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CurseForge · Minecraft mod

Utility Worlds

Player-created useful worlds.

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Updated 1 year ago
Latest stable file UtilityWorlds-1.20.1_1.1.8.jar
Game version 1.20.1
Loader Forge

Utility Worlds UtilityWorlds-1.20.1_1.1.8.jar targets 1.20.1 with Forge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

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What else does Utility Worlds UtilityWorlds-1.20.1_1.1.8.jar need?

UtilityWorlds-1.20.1_1.1.8.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

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This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

This file does not list any required or optional mods.

Before you install it

Add Utility Worlds without breaking your instance.

Built for Utility Worlds UtilityWorlds-1.20.1_1.1.8.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

  1. 01

    Stick to this file

    Use UtilityWorlds-1.20.1_1.1.8.jar. It targets 1.20.1 with Forge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

    This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

  3. 03

    Put it on the correct side

    The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

  4. 04

    Pick the file you checked

    Use the “Get this file” button beside UtilityWorlds-1.20.1_1.1.8.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Utility Worlds add?

This mod adds three types of worlds that players can access by crafting the corresponding portals: Mining Portal, Void Portal and Garden Portal

  • Each crafted portal will - when first activated by right-clicking - create a new dimension and transport the player there.
  • At the location where the player arrives in the new dimension, a Return Portal is placed. Use this to get back.
  • Portal blocks can be picked up and moved, even to other dimensions. Return Portals can only be moved within the dimension they were generated.
  • Server OPs can right-click a new (not yet activated) portal while sneaking to forcibly link to an existing dimension, using a GUI. Linking from within a Utility Worlds dimension to the overworld (via GUI) should be used with caution. The created overworld portal can be in a bad location (coordinates can be specified in UW for 1.14.4+)

Note: For 1.16.5+ you will get warnings about experimental settings for custom worlds. You can use Shutup Experimental Settings! to get rid of it if you want.

Thanks to McJty and Hyperbox (Commoble) for making it possible to figure out dynamic dimension creation in 1.16.5+!

Common for all worlds

  • No weather.
  • Always noon (sun at zenith).

Mining World characteristics

  • Completely flat.
  • No caves, water or lava. Note that other mods may override this behavior, there is no attempt to prevent this.
  • Flat bedrock.
  • Ore generation and mob spawning as in Extreme Hills / Mountains / Windswept Hills.

Void World characteristics

  • Black sky. star brightness is configurable, default is no stars (only in UW for MC 1.12.2).
  • Considered a plains biome.
  • No structures.
  • 9 x 9 stone platform where the Return Portal is created.

Garden World characteristics

  • Completely flat.
  • Only consists of 4 layers of dirt on bedrock.
  • No ore generation.
  • No mob spawning.

Project description from CurseForge.

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