Desolate

The mod's goal is to add biomes that feel unlike most vanilla overworld biomes, with a bleak, lifeless tone that is even hostile to players. The current release adds only one biome, Burnt Forests, which is covered in ashes. Burnt Trees grow there despite the name, and their fungus-like form sets them apart from vanilla trees. Creepers and Silverfish spawn in the Burnt Forests alongside the usual monsters. Small Burnt Cabins generate within the biome as a simple structure.

The mod also adds Cruenum Forests, a warm biome where Cruenum Trees grow. Burnt Stems come from the Burnt Trees and are used to craft a separate set of blocks and simple wooden tools. Raw Steel is made from raw iron and coal, smelted into steel ingots, and those can be pressed into steel blocks like copper, then cut into stairs and slabs. The mod also adds Crates and Reinforced Crates for storage, plus Ashes and Hardened Ashes, where only Ashes respond to gravity. Cender Berries are a food source from bushes that grow only in the Burnt Forest biomes, and each one restores 4 hunger points when eaten.

Desolate is published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1, and is released under the MIT License without being open source. The server and every player need the mod installed.