What is 'Stone'? (Colorful Caves)
by Numerosityy
Colorful Caves changes the stone that generates in existing caves, replacing plain Stone with real-world rock variants, and the mod also extends the Badlands with new terracotta-replacing blocks.
What it does
The mod's central idea is that the generic block called Stone covers many different rock types, so Colorful Caves swaps the vanilla caves for a more varied palette. Stone is replaced with named real-life variants during world generation, and the same caves keep their vanilla layout. Badlands biomes get a smaller overhaul, where new blocks take the place of most terracotta.
The mod needs Excavated Variants installed on Forge and NeoForge for the stone and cobblestone variants to work as intended. It is distributed under the MIT License and is not open source. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files cover 1.19.2, 1.19.4, 1.20.1 and 1.20.4, with 1.0 for 1.20.1 and 1.0 for 1.20.4 as the latest files.
Key features
Varied cave stone
Vanilla stone in caves is replaced with real rock variants, so cave walls show different types of rock.
Badlands terracotta replacement
In Badlands biomes, new blocks replace most of the terracotta, adding color to the landscape.
Forge-tagged stone recipes
Forge tags allow tools and furnaces to be crafted from the new stone variants.
Cobblestone conversion recipes
Recipes convert groups of four stone variants into cobblestone in the crafting grid, which keeps the inventory from filling with many blocks.
Decorative stone blocks
Polished, brick and chiseled variants with stairs and slabs add building blocks for the new stone types.
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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.
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want more visual variety underground and builders who want real rock types as materials. Server owners can add it to a world without changing where caves generate.
How it compares
World of Lush Caves is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.19 – 1.21.4 that is not open source, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it is server required with the client optional. Dimensions of Alex's Caves is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server and is open source under the MIT License. Rock and Block is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is 'Stone'? (Colorful Caves) | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-05-25 |
| World of Lush Caves | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19 – 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-02-13 |
| Dimensions of Alex's Caves | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-09 |
| Rock and Block | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-13 |
Questions
Does Colorful Caves require Excavated Variants?
Which loaders does Colorful Caves support?
Does Colorful Caves need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
What is 'Stone'? (Colorful Caves) is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
I've always found it weird that Minecraft just has a block called 'Stone'. What a generic term, and you're using it to cover so many different types of stone. To fix this, we replaced all stone blocks with real life variants!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/what-is-stone-colorful-caves
- Owner
- Numerosityy
- Published
- 2023-05-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15