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The Backrooms Update

by MC_CREATIONS

The Backrooms Update is a NeoForge mod that adds an endless, multi-level liminal dimension to Minecraft, built from vanilla blocks and textures.

NeoForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.21.1 – 1.21.11

What it does

The dimension is made of rooms that continue without a fixed end. Some floors are not solid: thin spots appear across the surface of the overworld, where patches of ground look exactly like floor but give way under weight. A player who walks over one falls through and arrives in the dimension. A portal opens after the first crack, and it runs both ways, so a return trip always leads back to the same spot in the overworld, which can be found again.

The dimension, called the Complex, is stacked sixty-four floors deep. Each floor is dark, sorted and themed, with stretches that shift from one area to the next. Yellow walls with damp carpet and endless buzz from lights, pale quartz pool rooms with shallow water that never seems to end, and wide green grasslands under a flat blue sky all appear. A shaft opens into the floor below, and once the ground gives out, a pit can swallow ten floors at once. Lower floors grow darker and lonelier, and a fall through the lowest floor brings the player back to the top.

The mod draws its look entirely from vanilla assets, which keeps it light and compatible with shader and resource packs. It is a standalone NeoForge mod and needs no other mods. Files are published for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, and the latest NeoForge file is 2.0.0 for 1.21.11.

Key features

  1. Endless liminal dimension

    A multi-level dimension of rooms that continue without a fixed end, reached through an opening in the world.

  2. Hidden thin floors

    Patches of ground on the overworld surface look like normal floor but give way when a player stands on them.

  3. Two-way portal

    A portal opens after the first fall and connects the overworld to the dimension in both directions.

  4. Sixty-four themed floors

    The Complex is stacked into sixty-four floors of dark, sorted rooms, including yellow walls, pool rooms and grasslands.

  5. Descending shafts

    Shafts and pits drop the player to lower floors, and a fall through the lowest floor returns the player to the top.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.21.112.0.0
1.21.102.0.0
1.21.92.0.0
1.21.82.0.0
1.21.72.0.0
1.21.62.0.0
1.21.52.0.0
1.21.42.0.0
1.21.32.0.0
1.21.22.0.0
1.21.12.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

How it compares

Full comparison

Backrooms Mod is a client and server NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License, and is not open source. Liminal is a client and server NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.8 under All rights reserved, and is not open source. The Backrooms Update covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 and is not open source.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
The Backrooms UpdateNeoForge1.21.1 – 1.21.11Client and server2026-07-27
Backrooms ModNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2026-02-21
LiminalNeoForge1.21.1 – 1.21.8Client and server2026-10-10

Questions

Does The Backrooms Update need other mods?

No. The mod is standalone and requires no other mods to run on NeoForge.

Does the server need the mod?

Yes. Installation covers the server and each player's game.

Which game versions have files?

Files exist for 1.21.1, 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10 and 1.21.11.

In the catalog

The Backrooms Update is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,801 Cursed mods for NeoForge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

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What the author says

Some floors aren't as solid as they look. A standalone NeoForge mod that folds an endless liminal dimension into Minecraft — rooms that go on forever, something that hunts you in the dark, and a very long way down. No other mods required. Built entirely from vanilla blocks and textures, so it stays light and looks…
MC_CREATIONS, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
MC_CREATIONS
Published
2026-06-15
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-27
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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