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Before The Fall

A nuclear survival mod featuring radiation, bunkers, reactors, dynamic survivor factions, and stories told through radio broadcasts.
The final siren sounds. A blinding flash and a devastating shockwave mark the beginning of a new world. What happens afterward depends on how well you prepared.

The final siren sounds. A blinding flash and a devastating shockwave mark the beginning of a new world. What happens afterward depends on how well you prepared.

Walk through the remains of a forest devastated by the nuclear catastrophe. Charred trees and dead vegetation are reminders of how much the world has changed.

Walk through the remains of a forest devastated by the nuclear catastrophe. Charred trees and dead vegetation are reminders of how much the world has changed.

Build and equip your underground shelter with reinforced doors, electrical systems, monitoring equipment, and everything needed for long-term survival.

Build and equip your underground shelter with reinforced doors, electrical systems, monitoring equipment, and everything needed for long-term survival.

Build a fully functional nuclear power plant with cooling pumps, steam pipelines, and turbines. Generate electricity for your shelter, but keep the reactor properly cooled and maintained.

Build a fully functional nuclear power plant with cooling pumps, steam pipelines, and turbines. Generate electricity for your shelter, but keep the reactor properly cooled and maintained.

Discover settlements established by other survivors. Establish contact, trade resources, complete assignments, and build relationships with factions trying to survive the aftermath.

Discover settlements established by other survivors. Establish contact, trade resources, complete assignments, and build relationships with factions trying to survive the aftermath.

Even after the catastrophe, Civil Defense continues its efforts to help survivors. Follow radio transmissions to locate humanitarian supply drops and recover valuable resources.

Even after the catastrophe, Civil Defense continues its efforts to help survivors. Follow radio transmissions to locate humanitarian supply drops and recover valuable resources.

Venture outside with protective equipment and search for valuable resources. Radiation and dangerous environmental conditions make every expedition a risk.

Venture outside with protective equipment and search for valuable resources. Radiation and dangerous environmental conditions make every expedition a risk.

Explore forgotten underground structures and abandoned shelters. Search for supplies, equipment, and traces of the people who once lived there.

Explore forgotten underground structures and abandoned shelters. Search for supplies, equipment, and traces of the people who once lived there.

Corrosive rainfall damages exposed equipment, protective gear, and vegetation. Keep your shelter sealed and maintain anything left outside.

Corrosive rainfall damages exposed equipment, protective gear, and vegetation. Keep your shelter sealed and maintain anything left outside.

Radioactive rainfall contaminates the surface, increasing radiation levels and making outdoor exploration even more dangerous. Every drop brings another threat to those caught outside without proper protection.

Radioactive rainfall contaminates the surface, increasing radiation levels and making outdoor exploration even more dangerous. Every drop brings another threat to those caught outside without proper protection.

Water can flood underground rooms and damage your shelter. Detect leaks, repair damaged structures, and drain flooded areas before the situation gets worse.

Water can flood underground rooms and damage your shelter. Detect leaks, repair damaged structures, and drain flooded areas before the situation gets worse.

Monitor reactor temperature, power output, fuel levels, and cooling systems. Adjust control rods, manage reactor power, and respond to emergencies before they become catastrophic.

Monitor reactor temperature, power output, fuel levels, and cooling systems. Adjust control rods, manage reactor power, and respond to emergencies before they become catastrophic.

Build your own radio communication system. Receive transmissions from distant stations, contact other survivors, and stay connected to the world outside your shelter.

Build your own radio communication system. Receive transmissions from distant stations, contact other survivors, and stay connected to the world outside your shelter.

Search for signals by adjusting frequencies and tuning your receiver. Weak transmissions and interference can make finding a clear signal difficult.

Search for signals by adjusting frequencies and tuning your receiver. Weak transmissions and interference can make finding a clear signal difficult.

Discover and collect stories transmitted across the wasteland. Your radio archive keeps track of received broadcasts, allowing you to revisit the lives and experiences of other survivors.

Discover and collect stories transmitted across the wasteland. Your radio archive keeps track of received broadcasts, allowing you to revisit the lives and experiences of other survivors.

Receive and archive radio messages from people who survived the catastrophe. Discover personal stories, emergency reports, and fragments of a world that no longer exists.

Receive and archive radio messages from people who survived the catastrophe. Discover personal stories, emergency reports, and fragments of a world that no longer exists.

Description

Before The Fall

The world after a nuclear flash. Quieter than you remember. More dangerous than you can imagine.

Before The Fall is a survival mod set in the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe that will change the familiar world of Minecraft forever.

For the first few days, life goes on as usual. You still have time to build a shelter, stock up on food, and prepare your equipment. The radio is already broadcasting warnings, but no one knows exactly when the bombs will fall.

Sooner or later, the final siren will sound. Then comes the blinding flash, the shockwave, and the destruction.

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As time passes, the surface turns into a radioactive wasteland. Forests burn, animals begin to disappear, and resources you once took for granted become increasingly scarce. You'll have to venture outside, expand your shelter, and adapt to a world that keeps changing around you.

And before long, you'll discover that you're far from the only survivor.

Main Features

  • Nuclear Catastrophe. A nuclear strike with emergency warnings, a massive explosion, shockwaves, and lasting consequences for the world.
  • Radiation. Radiation exposure, accumulated doses, radiation sickness, contaminated items, protective suits, gas masks, and decontamination systems.
  • Shelter Building. Airtight rooms, radiation shielding, ventilation, power systems, sensors, alarms, and automated safety equipment.
  • Technology. Industrial machinery, electrical networks, pumps, steam turbines, and a fully functional nuclear reactor with complex controls and cooling systems.
  • Disasters. Radiation surges, acid rain, ash storms, electromagnetic pulses, earthquakes, flooding, and other threats.
  • Exploration. Abandoned shelters, mines, ruined structures, documents, and traces of life before the catastrophe.

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Stories Hidden in the Radio Waves

After the catastrophe, radio becomes one of the few ways to find out what's happening beyond the walls of your shelter.

Tune into different frequencies, intercept radio messages, and discover recordings left behind by other survivors. The mod features several standalone storylines, each with its own characters, events, and endings.

Through fragmented transmissions, documents, and messages from across the wasteland, you'll piece together the stories of people who lived through the disaster. Some stories intersect, while others reveal new details about what happened to the world.

A World That Lives on Its Own

You're not the only one trying to survive.

The mod features a dynamic simulation of survivor groups and settlements. Each faction has its own population, resources, relationships with neighboring groups, and interests.

Over time, settlements grow or decline, form alliances, fight over resources, and lose people or territory. Factions can split apart, disappear entirely, or be replaced by new groups.

You can become part of this changing world. Establish radio contact, trade supplies, help other survivors, take on assignments, and influence your relationships with different factions.

But not everyone is friendly. Armed raiders may demand supplies, launch attacks, or attempt to break into your shelter.

The world keeps moving, even when you're busy fighting for your own survival.

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Survive Together

Before The Fall supports both singleplayer and multiplayer.

Build a shared shelter, develop your infrastructure, explore the wasteland, and make decisions together as you fight to survive.

Minecraft 1.20.1 | Forge | Singleplayer & Multiplayer

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Creator of Before the Fall, a Minecraft mod about surviving a nuclear aftermath. I enjoy building atmospheric worlds with industrial aesthetics and stories hidden in the details.