CurseForge · Minecraft mod
Biome Backlog
Adds content from the biome votes of 2018 and 2019, namely the Desert, Savanna and Badlands.
Quick answer
Which Biome Backlog release should I use?
Biome Backlog biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.6.0.jar targets 1.20.1 with NeoForge, 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.
Where it goes
Is Biome Backlog required on the client, server, or both?
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.
What else does Biome Backlog biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.6.0.jar need?
biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.6.0.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
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 Biome Backlog without breaking your instance.
Built for Biome Backlog biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.6.0.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.6.0.jar. It targets 1.20.1 with NeoForge, Forge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
- 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.
- 03
Put it on the correct side
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.6.0.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Biome Backlog add?
Adds content from the Badlands, Savanna and Desert biome votes.
Badlands:
- Pear Cactus - three stages of growth, hurts the player if mined, drops itself
- Stripped Pear Cactus - drops cactus pads and prickly pears when mature
- Cactus Pad - 9 can be crafted into 1 leather
- Prickly Pear - When eaten, heals one heart
- Tumbleweed seed - planted on dirt or sand to grow a tumbleweed
- Tumbleweed - plants a seed (if it can) when it hits a mob, on second hit drops a seed and despawns
- Vulture - if fed rotten flesh, it will show up at your death location and prevent your items from despawning
Savanna (baobabs and termite mounds do not generate):
- Baobab leaves, trunk, bark (cannot be crafted into wood)
- Baobab fruit - gives a lot of saturation when eaten
- Termite mound block - randomly strips adjacent logs, paper will convert adjacent logs to termite mounds
- Ostrich - attacks players that mine their eggs and monsters that go near them, can step over fences, shed feathers, and drop meat and leather on death
- Ostrich Egg - produced when ostriches breed, 3 stages of hatching, spawns baby ostrich when finished
Desert (palm trees and succulents do not generate)
- Palm woodset - all variants plus Hanging Palm Leaves, have slightly higher blast resistance, arrows bounce off palm wood blocks (and boats!)
- Date - can be eaten or crafted into vinegar
- Vinegar - right click on block to bleach it or use on calcite to produce a fizzing, which can be collected with a glass bottle to make a Calcite Powder Bottle
- Calcite Powder Bottle - 4 crafts 1 calcite
- Coconut Block - can be stripped to make coconut fall, if right clicked with a bucket it will fill it with milk and drop 2 coconut halves
- Coconut Half - can be crafted into coconut chunks, leaving the shell
- Coconut Shell - can be smelted into charcoal or crafted into a bowl
- Coconut Chunk - can be eaten or crafted with sugar to make desiccated coconut
- Thatch and thatch stairs - crafted from palm leaves
- Salt block bricks, tiles, chiseled, lamp - visually opaque but lets light through (opposite of tinted glass), all have stairs and slabs except for chiseled and lamp
- Salt - placed like redstone dust, undead mobs will not pathfind over
- Succulent - 16 colours and 4 shape variants (currently implemented using blockstates)
- Meerkat - naturally spawn belonging to a group, groups will fight each other, have standing animation
- Burrow - meerkat leaders will dig these in sand, and all meerkats can enter them
No, I will not backport this or develop it for a different modloader. You can though!
And yes, you can use this in your modpack. Just make sure to give credit.
By downloading this mod you forfeit your right to use it as an example of Mojang being lazy.
Thanks to Parkdum for taking the glorious screenshot that became the mod icon.
Gipple not included.
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KA3GCSD5YH
Project description from CurseForge.
Pick your setup
Biome Backlog by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
1.20.1
2 loader builds1.19.4
1 loader build1.19.3
1 loader build1.19.2
1 loader buildCheck the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Biome Backlog versions and loaders
biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.6.0.jar
7 Jun 2025
biome_backlog-1.20.4-2.0.0.jar
20 Jan 2024
biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.5.2.jar
13 Nov 2023
biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.5.1.jar
29 Oct 2023
biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.5.0.jar
28 Oct 2023
biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.4.1.jar
14 Oct 2023
biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.4.0.jar
12 Oct 2023
biome_backlog-1.20.1-1.3.0.jar
10 Aug 2023
biome_backlog-1.19.4-1.2.1.jar
30 Mar 2023
biome_backlog-1.19.4-1.2.0.jar
25 Mar 2023
biome_backlog-1.19.3-1.1.2.jar
5 Mar 2023
biome_backlog-1.19.2-1.1.2.jar
5 Mar 2023
Looking for an older file? The official CurseForge project page is in Resources.