Habitat
Players who explore the Overworld find Habitat adds plants, birds, a slime fern, a rabbit mob and cacti to biomes that already exist in vanilla terrain.
What it does
Habitat adds new content to older Overworld biomes: a Rafflesia in jungles, Kabloom bushes and fruit on plains, and four colors of ball cactus in deserts and badlands. Fairy ring mushrooms and the pooka, a mushroom rabbit mob, appear in dark forests. Passerine songbirds spawn across several forest, taiga, jungle, savanna and grove biomes, including old growth and windswept variants.
Habitat is open source under the MIT License, is published for Forge and NeoForge, and works with game versions 1.16.5 – 1.20.5. It is a Client and server mod, so the server and every player need it. No required dependency is listed for Forge and NeoForge.
Key features
Jungle and plains flora
A Rafflesia spawns in jungle biomes, while Kabloom bushes bear fruit in plains biomes.
Underground slime ferns
Slime ferns generate underground in slime chunks, at heights below 40.
Colored ball cacti
Ball cactus comes in four colors and grows in deserts and badlands.
Fairy rings and pooka
Fairy ring mushrooms and the pooka mob appear in dark forests.
Songbird spawns
Passerines spawn across forest, taiga, jungle, savanna and grove biomes.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.17.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.
Use cases
Exploring old biomes
Players who travel the Overworld find new plants and creatures in biomes they already know.
Who it’s for: Players who want more life in the Overworld, and server owners who want new biome content without a new world.
How it compares
Extended Mushrooms is also open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.15.2 – 1.20.1 on Forge, NeoForge and client and server. Abnormals Delight is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 with a custom license and is not open source. Habitat covers game versions up to 1.20.5 and focuses on biome content rather than mushrooms or food blocks.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.5 | Client and server | 2026-08-19 |
| Extended Mushrooms | Forge and NeoForge | 1.15.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-21 |
| Abnormals Delight | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Which loader does Habitat support?
Does Habitat need to be installed on the server?
Does Habitat change fairy ring mushroom crafting?
In the catalog
Habitat is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 8,981 mods support Minecraft 1.20.5.
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What the author says
Habitat is a Forge Overworld expansion mod that aims to add content to pre-existing biomes and to add new biomes in the future. Compatibility: - Enhanced Mushrooms: When Enhanced Mushrooms is installed, Fairy Ring Mushroom stem is replaced by a version that works like Enhanced Mushrooms' mushroom stems, which can be…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/habitat
- Owner
- SnappyDragon64
- Published
- 2023-01-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15