SD5

Installing SD5 is done by dragging the pack into a world and choosing the Default world generation preset, after which the world consists of the Vanilla Desert biome only, with oceans made of surface water, sand and stone. Alongside the modified world generation, the pack adds a temperature bar that rises when a player stands in the sun for too long near fire or lava and falls in freezing cold. Caves are mostly underground, and the deeper a player goes, the colder it gets. Standing in water reduces the heat considerably.

The hydration bar drains faster while a player moves, jumps, sprints or crouches, and faster still in warm or dry places such as the Nether. Standard water bottles refill it, and some food items help later on. New tools, armour, counters, blocks and crafting processes add to the survival content. The data pack is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and it works as a server data pack with no client-side install required.

Files are released for 1.21.6 – 26.2, and the latest file is 1.6.4+mod for 26.2. The pack is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and its source code and issue tracker are public. The author recommends always using the latest version of the pack. Older versions of Minecraft may still run the pack, although the author makes no promise that it will work without problems.