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BetterNether Forge

by Raijin2312 · for Minecraft

An unofficial port of the BetterNether mod to Forge, bringing the latest content to 1.20.1 and adding improvements to the Nether, including plants, biomes, structures, and world generation

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About BetterNether Forge

From Modrinth

An unofficial port of the BetterNether mod to Forge, bringing the latest content to 1.20.1 and adding improvements to the Nether, including plants, biomes, structures, and world generation

BetterNether (Unofficial Forge Port) — Minecraft 1.20.1

This project is an unofficial Forge port of Paulev’s Fabric mod “BetterNether” for Minecraft 1.20.1, including bug fixes and a few small balance/quality tweaks. Forge only (not Fabric / not Forge). Required on: both client and server. Requires: BCLib, WunderLib

Latest BetterNether Content

BetterNether Forge for 1.20.1 includes all content introduced in the latest BetterNether releases.

All additions have been fully integrated and adapted specifically for this Minecraft version and the Forge mod loader.

Included New Content

  • The complete Gloomwood biome
  • Bleached, Veined, and Molten Gloomsculk terrain
  • Gloomwood trees, leaves, saplings, grass, and vegetation
  • Gloomsculk geodes, crystals, vines, and lamps
  • Interactive glowing Gloomwisps
  • Complete Gloomwood and Dark Gloomwood building sets
  • Gloomwood boats and chest boatsNew furniture, containers, signs, and decorative blocks
  • Three new biome music tracks and collectible music discs
  • New advancements, block mechanics, particles, sounds, and world-generation features

About BetterNether

BetterNether makes adventures in the Nether more exciting by adding new biomes, plants, and materials. You’ll encounter new challenging monsters (like the Naga), explore dark dungeons taken over by Nether creatures, and use new tools with unique improvements to help you survive. Builders also get lots of unique blocks and additional variants of familiar vanilla blocks.

Features

  • Dozens of new plants for the Nether
  • New Nether mobs
  • New unique biomes
  • Vertical and volumetric biome system (supporting other mods and datapacks)
  • Many new materials, recipes, food, tools, and items
  • Ability to farm some materials using plant farms and mob farms
  • Many Nether structures, including big and rare Nether Cities
  • Ability to configure presence of blocks, items, structures, biomes, and plant density (and a config GUI with the ModsMenu mod)
  • Integrations with some other mods

Fixes and changes in this Forge 1.20.1 port

  • Added compatibility with the TerraBlender library and mods that use it (Luminous Nether, Garden of the Dead, Biomes O' Plenty, Oh The Biomes We've Gone, etc.)
  • Add Ruby item and block tags for better compatibility (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Fix Stripped Rubeus Log/Bark textures (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Only use Bark wood variant for trees (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Improved music system (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Change (suggestion): removed the Sculk Catalyst from loot tables (thanks Yukiroshi). It was too easy to obtain Fireruby gear early; now you’ll have to pay a visit to the Warden
  • Change (suggestion): full translation for ru_ru.json (thanks FO13E)
  • Change (suggestion): new name for moss cover in the Russian translation (thanks happykgit)
  • Change (suggestion): terracotta has been replaced with smooth basalt in flooded deltas (thanks Eletoast)
  • Change: lava can now pass through stalactites
  • Change (suggestion): Nether Brewing Stand now brews 2× faster, 200 ticks; UI progress remains correct (thanks AcaGamer5)
  • Change (suggestion): Willow wood renamed to Nether Willow in all languages, with native localized wording (thanks AcaGamer5)

Support / Issue reports

This is an unofficial Forge port. Please do not report issues to the official BetterX Team Discord or the upstream project, since they do not maintain this Forge version.

To report issues, use the GitHub linked below. If any issues arise due to the existence of this port and it affects the upstream community, please contact me directly.

Credits / Attribution

Original mod (Fabric): https://modrinth.com/mod/betternether

This project: unofficial Forge 1.20.1 port + fixes (maintained by: Reijin2312)

Thanks to the contributors credited above for reports and suggestions

Links

Upstream source (Fabric): https://github.com/quiqueck/BetterNether

Upstream project page: https://modrinth.com/mod/betternether

BetterX Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kYuATbYbKW

Port issue tracker (GitHub): https://github.com/Reijin2312/BetterNether_Forge/issues

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Minecraft 1.20.1.

Loaders

Runs on Forge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

World generation

Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists BetterNether Forge as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
Forge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.20.1

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorRaijin2312, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

BetterNether Forge, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install BetterNether Forge?

Modrinth lists BetterNether Forge as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Forge.

Is it free?

Yes. BetterNether Forge is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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