Gelaria
by _Ice_Lord_
Gelaria is a Forge and NeoForge mod that adds a frozen winter dimension, ice and snow blocks in many variants, and a portal built from ice.
What it does
The mod adds a frozen dimension with its own biomes, creatures and progression, themed on winter and Christmas. Ice and snow come in many variants: coloured ice, packed snow bricks, stairs, slabs, walls and glowing ice that does not melt. Ice blocks can be mined with an Ice Pickaxe that keeps them intact through silk touch, and the ice tag gelaria:ice_blocks groups them for other content.
Gelaria changes several vanilla mechanics. Powder snow stacks in inventory, the cold freezes a player standing in cold biomes unless they wear leather or fur armour, and a new sword enchantment and potion effects are added. Ice compression recipes use four blocks of the previous tier instead of nine, and snowballs and snow layers convert back and forth. Some commands are disabled. Geckolib is required, and the mod is published for Forge and NeoForge across 12 release versions, 1.16.5 – 1.21.10, under All rights reserved.
Key features
Frozen dimension
A winter dimension with exclusive biomes, creatures and a game progression of its own, with a feeling of an alien planet.
Ice and snow variants
Coloured ice, packed snow bricks, stairs, slabs, walls and glowing ice blocks, with ice that does not melt in the world.
Stackable powder snow
Powder snow stacks in inventory slots, and cold biomes freeze a player unless the player wears leather or fur armour.
Gelarian portal
A 5x5 frame of cold blocks with 8 transparent ice blocks and an Enchanted Ice in the middle opens a portal to the dimension, which slowly converts into ice.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Xyza's Ice Mod is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 only, under All rights reserved and not open source, with a client and server environment. Frozen│疾凍 is open source under the MIT License, runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.2 – 1.21.11, and is server required with client optional, unlike Gelaria's client and server setup. Real Nether is server required with client optional and is not open source, released under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gelaria | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2026-04-21 |
| Xyza's Ice Mod | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-13 |
| Frozen│疾凍 | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.2 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-04-27 |
| Real Nether | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-08 |
Questions
Does Gelaria require another mod?
Does the server need Gelaria?
How is the Gelarian portal built?
Can a player leave the dimension?
In the catalog
Gelaria is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
Vanilla-friendly winter-themed (no christmas) frozen world dimension with exclusive biomes, creatures, game progression and many different variants of ice and snow, including coloured ice, packed snow, stairs, slabs, walls, glowing ice which doesn't melt ice and snow and ice tools with innate silk touch for mining…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/gelaria
- Owner
- _Ice_Lord_
- Published
- 2024-10-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15