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Desertification

Desertification

Adds an "infectious" desert to your world (that will not spawn on its own). This desert can also "cleanse" other infections. Contrary to most infection mods you can live in this desert.

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Compatibility

Minecraft: Java Edition

1.20.4
1.20.1

Platforms

Fabric
Forge
NeoForge
Quilt

Supported environments

Client and server

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Creators

nergizer81 Member

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Licensed ARR
Published last year
Updated yesterday
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Desertification 0.37.1 (Crash fix)

by nergizer81 on Oct 26, 2025
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Desertification 0.37.1 (Crash fix)

by nergizer81 on Oct 26, 2025
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Fixed a bug where the abundance ritual crashed the game

Reduced the barrel cactus’s hit area

Added Clanging Howl’s entities to the infected tag

Desertification 0.37 (Welwitschia mirabilis)

by nergizer81 on Oct 23, 2025
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Desertification 0.37 (Welwitschia mirabilis)

by nergizer81 on Oct 23, 2025
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Added Welwitschia mirabilis as a plant

Added Welwitschia Leaves

Grows around welwitschias

Added items related to the welwitschia

Added enchanted welwitschia cone

Weathered sandstone can now be automated

Weathered sandstone will keep growing if it has granite underneath it and desert sand around

Added the drill ritual

Added new experimental features

You can see them by placing an natural overcharged sand rose (by sneaking in creative) over an overcharged crystals block

Fixed some bugs

Enhanced compatibility

  • Compat with the new version of Phayriosis
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Desertification 0.36.9 (Hotfixes and performance)

by nergizer81 on Oct 5, 2025
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Desertification 0.36.9 (Hotfixes and performance)

by nergizer81 on Oct 5, 2025
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Improved performance

Some items now stack when nearby (in a desert) to improve performance

Fixed the sand piling

Fixed Dynamic Trees’ seeds not being usable for the wand of grass

Desertification 0.36.8 (More bugfixes and changes)

by nergizer81 on Oct 5, 2025
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Desertification 0.36.8 (More bugfixes and changes)

by nergizer81 on Oct 5, 2025
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Improved desert sand’s performance by checking for the biome the block is in only

The desert can now remove leaves when filling up

The desert now stops drying water near oceans, this prevents some ugly sand barriers from forming (not all, but most of them)

Fixed a bug where weathered sandstone was only forming some spikes most of the time

Fixed a bug where unstable desert sand was disappearing near biomes like taiga, creating holes

Added an option to limit the wind gust’s pushing (wind gust do not longer push creative players)

Desertification 0.36.7 (Bugfixes and wind gust change)

by nergizer81 on Oct 2, 2025
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Desertification 0.36.7 (Bugfixes and wind gust change)

by nergizer81 on Oct 2, 2025
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The wind gust now use velocity to move entities

That should not change things too munch

Added the welwitschia as an experimental plant

Just grows leaves for now

Fixed a bug where unstable desert sand was disappearing near some biomes, creating holes

Fixed a bug where spectators may be pushed by wind gusts

Desertification 0.36.6

by nergizer81 on Sep 29, 2025
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Desertification 0.36.6

by nergizer81 on Sep 29, 2025
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You can now dry sponges by placing a salt crystal on top of it

Overcharged sand roses now add glazed sand panes on top of their walls

Added a new tag (empty by default) that let you dry stone block to sandstone, but still allowing the desert to spread

This is of course related to the Karat Feng’s cave infection video

Added more efficient recipes for the sandy diamond block and enchanted sand rose if you have Ars Nouveau

Fixed some bugs related to block drying

Desertification 0.36.5 (Tweaks)

by nergizer81 on Sep 24, 2025
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Desertification 0.36.5 (Tweaks)

by nergizer81 on Sep 24, 2025
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Added compatibility with Tough As Nails

Improved dry dirt’s gradient

Added subcategories to config screens

Remade the barrel cactus’ model

Removed shade from the desert grass’ model

Improved sandblaster’s particles

Fixed a bug where suspicious sand blocks were empty

Desertification 0.36.4 (Crash Hotfix)

by nergizer81 on Sep 22, 2025
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Desertification 0.36.4 (Crash Hotfix)

by nergizer81 on Sep 22, 2025
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Fixed a crash caused by wind gusts

Fixed the glazed sand pane

Fixed the distant random tick's config option

Improved the wind gust’s performance a little more

Phayriosis compat updated

Desertification 0.36.3 (BROKEN, CAUSE CRASHES)

by nergizer81 on Sep 20, 2025
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Desertification 0.36.3 (BROKEN, CAUSE CRASHES)

by nergizer81 on Sep 20, 2025
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Improved distant block random ticking (faster, speed can now be configured)

Due to this, the desert can now spread farther from the player

Added a polished variant of the weathered sandstone

Improved wind gust performance a little

Added desert sand craft ritual

Added a glazed sand pane

Correctly capitalised names (blocks, items, …)

Increased the sandstorms’ exclusion zone

Fixed a bug where blocks were not dried when on stone

The overcharged sand rose no longer try to attack you in creative

Fixed the sandblaster’s particles bug

Desertification 0.36.2 (Fixes and ambiance)

by nergizer81 on Sep 16, 2025
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Desertification 0.36.2 (Tweaks and ambiance)

by nergizer81 on Sep 16, 2025
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You can now sometimes hear wind in the desert (uses some repurposed basalt delta ambiance sounds)

Added the magnet ritual

Wind gusts break tall blocks (stairs, doors, walls) less often

Enhanced some descriptions

Sandshapers can now mine transient sand faster

Fixed a bug where the nameless altar will discharge itself

Fixed a bug where the end rod particle was not appearing when the altar was charging

Fixed a potential bug where bottomless water buckets were not taking water when no blocks were targeted

Any brush will now work on sand remains (given it has the correct tags)

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