Grounded

⭐ ⭐ (177 endorsements) 📥 15,642 downloads 📌 v1.21.1-0.2.0 📅 11/27/2024
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By Ordana · decoration

⬇ Download Mod Source: Modrinth ↗ 📅 Updated: 3/20/2026 📅 Created: 11/27/2024
⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
1🛠️ Forge — Minecraft Forge (mod loader) Download ↗
2🛠️ Fabric — Fabric Loader Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 1.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #57 of 343 decoration mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

!(https://i.imgur.com/f403Iyb.png) *Breaking new ground with new types of soil.* # What's Grounded? Grounded gives biomes massively more distinct identities, down to the very soil they stand on. Badlands now sport cracked, dry earthen clay. Tundra dirt has frozen into deep permafrost. *REST OF THE SOILS* These soils aren't just pretty either--each incentivises growing certain crops faster on them, based on those crops' real life growing preferences. ### REQUIRES MOONLIGHT! !(https://i.imgur.com/WyNpy6N.png) Grounded has built-in compat for: - Farmer's Delight - *Biomes O' Plenty* - *No Man's Land* - *Terralith* !(https://i.imgur.com/YnRxEo4.png) Grounded primarily adds 5* new soil types that generate in the world. - **Earthen Clay** is found in savannas and badlands. - **Wheat** and **Bamboo** grow faster in Earthen Clay Farmland. - **Loam** is found in dark forests and jungles. - **Sweet Berry Bushes**, **Pumpkins** and **Melons** grow faster in Loam Farmland. - **Permafrost** is found in snowy mountains and frozen taigas. - There is no permafrost farmland, and the block does not affect crops. However, digging Permafrost with fortune might reveal long-frozen treasures... - **Sandy Dirt** is found in savannas. - **Carrots**, **Beetroots**, and Farmer's Delight **Cabbages** grow faster in Sandy Farmland. - **Silt** is found in riverbeds, swamps, and aquifers. - **Wheat**, **Potatoes**, Farmer's Delight **Cabbages** and **Onions**, as well as Supplementaries **Flax** grow faster in Silty Farmland. Each soil has their own paths, farmlands, and grassy and coarse versions. Mulch and Nulch are decorative blocks that cover the base of the stem of plants placed on them, as if in a heaped flowerbed. Villages now have paths made from the appropriate soils for their biomes, as well as having their respective farmlands growing their ideal crops. !(https://i.imgur.com/gpC2puj.png) - (https://modrinth.com/user/Kayla_the_Bee) for the mod's textures. - (https://modrinth.com/user/Ordana) for code, idea, and implementation. - (https://modrinth.com/user/Bobisnotaperson) for the icon, banner, and dividers. - (https://modrinth.com/user/MehVahdJukaar) for invaluable code advice. - (https://modrinth.com/user/eldabys5) for project management and toad wrangling. !(https://i.imgur.com/g3DorAO.png) Please include in modpacks! if you do you can talk about it on our *discord*. #### Grounded is best paired with: (https://i.imgur.com/YdPkWIv.png)**](https://modrinth.com/mod/would "Would") (https://i.imgur.com/GiUOrEz.png)**](https://modrinth.com/mod/verdant-mod "Verdant") (https://i.imgur.com/dFua2iK.png)**](https://modrinth.com/mod/verdant-mod "Oxide")

!(https://i.imgur.com/f403Iyb.png) Breaking new ground with new types of soil.

# What's Grounded? Grounded gives biomes massively more distinct identities, down to the very soil they stand on. Badlands now sport cracked, dry earthen clay. Tundra dirt has frozen into deep permafrost. REST OF THE SOILS These soils aren't just pretty either--each incentivises growing certain crops faster on them, based on those crops' real life growing preferences.

### REQUIRES MOONLIGHT!

!(https://i.imgur.com/WyNpy6N.png)

Grounded has built-in compat for: - Farmer's Delight - Biomes O' Plenty - No Man's Land - Terralith

!(https://i.imgur.com/YnRxEo4.png)

Grounded primarily adds 5 new soil types that generate in the world. - Earthen Clay is found in savannas and badlands. - Wheat and Bamboo grow faster in Earthen Clay Farmland.

  • Loam is found in dark forests and jungles.
  • - Sweet Berry Bushes, Pumpkins and Melons grow faster in Loam Farmland.
  • Permafrost is found in snowy mountains and frozen taigas.
  • - There is no permafrost farmland, and the block does not affect crops. However, digging Permafrost with fortune might reveal long-frozen treasures...
  • Sandy Dirt is found in savannas.
  • - Carrots, Beetroots, and Farmer's Delight Cabbages grow faster in Sandy Farmland.
  • Silt is found in riverbeds, swamps, and aquifers.
  • - Wheat, Potatoes, Farmer's Delight Cabbages and Onions, as well as Supplementaries Flax grow faster in Silty Farmland.

Each soil has their own paths, farmlands, and grassy and coarse versions.

Mulch and Nulch are decorative blocks that cover the base of the stem of plants placed on them, as if in a heaped flowerbed.

Villages now have paths made from the appropriate soils for their biomes, as well as having their respective farmlands growing their ideal crops.

!(https://i.imgur.com/gpC2puj.png) - (https://modrinth.com/user/Kayla_the_Bee) for the mod's textures. - (https://modrinth.com/user/Ordana) for code, idea, and implementation. - (https://modrinth.com/user/Bobisnotaperson) for the icon, banner, and dividers. - (https://modrinth.com/user/MehVahdJukaar) for invaluable code advice. - (https://modrinth.com/user/eldabys5) for project management and toad wrangling.

!(https://i.imgur.com/g3DorAO.png) Please include in modpacks! if you do you can talk about it on our discord. #### Grounded is best paired with: [!(https://i.imgur.com/YdPkWIv.png)**](https://modrinth.com/mod/would "Would") [!(https://i.imgur.com/GiUOrEz.png)**](https://modrinth.com/mod/verdant-mod "Verdant") [*!(https://i.imgur.com/dFua2iK.png)**](https://modrinth.com/mod/verdant-mod "Oxide")

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📊 Mod Details

Game
Minecraft Mods
Author
Ordana
Version
1.21.1-0.2.0
Downloads
15,642
Endorsements
177
Category
decoration
Created
11/27/2024
Updated
3/20/2026
Game Versions
1.21.1
Tags
decoration, worldgen

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Which Minecraft Mods versions does Grounded support?

The author lists 1.21.1. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.

What is the latest version of Grounded?

Version 1.21.1-0.2.0, published 2026-03-20 with 15,642 downloads recorded at the source.

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