The Nether Refined

This Minecraft data pack refines The Nether dimension whilst maintaining a vanilla-like feel.

World Generation

The generated shape of the Nether looks almost identical from y=0 to y=128 to how it does in vanilla Minecraft. However, there have been various changes made in order to refine the Nether.

General

• Changed maximum y value from 128 to 320.
• Changed minimum y value from 0 to -64.
• Changed patch fire to spawn on all infinitely burning blocks.
• Removed Nether fog (render distance fog is still present).
• Replaced gravel beaches with soul soil.
• Replaced gravel walls with smooth basalt.

Basalt Deltas

• Added basalt roof columns.
• Changed basalt areas to be slightly harder to traverse.
• Changed blackstone areas to be slightly easier to traverse.
• Changed blackstone blobs to be 4x more abundant.
• Changed deltas to have a minimum magma block rim size of 1 (was 0).
• Changed spring deltas to spawn within basalt or blackstone blocks, but only when lava is detected up to 15 blocks below.
• Removed glowstone.
• Removed mushrooms.

Crimson Forest

• Added netherrack roof columns.
• Changed crimson forest vegetation so that only crimson related vegetation appears.
• Changed weeping vines to spawn more frequently, some of which are now much longer.
• Removed glowstone.
• Removed mushrooms.
• Replaced crimson fungi with crimson trees, which:
  • Spawn densely, with hyphae roots but no shroomlights on ground level.
  • Contain 2x2 solid trunks that can be anywhere from 8 to 48 blocks tall.
  • Have large wart block canopies spreading outwards from the stem trunk.
  • Feature weeping vines and shroomlights hanging down from the wart blocks.

Soul Sand Valley

• Added blackstone blobs.
• Removed basalt pillars.
• Replaced crimson root patches with vegetation that spawns ~4x as frequently.
  • New nether wart patches spawn ~3x as frequently than the replaced crimson root.
  • New wither roses spawn ~1x as frequently, but individually rather than in patches.

Warped Forest

• Added warped wart ceiling columns.
• Changed warped forest vegetation so that only warped related vegetation appears.
• Changed twisting vines to spawn more frequently, some of which are now much longer.
• Removed glowstone.
• Removed mushrooms.
• Replaced warped fungi with warped trees, which:
  • Spawn densely, growing downwards from warped wart ceilings and canopies.
  • Contain 3x3 hollow trunks that can be anywhere from 8 to 48 blocks tall.
  • Have large wart block canopies spreading outwards from the stem trunk.
  • Feature weeping vines and shroomlights raising up from the wart blocks.

Mob Spawns

Several mob spawns have been altered in the biomes below.

Crimson Forest

• Reduced the weight of Hoglin spawns from 9 to 7.2.
• Increased the weight of Zoglin spawns from 0 to 1.8.

Nether Wastes

• Reduced the weight of Magma Cube spawns from 2 to 0.
• Increased the weight of Zoglin spawns from 0 to 2.
• Reduced the weight of Piglin spawns from 15 to 0.
• Increased the weight of Blaze spawns from 0 to 15.

Soul Sand Valley

• Replaced Ghast spawns with Vex spawns.
• Reduced the weight of Skeleton spawns from 20 to 10.
• Increased the weight of Wither Skeleton spawns from 0 to 10.

Warped Forest

• Reduced the weight of Strider spawns from 60 to 30.
• Increased the weight of Ghast spawns from 0 to 30.

General Changes

To refine the Nether further, the following changes have been made.

• Added the following to the list of blocks that infinitely burn in the Nether:

  • Basalt
  • Crimson Nylium
  • Nether Wart Block
  • Warped Nylium
  • Warped Wart Block

• Changed the coordinate scale from 8 to 1, in order to:

  • Align the world borders of the Overworld and the Nether; this is useful when playing on a server that relocates the Overworld spawn and updates the world border to match it.
  • Inspire building up infrastructure for travelling, instead of quick walks between portals.

• Disabled beds blowing up when right-clicked, in order to:

  • Stop new players from dying to an unexplained game mechanic.
  • Stop the explosions from being used to mine for ancient debris.

• Disabled building above the Nether roof, in order to:

  • Discourage safe creation of mob farms without any danger.
  • Discourage safe travelling without setting up infrastructure.

Compatibility

The following Minecraft versions are supported:

• 26.2
• 26.1.2
• 26.1.1
• 26.1
• 1.21.11
• 1.21.10
• 1.21.9

FAQ

Will previous versions be supported in the future?

Maybe, although this isn't a high priority at the moment.