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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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All versionsDesertification 0.39 1.20.1 (Hypercharged sand rose, backup)

Desertification 0.39 1.20.1 (Hypercharged sand rose, backup)

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0.39 Hypercharged sand rose

Backup your world(s) by precaution

I will try to add a mob in the next 'major' update

Hypercharged sand rose

An evolved state of the overcharged sand rose (more details on mod's page)

Hypercharged gem

A new weapon

Overcharged crystal

Created by hypercharged sand roses (more details on mod's page)

Plants spawning enhancements

  • Plants from other mods can now spawn in the desert (check the compatibility section for a partial list)

  • Different type of plants can now spawn depending on the location

Improved the autostart option

Now the cursed crystal/hourglass only need to be in simulation distance to trigger

Improved performance

Flash floods now leaves suspicious sand behind

Fixed the handling of lone beaches biomes near rivers

They should now dry up properly

Fixed up a bug where desert sand will not always fall (even without dryable blocks near)

Fixed a bug where the hourglass and oasis structures would not spawn in 1.21.1

Fixed other bugs

Some tweaks

Dependencies

dependency-iconMidnightLibrequired
dependency-iconFabric APIrequired
dependency-iconFabric Language Kotlinembedded

Files

desert_1.20.1-0.39.jar(9.87 MiB) Primary
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Release channel

Beta

Version number

0.39

Loaders

Fabric Quilt

Game versions

1.20.1, 1.20.4

Downloads

30

Publication date

December 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM

Publisher

nergizer81

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