Alive | Dynamic Dirt & Physics

Once a world is played, the surface begins to age. Stone turns into cobblestone, grass and stone can grow moss, and dirt slowly breaks down. Decay is anchored mostly to the surface, so blocks below ground and under the ocean change more slowly.

Block collapse physics is the second part of the mod. A block supported unstably, one block thick, can fall apart, and a dropped item landing on unstable ground can trigger a collapse, for example after mining into a cave and having a heavy item bring the floor down. The mod is set up through a config, and this release is a work-in-progress setup for 26.2, so some issues and odd behavior should be expected, especially in worlds ported from backups.

The mod is part of the Alive Modding Ecosystem and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 21 release versions, 1.19.4 – 26.3, under All rights reserved, and it is not open source.