**BetterNether (Unofficial Forge Port) \u2014 Minecraft 1.20.1**<\/p>\n
This project is an **unofficial Forge port** of Paulev\u2019s Fabric mod \u201cBetterNether\u201d for Minecraft 1.20.1, including bug fixes and a few small balance\/quality tweaks.
\nForge only (not Fabric \/ not Forge).
\n**Required on: both client and server.**
\n**Requires: BCLib, WunderLib**<\/p>\n
**About BetterNether**<\/p>\n
BetterNether makes adventures in the Nether more exciting by adding new biomes, plants, and materials. You\u2019ll 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.<\/p>\n
**Features**<\/p>\n
– Dozens of new plants for the Nether
\n– New Nether mobs
\n– New unique biomes
\n– Vertical and volumetric biome system (supporting other mods and datapacks)
\n– Many new materials, recipes, food, tools, and items
\n– Ability to farm some materials using plant farms and mob farms
\n– Many Nether structures, including big and rare Nether Cities
\n– Ability to configure presence of blocks, items, structures, biomes, and plant density (and a config GUI with the ModsMenu mod)
\n– Integrations with some other mods<\/p>\n
**Fixes and changes in this Forge 1.20.1 port**<\/p>\n
– Added compatibility with the\u00a0TerraBlender\u00a0library and mods that use it (Luminous Nether, Garden of the Dead, Biomes O’ Plenty, Oh The Biomes We’ve Gone, etc.)
\n– Add Ruby item and block tags for better compatibility (thanks\u00a0RedCraft86)
\n– Fix Stripped Rubeus Log\/Bark textures\u00a0(thanks RedCraft86)
\n– Only use Bark wood variant for trees\u00a0(thanks RedCraft86)
\n– Improved music system\u00a0(thanks RedCraft86)
\n– Change (suggestion): removed the Sculk Catalyst from loot tables (thanks Yukiroshi). It was too easy to obtain Fireruby gear early; now you\u2019ll have to pay a visit to the Warden
\n– Change (suggestion): full translation for ru_ru.json (thanks FO13E)
\n– Change (suggestion): new name for moss cover in the Russian translation (thanks happykgit)
\n– Change (suggestion): terracotta\u00a0has been replaced with\u00a0smooth basalt\u00a0in\u00a0flooded deltas (thanks Eletoast)
\n– Change: lava\u00a0can now pass through\u00a0stalactites
\n– Change (suggestion): Nether Brewing Stand now brews 2\u00d7 faster, 200 ticks; UI progress remains correct (thanks AcaGamer5)
\n– Change (suggestion): Willow wood renamed to Nether Willow in all languages, with native localized wording (thanks AcaGamer5)<\/p>\n
**Support \/ Issue reports**<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
**Credits \/ Attribution**<\/p>\n
Original mod (Fabric): https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/betternether<\/p>\n
This project: unofficial Forge 1.20.1 port + fixes (maintained by: Reijin2312)<\/p>\n
Thanks to the contributors credited above for reports and suggestions<\/p>\n
**Links**<\/p>\n
Upstream source (Fabric): https:\/\/github.com\/quiqueck\/BetterNether<\/p>\n
Upstream project page: https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/betternether<\/p>\n
BetterX Discord: https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/kYuATbYbKW<\/p>\n
Port issue tracker (GitHub): https:\/\/github.com\/Reijin2312\/BetterNether_Forge\/issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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