Retro Shugar Cane

Sugar cane in the world normally takes on a color that depends on its biome. This Forge mod removes that biome color tinting from placed sugar cane, returning it to the appearance the plant had in earlier releases of the game. The same biome color overlay is also removed from other plants that use it, so their colors stay fixed too.

The mod is aimed at players who want the feel of the older game in a 1.8.9 world. It is a client-side only change, so players install it alone and servers do not need it. The author includes before and after screenshots to show the difference, and the code is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, which places it in the public domain and is not open source.

Files exist only for Forge and only for 1.8.9, published on 2026-09-01. The author reports that the mod was checked for bugs, and asks users to report any incompatibility with other mods in the comments so it can be addressed in later versions. Other people may use the mod freely, including in mod packs and ports, as long as the author is credited.