[DISCONTINUED] Runes and Dunes
Runes and Dunes, a discontinued Forge mod, adds desert discoveries to find while exploring sand, including gems, runes, tablets and a sifter for digging through dust.
What it does
Players explore desert sand to uncover hidden finds: gems such as Scorchstone, Veredite and Eclipsal, rune items and their rune blocks, sandy and shattered tablets, and dust with dust bricks, chiseled dust bricks and a sifter for sorting what is dug up. Papyrus, mahogany wood with a sapling, and wiltflower are added to the desert plant life.
The additions also include meerkat and legless mobs, a historian villager, excavation sites, desert monoliths and an excavation lantern. Installation covers the server and each player's game. It is published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1 – 1.20.2, with 1.2 for 1.20.1 as the latest file. Just Enough Items (JEI) is an optional dependency that adds item lookup for the new content.
Key features
Desert gems and runes
Three gems and matching rune items can be found in the sand, each with a rune block form for building.
Tablets and sifting
Sandy and shattered tablets can be found, and a sifter separates dust into the items it hides.
Desert plant life
Papyrus, mahogany logs and planks, a mahogany sapling and wiltflower grow in the desert.
Excavation sites and monoliths
Excavation sites and desert monoliths generate in the sand, giving fixed points to explore.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Optional 1
How it compares
Runes & Elementals is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved and is not open source. Mystic Runes is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License and is not open source. Secrets of the Void is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. Both sides need to run the mod for Runes and Dunes, while Unearthed Journey is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that works on either side, and neither side needs it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DISCONTINUED] Runes and Dunes | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2024-03-10 |
| Runes & Elementals | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-12-10 |
| Mystic Runes | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-12 |
| Secrets of the Void | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-01 |
| Unearthed Journey | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client or server, optional | 2025-09-06 |
Questions
Does Runes and Dunes need JEI?
Does Runes and Dunes have to be installed on the server?
Is Runes and Dunes still being updated?
In the catalog
[DISCONTINUED] Runes and Dunes is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
-Scorchstone Gem -Veredite Gem -Eclipsal Gem -Sandy Tablet -Shattered Tablet \ -Scorchstone Rune \ -Veredite Rune \ -Eclipsal Rune \ -Papyrus \ -Papyrus Culm (Found by the Sniffer) \ -Dust -Scorchstone Rune Block \ -Veredite Rune Block \ -Eclipsal Rune Block \ -Sifter \ -Excavation Lantern\ -Dust Block \ -Dust Bricks…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/runes-and-dunes
- Owner
- TheFluffycart55
- Published
- 2023-11-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-03-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15