The Dead Forests
The Dead Forests adds elementally themed biomes, weapons and mobs to the world, with a frosty forest, a burnt forest and a petrified plains biome among them.
What it does
Snow foxes and frostbitten skeletons inhabit the frosty biome, and Shiverlily flowers grow in its frozen wasteland. Coldstone appears much more often inside forests, and the Frost Crown is added as a fashion piece. Tree height is increased, and the Frosty Forest has been remastered.
Burnt forests hold enemies named Burnt and a passive mob called Ashgaze. Petrified plains are covered in mossy plants and hold living statues that take damage from melee attacks, change texture as their health drops, and are immune to melee attacks. A desert biome with mutated oasis-like cacti and a humid jungle with a tree house are also included.
The mod requires Geckolib to be installed, and it is published for Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is not open source, and the files are under All rights reserved.
Key features
Elementally themed biomes
Frosty, burnt, petrified, desert and jungle biomes each carry their own plants, mobs and loot.
Frost Crown and Shiverlilies
The Frost Crown is a new armor piece, and Shiverlily flowers are placed in frozen areas.
Statues and vine multitool
Living statues take melee damage and change texture as health drops, and a gem-smithed multitool cuts through vines.
Themed drops
Burnts rarely drop a red gem and frostbitten skeletons rarely drop a blue gem, both used in crafting.
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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.
Required 1
Use cases
Exploring new biomes
Players who travel far find new terrain, mobs and plants in each biome, including a humid jungle with a tree house holding an emerald.
Who it’s for: Players who want more biomes and mobs in their survival worlds, and server owners who add world generation content for players to explore.
How it compares
Frosty Biome is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20.1 with the same client and server environment, under All rights reserved. Red Forest is Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, but it is client-side only, so servers run without it. Biome2 is server-side only, under the Apache License 2.0, and reaches 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 on Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dead Forests | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-12 |
| Frosty Biome | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-15 |
| Red Forest | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-05-11 |
| Biome2 | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-04-29 |
Questions
Does The Dead Forests need Geckolib?
Does the server need The Dead Forests?
Which versions does The Dead Forests support?
In the catalog
The Dead Forests is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Feel free to distribute The Dead Forest in a Modpack but please credit me as this mod's creator on your page. Burnt forests house enemies aptly named the Burnt in addition to Ashgazes, a passive mob.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-dead-forests
- Owner
- BrotherBeanie
- Published
- 2025-07-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15