Withered Lands
by nightkosh
Withered Lands is a NeoForge mob mod, a spiritual successor to Gravestone Mod, that adds slime variants tied to desert, cold, swamp, jungle, cave, deep underground and nether biomes.
What it does
Each new slime spawns in a specific biome or depth and applies a status effect on contact, from slowness in the sand to darkness in the deep caves. Some slimes also alter the blocks around them: frozen slimes place snow, mud slimes turn dirt into mud, jungle slimes place moss, and toxic sludge converts damaged blocks into rusted variants.
Several creatures return from the original game, and new unique mobs expand the set, aimed at players who want a harder challenge than vanilla slimes give. Molten slimes appear in the nether near destroyed portals in the overworld, and big slimes split on death, including over powder snow.
The mod is built around NeoForge and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for 26.2 and the wider range 1.21.11 – 26.2, with 1.6.9 as the latest file. It is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and is open source.
Key features
Biome-specific slimes
Sandy, frozen, mud, jungle and cave slimes each spawn in a biome that matches their name.
Status effects on contact
Slimes apply slowness, freezing, nausea, poison, weakness, darkness or rust, depending on the variant.
Block-changing slimes
Frozen slimes place snow, mud slimes replace dirt and jungle slimes place moss blocks.
Splitting big slimes
Large slimes split when they die, and a death over powder snow leaves smaller slimes behind.
Nether molten slimes
Molten slimes spawn in the nether near destroyed portals in the overworld, linking the two dimensions.
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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.
Use cases
Harder slime encounters
The variants and their effects make slime fights in each biome more dangerous than vanilla slimes.
Who it’s for: The mod suits players who want slime encounters with more variety and challenge, and server owners who run NeoForge worlds and want additional mobs in their biomes.
How it compares
Slime chunk: Spawn-Proof is open source under the MIT License and published for 1.21.1, but it is a server-side mod, so players join without installing it. Resourceful Slimes is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and targets 26.1.2 – 26.2 on NeoForge. Withered Lands runs on both client and server, and adds biome-tied variants with status effects rather than resizing or resource slimes.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withered Lands | NeoForge | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-27 |
| Slime chunk: Spawn-Proof | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-08-18 |
| Resourceful Slimes | NeoForge | 26.1.2 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-29 |
Questions
Does Withered Lands need to be installed on both sides?
Which game versions does Withered Lands support?
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In the catalog
Withered Lands is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
This mod is a spiritual successor to Gravestone Mod – Extended. It brings back all of the original creatures and expands upon them with new, unique mobs designed to enrich and challenge the gameplay experience. The main goal of the mod is to make exploration more engaging and dangerous, especially during the early…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/withered-lands
- Owner
- nightkosh
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15