Under the Moon
Under the Moon is a Forge world generation mod for 1.20.1 that adds biomes which appear only at night, together with the mobs, loot and items found in them.
What it does
Creep Forest is the main biome. It generates in the Overworld, most often close to Old Growth Taiga biomes, and it contains tall Sweptwood Trees with their own wood set, along with Moonflowers and Puffball Shrooms. Players can combine the Puffball Shrooms and Moonflowers into Puffball Soup, and eating it grants an Adrenaline effect that adds speed and strength near monsters. Abandoned Cabins are scattered through the biome, and their loot includes Moonstones, which serve as a base material for several new items and weapons.
The mod also adds Moon Lamps that attract moths at night, a Moonlight Receiver redstone block whose output follows the phase of the moon, five new paintings, a Thorned potion brewed from a Cursed Acorn, and a Thorned effect that passes damage from a mob to nearby mobs. Creep Forest has its own night-only mobs, including Night Crawlers that appear only during a new moon and can be bred with Puffball Shrooms, and Echobugs that gather in groups and communicate with glowing tails.
Installation requires GeckoLib and Mino's Particle Presets. Under the Moon is client and server, so both the server and every player need it. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Night-only biome
Creep Forest appears only after dark, with its own trees, plants and a set of mobs that spawn at night.
Puffball Soup
Puffball Shrooms and Moonflowers combine into a soup that gives a temporary speed and strength boost near monsters.
Moonstones and cabins
Abandoned Cabins hold loot, and Moonstones from that loot are the key material for many new items and weapons.
Moonlight Receiver
A redstone block whose output changes with the lunar cycle, alongside Moon Lamps that draw moths at night.
Laser attack
A trusted monster can shoot lasers that turn a damaged mob into a large amount of experience, with a one-minute cooldown.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
More Forests is client-side only, so servers run without it, and is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Sniper's Moon is client and server and under All rights reserved, and the Spider Moon and Black Moon builds cover 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 on Fabric and Forge, which Under the Moon does not, since its files are Forge 1.20.1 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Moon | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-07 |
| More Forests | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2024-07-07 |
| Sniper's Moon | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-31 |
| Spider Moon | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-02 |
| Black Moon | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-02 |
Questions
Does Under the Moon need GeckoLib?
Does the server need Under the Moon?
Which game versions does Under the Moon support?
In the catalog
Under the Moon is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
THIS MOD REQUIRES GECKOLIB AND MINO'S PARTICLE PRESETS MOD TO RUN... Under the Moon is a Minecraft mod for 1.20.1 Forge that aims to improve exploration at night time by adding new biomes that only come to life at night. Currently there is one biome in the mod which is the Creep Forest. New biomes will be added with…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/under-the-moon
- Owner
- portakalcevheri
- Published
- 2024-08-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-09-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
