The Dead Forests

⭐ — (7 endorsements) 📥 488 downloads 📌 v1.4.2 📅 7/21/2025
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By BeanieBoiGames · equipment

⬇ Download Mod Source: Modrinth ↗ 📅 Updated: 7/12/2025 📅 Created: 7/21/2025
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🔍 Analysis

  • 🏆 #254 of 307 equipment mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

✅ the statue now additionally takes damage from melee attacks with pickaxes
✅ the statue's texture now changes as its health gets lower
✅ minor bugfixes

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The Dead Forests adds 6 new Biomes, New mobs, blocks, wood types, tools and more! More info on each biome and a full trailer can be found below:

Most recent changelog:

Spoiler

  • the statue now additionally takes damage from melee attacks with pickaxes
  • the statue's texture now changes as its health gets lower
  • minor bugfixes

Major Update 1. 4 Changelog:

Spoiler

IMPORTANT - NOW REQUIRES GECKOLIB TO BE INSTALLED

Added dependency - Geckolib (see above)

  • Frosty Forest Remaster
  • - Increased Tree height
  • - Coldstone is now much more common within the forest
  • - Added Frost Crown
  • - Added Shiverlily flowers
  • - Should now generate in regions.
  • Burnt Forest Remaster
  • - More tree varients
  • - Less floating trees and underwater trees
  • - Should now generate near to dark forests
  • - Added smooth blackstone to caves under burnt forests
  • - Added rock features with blackstone, magma and deepslate.
  • - Added fire patches
  • - Burnts now drop ash which can be used in some recipes (JEI or any alternative reccomended)
  • Completely Overhauled Overgrown Desert
  • - Renamed Thickwood to Overgrown Cactus wood
  • - Added new textures to almost blocks within the overgrown desert
  • - Added cactus patches
  • - Added more dead bushes
  • - Overgrown cactus trees are now based on mangrove trees
  • - Should now spawn near deserts
  • - Retextured vineslice
  • - Vineslice replaced by Arid Emerald in treehouse loot (see Unique Item changes)
  • Lush Cave Savannah Changes
  • - Added more tree varients
  • - Added more lush cave vegetation
  • - Added Dripstone
  • - Statues actually spawn now (yay!)
  • - Added Mossy dripstone
  • - Should now spawn close to savannahs
  • NEW BIOME 1 - Rainbow forest
  • - Added cloud mob
  • - Added mist blocks
  • - Added Lightning bolt
  • - Added Spectral Gauntlets
  • - Added Spectral Gem
  • - Added Pearlstone and cobbled varient
  • - Added new unique wood type, rainbow wood
  • - Added new effect, spectral strength (currently only obtainable through spectral gauntlets or cheats)
  • - Added Rainbow Crystals (Like amethyst crystals but rainbow)
  • - Added Lightning Charges
  • NEW BIOME 2 - Nuclear Forest
  • - Added new wood type Wastewood
  • - Added Bunker structure
  • - Added Abandoned House structure
  • - Added cockroach
  • - Added Uranium Crystal
  • - Added Atomic Beam Sabre (hold for speed, right click for jump boost)
  • - Added some minor lore
  • - Added Waste Barrels (only obtainable from bunkers)
  • - Added Fission Cores (only obtainable from bunkers)

Major Mob Reworks:

  • Vinelife
  • - Completely remodeled and animated
  • - Now actually spawns
  • Burnt
  • - Added animations
  • - Now drops radient ruby instead of firestarter (see Unique Item changes)
  • - Now drops ash
  • - New SFX
  • - Now spawns properly
  • Ashgaze
  • - Completely remodeled and animated
  • - Now actually stares
  • - Spawns more commonly
  • Frostbite Skeleton
  • - Minor remodel/retexture and new animations
  • - Now spawns more commonly
  • - Now drops Subzero sapphire with about 1/300 chance (see Unique Item changes)
  • Statue
  • - Minor Remodel/retexture and added much needed animations
  • - Complete AI rework
  • - Will now spawn more commonly but further away from each other
  • - Added some tasty sound effects (seriously the death sound is amazing)
  • - Still doesnt take damage from melee, requires ranged to be killed.

Unique Item Changes

Almost all unique items have a new route for obtaining them, and require netherite. To obtain a unique item e.g. Firestarter, you must craft the unpowered varient and use a smithing table with its respective gem along with a netherite template to power it. This balances the overpowered weapons to the late game. All gems now spawn where its respective item previously were. In addition the 3 gems from the original biomes (Burnt, Frosty, Overgrown) have block varients (crafted with 4 gems) which are powerful alternative uses for the gems. - Radient ruby block, deals damage when stepped on and makes for a very powerful fuel source. - Subzero sapphire block, more slippery than blue ice, may seem minor but can be useful in some scenarios. - Arid Emerald, increases movement speed while stepped on. There may be more minor changes that arent listed here

## Trailer:

### Modpack Permissions

Feel free to distribute The Dead Forest in a Modpack but please credit me as this mod's creator on your page.

If you want to support the mod and see some spoilers for new updates here is my Patreon: www.patreon.com/beanieboi

## Biome Descriptions

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

📊 Mod Details

Game
Minecraft Mods
Author
BeanieBoiGames
Version
1.4.2
Downloads
488
Endorsements
7
Category
equipment
Created
7/21/2025
Updated
7/12/2025
Game Versions
1.21.1
Tags
equipment, mobs, worldgen

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Which Minecraft Mods versions does The Dead Forests support?

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

What is the latest version of The Dead Forests?

Version 1.4.2, published 2025-07-12 with 488 downloads recorded at the source.

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