Desert Lapis
by chromakey
Desert Lapis adds extra lapis lazuli ore to desert terrain, placed by the same rules that govern gold ore in badlands.
What it does
The data pack generates additional lapis lazuli ore inside deserts, using the placement logic that vanilla applies to gold ore in badlands. Ore clusters appear between y 32 and y 64, so players who dig for lapis at that depth in desert regions find more of it than in vanilla worlds. The mod is open source under the MIT License, and the same files ship for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt on 1.21.11 only. Only the server needs it; players may join without installing it.
Key features
Desert lapis ore
Extra lapis lazuli ore generates in desert biomes, adding a new source of lapis for players exploring those regions.
Badlands-style placement
The ore uses the same generation rules as the extra gold ore in badlands, so the two features follow a matching pattern.
Depth range
The added lapis sits above y 32 and up to y 64, the band where players usually search for ore in deserts.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Desert Lapis need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Desert Lapis support?
In the catalog
Desert Lapis is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
This pack adds extra lapis lazuli ore in the desert. It generates with the same rules as extra gold ore in the badlands: above y = 32.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/desert-lapis
- Owner
- chromakey
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15