Desertification

Thanks for the 18k downloads ! I'm thinking if I should open a discord server or not (moderation time, ...). The next big update is not done as of now (not started working on this maybe root snake thing, complicated).

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Adds an "infectious" desert to your world. I had this idea for quite a while (before the infection mod trend) and finally did it. I took desertification as an inspiration (if the name wasn't clear enough).

This desert can also partially cleanse some infections. I made this feature compatible with Fungal Infection: Spore and Sculk Horde among others. This is also the first mod that I publish. Also note that it is just a personal project of mine, nothing too big. While being pretty stable, this mod is still in Beta; do not use it on worlds you value without backups.

The spread will not occur automatically (can be configured); you can either start it by breaking the hourglass structure found in the desert (or the cursed crystal structure found plain and forest biomes) or by giving yourself a Desert Sand block from your creative inventory and placing a few of them.

I made the mod so, contrary to most infection mods, you can live and thrive in the desert if you want (with some precautions, of course)

About the (Neo)Forge versions

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The (Neo)Forge versions in 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 uses Sinytra Connector and Forgified Fabric API (see Sinytra's page, these should already be installed if done via a launcher) to run the fabric version on (Neo)Forge.

These versions also requires Kotlin For Forge

Table of contents

Since the page is pretty long here is a list of the following sections in order :

• Videos
• Features and blocks
• Mechanics
• Blocks
• Items
• Entities
• Nameless Altar
• Enchantments
• Customization through datapacks
• Compatibilities (and troubleshooting)
• Tips
• Details
• Permissions
• Credits and more

▶️ Videos

Here are some videos made by content creators on my mod, they may of course not be fully up to date.

Desertification FULL Showcase! - By Karat Feng

Version 0.37 (before Hypercharged and hellbound sand rose)

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Notes :

• The wand of grass consume saplings from the inventory
• The enchanted cone can also be used to brew resistance potions
• The vitalizer will also check nearby blocks randomly, so it should catch the desert before it can reach it
• The glass shards effect does more damage if the entity is moving/spriting
• I will probably reduce the barrel cactus’s hitbox
• I was able to reproduce the abundance ritual crash and will release a patched version (0.37.1) to fix it
• I was not able to reproduce the Nameless Construct/Pillager crash

This Mod Will Turn your world into the driest desert! - By Karat Feng

Version 0.36.1

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Notes :

• This is not a full review of the mod
• The lag is mainly caused by the increased random tick speed

Minecraft but it's North Africa Desertification - By SoupMaster

Version : 0.28, before the sandstorm, altar and nameless constructs

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Notes :

• A problem with the sandblaster recipe was encountered in this video, it has been fixed
• The recipes for the jam and gertoufa infusion looked buggy, it has been fixed on (Neo)Forge (on Fabric you can craft them too but the water bottle will be replaced by a uncraftable potion, but you can use a water bottle)
• The barrel cactus fruits grows on barrel cactus given enough time
• Sand roses can be obtained by breaking an overcharged sand rose without silk touch (or by scavenging suspicious sand left behind by a sandstorm, but they didn't exist back then)
• Jujubiers grown from saplings should normally be able to grow fruits (given some time) too
• Player variant of sandy diamond blocks (used in recipes) can also be crafted with 1 diamond, 1 amethyst block and 2 weathered sandstone

Minecraft Mod Review: Desertification - By TheOneBeyond

Version : 0.32, before the nameless construct

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