A Cold Day In The Nether
by Purpulear
With A Cold Day In The Nether installed, the Nether gains a frozen region called Everfreeze Cirques, a cold wasteland set against its usual heat.
What it does
The mod is a Nether-focused world generation expansion. Its main addition is the Everfreeze Cirques, a cold wasteland where temperatures sit below zero and winds howl, with freezing cold that can harm enemies. Sapphires and Prismatic Ice are found inside these areas; both carry the biome's frozen traits, and Prismatic Ice yields a glowing glass that can be crafted into an especially slick block. Other additions include Obsidian dunes covered in Powdered Obsidian, a dark sand that makes the area dimmer, and a dune region where patrolling creatures appear.
Further biomes add a decayed forest where trees never bear saplings, a haunted region with Vexes and a ghostly creeper variant, and a mountainous forest with white-wood trees taller than birches. Wither skeletons patrol some areas, and Piglins can often be seen fighting there. The mod uses Geckolib, which must be installed alongside it on Forge and NeoForge. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge across four game versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.3, under the MIT License, and the project is not open source.
Key features
Everfreeze Cirques
A cold wasteland biome with below-zero temperatures, howling winds and freezing damage to enemies, set against the rest of the Nether.
Sapphires and Prismatic Ice
Sapphire and Prismatic Ice blocks are found in the cold biome and carry its frozen properties, with glowing glass and slippery variants.
Obsidian dunes
Dune areas covered in Powdered Obsidian and dark sand, where cactus and roots grow over the sand and dune bouncers patrol.
Haunted and decayed biomes
A haunted region with Vexes and a ghostly creeper variant, plus a decayed biome with ghouls and trees that never bear saplings.
Salt lands and white-wood forest
Salt-crystal blocks cover some Nether lands, and a mountainous forest adds white-wood trees and gold deposits similar to badlands.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Minecraft: Dark and Stark is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 that runs on client and server, and it is not open source, under All rights reserved. Cold Netherrack Biome is a Forge-only mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server, also under All rights reserved and not open source. Biome2 is server-side only for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.4, licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and not open source, so players can join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Cold Day In The Nether | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2024-11-16 |
| Minecraft: Dark and Stark | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-07-28 |
| Cold Netherrack Biome | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-01 |
| Biome2 | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-04-29 |
Questions
Does A Cold Day In The Nether need Geckolib?
Does the server need the mod installed?
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In the catalog
A Cold Day In The Nether is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 13,252 mods support Minecraft 1.21.3.
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What the author says
The Everfreeze Cirques is a cold wasteland. Where the temperature is below zero and the winds howl. The wood is frozen from ages past and the skies are prowled by Freezes. A cold cousin of the Blaze. Here you can find Sapphires and Prismatic Ice. Sapphires hold the same frozen properties as the biome. Prismatic Ice…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/a-cold-day-in-the-nether
- Owner
- Purpulear
- Published
- 2024-03-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-11-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15