desert blocks and items
Desert blocks and items adds sand blocks, a new ore, a desert biome called Relium and four structures to the Forge desert.
What it does
Blocks and items for the desert arrive through Forge, with sand variants and a new ore for building and mining. Structures from the mod generate in the desert mainland, and the biome called Relium is added alongside them. Client and server both run it, so every player on a server needs the mod installed.
Key features
Sand block variants
A range of sand blocks gives builders new materials for desert constructions.
New ore
An ore is added to the desert, giving miners a source not found in the vanilla deserts.
Relium biome and structures
A biome called Relium joins the mainland, with four different structures placed in the desert.
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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.
How it compares
Sab's Structures Reworked is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, also run on client and server, and it covers desert structures too. Simple Structures: Desert is server required with client optional, released under the MIT License, and built for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.20 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| desert blocks and items | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-04 |
| Sab's Structures Reworked | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-31 |
| Simple Structures: Desert | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does the mod need to be on the server?
Which game version does it support?
In the catalog
desert blocks and items is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
the mod adds block and items and structures related to the desert this mod adds lots of sand blocks and a new ore called relium (shown below) it also adds a varies of items(below) and finally it adds a biome called desert mainland, which has 4 different structures.(below)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/desert-blocks-and-items
- Owner
- alphasteaming
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-02-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15