The Wastes | Custom Overworld from the Wastes SMP
by kanokarob
The Wastes adds a custom overworld for servers, where desolate terrain, scarce resources and new threats replace the standard surface of the world.
What it does
The worldgen pack reshapes the surface of the overworld into a wasteland. Villages may be abandoned and carry zombie variants, farm animals such as horses appear on sand, red sand and terracotta, and husks, parched and camel husk jockeys spawn in the new biomes. Rivers have dried into riverbeds and warm oceans have been emptied, while caves are more common and stretch wider across the surface and the bottom of the world.
Ores stay close to vanilla, with a Blackstone layer added underground. Bonemeal used on grass blocks in these biomes produces noise-based random flowers that resemble the vanilla flower. The mod is a server requirement, so servers must run it and players may add it to their clients. It is distributed under a custom license, and the code is not open source.
The content is built as a data pack that was created for the Wastes SMP, a server hosted by emchmu. The author reports that over 40 Minecraft creators took part on the server, and that the survived world lasted only 30 real days. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, covering game versions 1.21.11 – 26.3 across five release versions.
Key features
Desolate overworld terrain
Biomes are reworked into a dry wasteland, with scarce resources spread across the surface.
Abandoned villages
Villages appear abandoned and include zombie variants that change how exploration feels.
Dried waterways
Rivers become riverbeds and warm oceans are emptied, so water is hard to find.
Expanded caves
Caves are more common and reach further across the surface and the bottom of the world.
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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.
How it compares
Desolate Dwellings is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.10 with client and server environment, under All rights reserved and not open source. End of Minecraft is a Fabric mod for 1.20.4 with client and server environment, released under the MIT License and open source. Acid Wasteland runs on all four loaders for 1.21.4, is server required with client optional, and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wastes | Custom Overworld from the Wastes SMP | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-15 |
| Desolate Dwellings | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-10-13 |
| End of Minecraft | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-01-06 |
| Acid Wasteland | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-05-30 |
Questions
Does The Wastes need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does The Wastes support?
Can The Wastes run on a server without any other mods?
In the catalog
The Wastes | Custom Overworld from the Wastes SMP is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This data pack was created for the Wastes SMP hosted by emchmu. THis server features over 40 Minecraft creators who survived in this world for only 30 real days.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-wastes
- Owner
- kanokarob
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15