Kinda Winter Mode - Vanilla Foliage
by asapacey2
Kinda Winter Mode - Vanilla Foliage changes world generation so that snow covers the terrain, frozen water and tree foliage, and the biomes keep colourful grass.
What it does
Installed on a server, the datapack replaces vanilla terrain generation with a snowy version of the world. Ice and snow cover the surface, water freezes, and the atmosphere turns moody. Biome-based grass foliage keeps its colours, so the landscape stays varied while it snows.
Snow accumulation is governed by a gamerule and a weather setting. Players set the world type when creating a world or on an existing world, and the datapack has to be removed from the world folder to return to normal generation. Running it alongside other datapacks is not supported, because both replace vanilla world generation. Larger snow-piling values cost CPU time, and snow piles faster during snowy weather. The server requires the datapack, while players need nothing installed on the client. The mod is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license and is not open source.
Key features
Snow across the terrain
Snow covers the ground in every biome, so generated worlds look buried in winter from the first chunk.
Frozen surface water
Surface water freezes, and the frozen surfaces change how players cross lakes and rivers.
Biome grass foliage
Grass and foliage keep biome-based colours, so the snowy world still shows vanilla-style variety.
Snow piling control
The rate of snow piling up is set through a configurable value, with higher settings costing more CPU time.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x4 of 4 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and players who want a winter-themed world. Because the mod replaces world generation, it suits new worlds rather than existing ones with heavy terrain changes.
How it compares
Immersive Snow Reloaded is server-side only, published for 1.20.1 – 26.3 under the MIT License, so players need nothing installed. Snowy Weather is server required with optional client, under the MIT License and published for 1.16 – 26.3. Everlasting Winter is client and server, under All rights reserved, with files for 1.20 – 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinda Winter Mode - Vanilla Foliage | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.2 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-03 |
| Immersive Snow Reloaded | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-03 |
| Snowy Weather | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-22 |
| Everlasting Winter | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Does the server need the datapack for players to join?
Can a world run this datapack alongside other world generation datapacks?
How is a world returned to normal generation?
In the catalog
Kinda Winter Mode - Vanilla Foliage is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Inspired by the short-lived Alpha version's Winter Mode, this time on modern Minecraft version! (26.*+) Incompatible with datapacks or mods that overrides vanilla generation. Ex: Geophilic
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/kinda-winter-mode-vanilla-foliage
- Owner
- asapacey2
- Published
- 2026-07-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15