Nice Life: Eternal Winter

Name: Nice Life: Eternal Winter
Author: mittensDev

Nice Life: Eternal Winter covers the Overworld in snow, including jungles and deserts, and keeps snow falling as a winter challenge for players and servers.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalApache License 2.0Open source1.21.9 – 1.21.10

What it does

Nice Life: Eternal Winter turns the whole Overworld into a snow-covered world. Snow piles up on the ground and snow particles drift through the air, which gives the atmosphere a chilly, constant winter feel. The mod is inspired by the Life series by Grian, and its author describes the result as a cozy winter challenge with snow that keeps coming down and burying the world around the player, so a shovel is worth keeping ready.

The mod is installed on a server and runs there, so players can join without it, while a client that also has it gets the full effect. Builds exist for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt on 1.21.9 and 1.21.10, and a data pack version is available as well. It is released under the Apache License 2.0 and is open source, and the source code and issue tracker are public. The latest files are 1.0-beta5+mod for 1.21.10, dated 2025-12-28 on the beta channel.

Key features

Snow-covered Overworld
Surface blocks across the Overworld are covered in snow, including biomes that would normally have none.
Snow piling effect
Snow accumulates on the ground over time, so the landscape changes as the winter goes on.
Constant snowfall
Snow keeps falling around the player, burying parts of the world and making a shovel useful.
Snow particle effects
Falling snow particles fill the air, adding to the chilly atmosphere of the world.

Gallery

Snow covered overworld · Even the swamp has frozen over!

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases

Every published file is a beta or alpha build.

Version

1.21.101.0-beta5+mod1.0-beta5+mod1.0-beta5+mod1.0-beta5+mod

1.21.91.0-beta5+mod1.0-beta5+mod1.0-beta5+mod1.0-beta5+mod

ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Winter challenge worlds

Players who want a harsh, cold survival setting can run a world where snow covers every biome.

Shared server winters

Server owners can run a persistent winter for everyone on the server, since the snow effects are applied on the server side.

Who it’s for: Players who want a long winter in survival worlds, and server owners who want a snow-covered Overworld for their community.

Questions

Does this mod need to be on the client?

No. Server owners install it, and players can join with or without it. A client with the mod gets the full snow effects.

Which loaders and versions does this mod support?

Builds exist for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt on 1.21.9 and 1.21.10, and a data pack version is also available.

Does this mod require any other mod?

No required dependency is listed for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

In the catalog

Nice Life: Eternal Winter is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.