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Oka's Better Desert

by Okamiz

Oka's Better Desert adds blocks, food, a new wood type, wool variants, oasis areas and a large desert dungeon to the vanilla desert biome.

FabricClient and serverAll rights reserved1.20.1

What it does

The mod expands the desert biome with new blocks and items: eight sandstone variants and five red sandstone variants, a cactus wood type since desert trees are present, and two new wool variants, Royal Wool and Tiled Wool, crafted from wool and string. New cactus items such as dried cactus, cactus food and cactus soup can be found in the world.

Oasis areas can be found in the desert biome, and the mod adds a large desert dungeon along with new structures. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Builds are published for Fabric only, for 1.20.1, and Fabric API is required and must be installed alongside it. The latest file is 1.25, released on 2024-05-17, and the mod is not open source; it is under All rights reserved.

Key features

  1. Sandstone variants

    Eight sandstone variants and five red sandstone variants join the vanilla sandstone family for building.

  2. Cactus items and wood

    Dried cactus, cactus food and cactus soup are added, along with a cactus wood type with its own trees in the desert.

  3. Royal and tiled wool

    Royal Wool and Tiled Wool are crafted from wool and string, giving new decorative wool options.

  4. Oasis and desert dungeon

    Oasis areas in the desert biome and a new huge desert dungeon add structures for exploration.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.11.25
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Use cases

Desert builds

Players building in sand regions can use the new sandstone and red sandstone variants for houses, paths and decoration.

Desert exploration

Adventure players can search the desert biome for oases and the new dungeon, and gather cactus items there.

Who it’s for: Players who want more decoration and exploration content in the vanilla desert, on single-player worlds or multiplayer servers running Fabric and Fabric API.

Questions

Does Oka's Better Desert need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency and must be installed with the mod on Fabric for 1.20.1.

Does the mod have to be installed on the server?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which loader and version are supported?

The mod is published for Fabric only, and all files target 1.20.1. The latest file is 1.25, released on 2024-05-17.

In the catalog

Oka's Better Desert is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 1.20.134,764

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What the author says

Oka's Better Desert is a vanilla friendly mod that improves the Desert Biome by adding new blocks, items and structures. You can find an oasis in the desert biome.
Okamiz, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Okamiz
Published
2024-05-09
Updated on Modrinth
2024-05-17
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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