BetterNether (Unofficial NeoForge Port)

This is an unofficial NeoForge port of Paulev’s Fabric mod “BetterNether”, with bug fixes and a few small balance/quality tweaks.

Original mod / Credits (Upstream)

Original BetterNether (Fabric) by Paulev (and contributors): https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc- mods/betternether
Upstream source: https://github.com/quiqueck/BetterNether

How this port differs from the original

Loader/platform: NeoForge (upstream is Fabric)
Changes: includes bug fixes and small balance/quality tweaks (see list below)
Support: this is an unofficial port; upstream authors do not maintain it

Fixes and changes in this NeoForge 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.)
Only use Bark wood variant for trees (thanks RedCraft86)
Improved music system (thanks RedCraft86)
Ruby compat tags (thanks RedCraft86)
Fixed: crash when clicking on the Respawn Statue
Fixed: Cincinnasite furnace does not drop when mined in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
Fixed: “flying block” issue in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
Fixed: Golden vine does not drop in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
Fixed: Hook mushroom does not drop in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
Fixed: Giant lucis drops loot twice in 1.21 (thanks happykgit)
Fixed: Eye Plants not dropping loot (thanks Myrrium)
Fixed: Fireflies do not spawn from monster spawners (thanks nothingtown)
Fixed (datagen): the automatic tag provider only looked at blocks with the BlockTagDataProvider interface and ignored blocks with the org.betterx.wover.block.api.BlockTagProvider interface (such as BlockTerrain). As a result, runData was writing to wover:surfaces/nether/terrain only what came from other sources
Change (suggestion): changed all fire bowl blocks to use lit instead of fire (thanks Cicopath)
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)
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): prevent the Fireruby pickaxe from smelting ores when it has the Silk Touch enchantment (thanks TimVincii)
Change (suggestion): new name for moss cover in the Russian translation (thanks happykgit)

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

Support / Issue reports

This is an unofficial NeoForge port. Please do not report issues to the official BetterX Team Discord or the upstream project, since they do not maintain this NeoForge 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): BetterNether by Paulev (and contributors): https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/betternether
This project: unofficial NeoForge port + fixes (maintained by: Raijin)
Thanks to the contributors credited above for reports and suggestions