Biome Makeover - Naturalist Compat
by Kanadeyoru
Biome Makeover - Naturalist Compat is a Forge compatibility patch that removes duplicate cattail blocks and items from Biome Makeover and Naturalist.
What it does
Biome Makeover and Naturalist both add a cattail, so a world can contain two versions of the same plant. This mod removes the duplicates and redirects anything that depended on the removed entries to the remaining ones, so recipes, mobs and blocks that referenced them keep working. Biome Makeover's cattail is the one kept in world generation, and Naturalist's cattail fluff is still produced by breaking Biome Makeover's cattail with bare hands.
The patch is meant for modpacks that combine both mods, where the overlap otherwise shows up as two near-identical items in creative inventories and loot. It also adjusts Naturalist's cattail loot tables and world generation so the surviving entries drop and spawn as intended. Its changes are listed in a changelog so pack makers can check what was removed.
The mod requires Biome Makeover and Naturalist, and it runs on Forge only, for 1.18.2 – 1.20.1. Both sides need it, so the server and every player install it. Files for 1.20.1 are the latest, with version 1.1.0 published on 2025-08-22. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Duplicate removal
Duplicate cattail blocks and items from the two mods are removed, leaving one version of each plant.
Redirected dependencies
Recipes and other references to removed entries are pointed to their equivalents, so they still resolve.
Loot table changes
Breaking Biome Makeover's cattail with shears enchanted with Silk Touch drops Biome Makeover's cattail, and bare-hand breaks drop Naturalist's cattail fluff.
World generation adjustments
Naturalist's cattail world generation is removed so the surviving cattail is the only version spawned in the world.
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 2
Use cases
Modpack builders
Pack makers who include both Biome Makeover and Naturalist can remove the overlap without editing data files by hand.
Who it’s for: The mod suits modpack makers and server owners running Forge 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 with both Biome Makeover and Naturalist installed.
Questions
Does Biome Makeover - Naturalist Compat need both other mods?
Does the server need this mod?
Which game versions does the patch support?
In the catalog
Biome Makeover - Naturalist Compat is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
The goal of these compat mods I'm making is to make mods work better together in modpacks by removing duplicate items, mobs, and blocks. It ensures that anything dependent on the removed items, mobs and blocks still works by redirecting those dependencies to the remaining equivalent items, mobs and blocks. ## List of…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/biome-makeover-naturalist-compat
- Owner
- Kanadeyoru
- Published
- 2024-11-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15