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Desertification

Desertification

Adds an "infectious" desert to your world (that will not spawn on its own). This desert can also "cleanse" other infections. Contrary to most infection mods you can live in this desert.

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Desertification 0.32 (Altar & Advancements)

by nergizer81 on May 31, 2025
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Desertification 0.32 (Altar & Advancements)

by nergizer81 on May 31, 2025
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Added the nameless altar

Allow you to do rituals to affect the world (more info in the mod’s page)

Added advancements

A few of them don’t work due to 1.20.1/1.20.4 differences

Salt desert now also spawns in rivers because swamps alone were too rare

The desert can now random tick blocks in the direction of the nearest player to a desert (can be disabled)

Tweaks to the sandy diamond block’s recipe

Farmer’s Delight partial compat

The overcharged sand rose’s gust spread the desert faster

Fixed wind gust bug with water

Desertification 0.31 (Sandstorm update)

by nergizer81 on May 3, 2025
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Desertification 0.31 (Sandstorm update)

by nergizer81 on May 3, 2025
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Added sandstorms

Can occasionally spawn in large deserts. Will spawn a large amount of wind gusts, damage infected entities and sometimes leave behind suspicious sand with a sand rose in it (6% chance). Can be prevented in a 128-block radius by placing an enchanted sand rose.

Enchanted sand roses now prevent sand accumulation/deposit in a 45-block radius

The mod’s desert biomes (e.g. “Desertification : Desert (Rainy)”) can now be properly used as buffet worlds

(buffet worlds = single biome worlds, do not pick the rainless biome as you will not be able to progress in the mod)

Wind gust can now leave suspicious sand behind

Fixed wind gust’s rotation sync issue

Wand of grass can now give the Wither II effect

Improved compat with Sculk Horde

Fixed barrel cactus’s damage

Sandy diamond block gives xp when mined

Glazed sand can now be powered by redstone

Minor tweaks to desert villages pens

Desertification 0.30.1

by nergizer81 on Mar 22, 2025
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Desertification 0.30.1

by nergizer81 on Mar 22, 2025
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Improved compat with Sculk Horde

Improved ticker entities

Minor performance improvements

Bugfixes to the wand of grass and overcharged sand rose interactions

Overcharged sand rose also now drops glazed sand when broken

Desertification 0.30

by nergizer81 on Mar 14, 2025
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Desertification 0.30

by nergizer81 on Mar 14, 2025
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Important wind gust bugfixes (fixes weird trails of sand among other things)

Enchanted sand roses now prevents sand accumulation in a 45 block radius

Golden scorpion tail

Desertification 0.29.1

by nergizer81 on Feb 15, 2025
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Desertification 0.29.1

by nergizer81 on Feb 15, 2025
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From version 29.1

Fixed broken salt pond spawning, salt block spawning & other bugs

Desertification 0.29

by nergizer81 on Feb 14, 2025
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Desertification 0.29

by nergizer81 on Feb 14, 2025
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Added salt pond & crystals

Spawn in salt desert, salt ponds generate salt crystals over time. The salt crystals can be used to craft the new enchant or damage undead/infected

Wound salter enchant

Deal more damage the more wounded your enemy is

Some desert plants can now be placed on sand slabs

Salt block will now kill water mobs and heavily wounded entities

Tweaked spear of sands wind gust spawn location

Fixed bugs (water drying leaving weird tubes & removing every waterlogged block if under them, …)

More compatibility (newer versions of Spore, …)

Desertification 0.28

by nergizer81 on Jan 12, 2025
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Desertification 0.28

by nergizer81 on Jan 12, 2025
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Added scorpions

Small neutral critter that can drop its tail

Its tail can be used to give wither to mobs or cure certain infection effects

Improved performance

Improved compatibility

Fixed some bugs

Desertification 0.27.1

by nergizer81 on Jan 1, 2025
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Desertification 0.27.1

by nergizer81 on Jan 1, 2025
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Fixed bugs related to wind gusts

Added an marker entity to random tick distant desert blocks

On by default, low performance impact, do not force load chunks

Enchants can be crafted

You can craft them by throwing items at an enchanted sand rose near a enchantment table. Recipes in the mod’s description

Blocks now have a correct map color

Fixed messages in the console complaining about the desert:gust entity

More compat

Desertification 0.27

by nergizer81 on Dec 28, 2024
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Desertification 0.27

by nergizer81 on Dec 28, 2024
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Improved weathered sandstone brick’s texture

Added enchants

These can be dropped by zombies/skeletons in a large desert

Swift sands

Allow you to travel faster when on sand

Electrostatic

Inflicts weakness to attackers

Other

  • Improved phayriosis compat
  • Improved abominations infection compat
  • Improved Sculk Horde compat
  • Various small tweaks and fixes

Desertification 0.26.1

by nergizer81 on Dec 19, 2024
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Desertification 0.26.1

by nergizer81 on Dec 19, 2024
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Overcharged sand rose

Now summons charged wind gusts that spread the desert faster than normal ones

Sandshaper

Can be used as a shovel for sand

Other

Partial Phayriosis compat

Bugfixes

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