Dappled Forest Backport
by mopicter
Dappled Forest Backport brings red, orange and yellow poplar trees, a full poplar wood set and autumn-toned vegetation into Minecraft 1.20.1 for Fabric players.
What it does
Dappled Forest adds a normal Overworld biome modeled on the autumn forest, so 1.20.1 worlds gain colourful poplar trees with growable saplings. The poplar set covers planks, stairs, slabs, fences, doors, boats and chest boats, and crafting, axe stripping and log crafting are available for each piece.
The biome is added to existing worlds, but already generated chunks keep their current biomes, and only unexplored chunks take the new one. Abandoned camps and fallen poplar trees appear in the new biome, along with shrubs, mushrooms on shelves and patches of coarse dirt. The mod is published for Fabric 1.20.1 only, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The author notes compatibility with Panda's Falling Trees.
The project is an independent, unofficial backport affiliated with neither Mojang Studios nor Microsoft, and it is not open source; the code is held under All rights reserved. Back up important worlds before adding it to an existing save, since world generation changes cannot be undone for generated chunks.
Key features
Poplar trees in three colours
Red, orange and yellow poplar trees grow in the biome, each with saplings that can be grown into full trees.
Complete poplar wood set
Planks, stairs, slabs, fences, doors, trapdoors and buttons are all craftable from poplar logs, with axe stripping supported.
Poplar boats and chest boats
Poplar boats and chest boats are functional, so players can travel through the forest by water.
Abandoned camps and fallen trees
Abandoned camps and fallen poplar trees give the biome ruined and overgrown spots to explore.
Wool stairs and slabs
Wool stairs and slabs come in sixteen colours, for building in the autumn palette.
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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.
Questions
Does Dappled Forest Backport need Fabric API?
Do servers and players both need the mod?
Will existing chunks get the new biome?
In the catalog
Dappled Forest Backport is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Dappled Forest Backport brings a newer autumn forest experience to Minecraft 1.20.1 for players who want to keep using their established Fabric modpacks. Created and maintained by mopicter, it adds the Dappled Forest as a normal Overworld biome just as the snapshot. The mod can be added to any existing world…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dappled-forest-backport
- Owner
- mopicter
- Published
- 2026-07-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
