The Nether Refined

Additions

• MC 1.21.9 support
• MC 1.21.10 support

Changes

World Generation

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
• 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

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

• 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