Falling Leaves Plus

Each tree type sheds its own collection of particles. Oak trees release acorns, spruce trees drop cones, and other leaf types each bring several particle textures so the falling debris looks less repetitive. Snow-covered leaves release snowflakes instead, which adds to the atmosphere of winter landscapes. Rain and thunderstorms raise particle activity and wind strength, so storms look livelier.

Leaves swirl, drift and fall at different speeds in response to a configurable wind direction, and particles collide with the visual shapes of blocks so they settle more believably. Density, size, lifetime, wind, gravity and the set of affected blocks can all be adjusted. Modded trees can receive their own particle textures and behaviors through resource packs, which lets the system extend past the trees vanilla Minecraft includes.

The mod is client-side only: a player installs it, and the server does not need it. It requires Fabric API, Forge Config API Port and Puzzles Lib, with Puzzles Lib installed on Fabric and NeoForge. Falling Leaves Plus is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 and is published for Fabric and NeoForge across 8 release versions, 1.21.1 – 26.3.