify

Thank you LLAAPPSSEE :D

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  • snowy village.jpg
    snowy village.jpg Snowy village on a frigid evening (taken with Complementary Reimagined)
  • lich tower.jpg
    lich tower.jpg What strange sorcerer lies here? (taken with Complementary Reimagined)
  • the conjurer.jpg
    the conjurer.jpg Battle the Conjurer!
  • end fortress.jpg
    end fortress.jpg Challenge the Ender Guardian! (taken with BSL Shaders)
  • nether mushrooms.jpg
    nether mushrooms.jpg So many mushrooms... (taken with Complementary Reimagined)
  • the beautiful nether.jpg
    the beautiful nether.jpg The Nether's dense foliage (taken with Complementary Reimagined)
  • the everdawn.jpg
    the everdawn.jpg The Everdawn Dimension's eternal sunset! (taken with Complementary Reimagined)
  • sky village.jpg
    sky village.jpg BTC villagers have taken refuge in the sky! (taken with BSL Shaders)
  • small castle.jpg
    small castle.jpg Conquer small, formidable fortresses! (taken with BSL Shaders)
  • the stunning rivers.jpg
    the stunning rivers.jpg Experiencing stunning realistic rivers in BTC! (taken with BSL Shaders)
  • A Panda Encounter
    A Panda Encounter This is not new content, I just was really happy to find the brown panda!!!
  • Village + Improved Flower Forest
    Village + Improved Flower Forest The Flower Forests come with gorgeous new improvements!
  • Better Cherry Groves!
    Better Cherry Groves! Beautiful cherry trees in Minecraft 1.16.
  • Tips and Tricks!
    Tips and Tricks! Receive useful tips before loading into your world!
  • Everdawn Dimension
    Everdawn Dimension Experience the chilling eternal darkness of the Everdawn Dimension.
  • Dungeons Galore!
    Dungeons Galore! Explore the Nature Dungeon and conquer the Starlit Crusher.
  • Everbright Dimension
    Everbright Dimension The beautiful forests of the Everbright dimension!
  • Maze of Shipwrecks!
    Maze of Shipwrecks! A shipwreck in the Ice Maze biome. Taken with Complementary Reimagined.

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