Badlands Overhaul
by n8-M4x
Badlands Overhaul places structures into the empty badlands biome, where it generates villages, pyramids and a witch hut with a piston door, and it adds a loot-filled barrel in each.
What it does
The biome has few structures in vanilla, so this mod fills it with a village, a pyramid, and a witch hut. Badlands Pyramid hides a redstone trap, and the witch hut opens through a piston door. Structures contain barrels with loot that players cannot get elsewhere, so a trip to the biome has a reward.
Only the server has to run the mod to generate the structures; clients may leave it out and still join. The mod is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 7 release versions, 1.21 – 1.21.6, and it is also offered as a data pack for servers. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Badlands village
A village generates in the badlands biome, giving players a settlement in a biome that is otherwise empty.
Pyramid with a redstone trap
The Badlands Pyramid contains a hidden redstone trap that players must find or avoid.
Witch hut with piston door
The witch hut uses a piston door as its entrance, so access depends on how the door is operated.
Loot barrels
Structures hold barrels with loot, and the items are not sold or found in other structures.
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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.
Use cases
Exploring the badlands
Players travelling through the badlands biome find the structures as landmarks on a survival or adventure map.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want more to find in the badlands, and players on a server that runs the mod.
How it compares
Muffin's Structures is server-side too, but it is released under the Apache License 2.0 and covers more versions, 1.21 – 1.21.11. Wild west structures is server-side only, under All rights reserved, and targets 1.19.2 – 1.21.8 on the same loaders. Both add other structures rather than badlands-focused ones.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badlands Overhaul | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.6 | Server required, client optional | 2025-06-18 |
| Muffin's Structures | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-21 |
| Wild west structures | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-01-28 |
Questions
Does Badlands Overhaul need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders are supported?
Can the structures be added without installing the mod?
In the catalog
Badlands Overhaul is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 13,625 mods support Minecraft 1.21.6.
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What the author says
This datapack / mod adds new Structures to the empty Badlands Biome. Since the badlands biomes are very empty when it comes to structures, I've created this mod which generates villages and pyramids in a badlands-style. All structures contain barrels with loot you won't leave behind!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/badlands-overhaul
- Owner
- n8-M4x
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15