Better End: New Dawn

Better End: New Dawn is an unofficially maintained continuation of BetterEnd for Fabric and NeoForge.

The Fabric edition is based on the original BetterEnd codebase and includes continued maintenance, bug fixes, and other improvements.

The NeoForge edition brings the same functionality to NeoForge with the loader-specific adaptations required for compatibility.

Unless otherwise specified, the fixes and improvements listed below are included in both the Fabric and NeoForge editions.

Please make sure to download the correct file for your Minecraft version and mod loader.

Fixes and improvements

New content from official fabric versions available on 1.21.1!
Added compatibility with the TerraBlender and Lithostitched libraries and mods that use it (Luminous Nether, Garden of the Dead, Biomes O' Plenty, Oh The Biomes We've Gone, Regions Unexplored, etc.)
Added config to disable biomes and structures
Partial compatibility with Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (C2ME) (thanks RedCraft86)
Only use Bark wood variant for trees (thanks RedCraft86)
Improved music system (thanks RedCraft86)
Crystalite leggings now correctly grant +4 Max Health (thanks Lemur0313)
Fixed 1.21.1 armor issues (thanks JsHash565)
Fixed disorganized creative tab and wrong third-person item holding position on 1.21.1 (thanks This1Potato)
Dragon Tree saplings now render correctly in Violecite Flower Pots on 1.21.1 (thanks Verse-V)
Fixed incompatibility with Sodium Mod (thanks yzi1b)
Fixed end vegetation (grass, mushrooms, etc) wont generate under land masses (thanks xg787)
Fixed end crops do not grow naturally
Thallasium is no longer treated as iron in common tags (thanks shadowwing85)
Renamed Dragonfly → Ender Dragonfly (entity + spawn egg) across all locales (thanks
AcaGamer5)

About Better End

BetterEnd expands and refreshes The End by adding new biomes and enhancing existing ones. Each biome has its own atmosphere, resources, and mobs. The mod also includes custom music, sounds, and effects to make exploration feel alive and interesting.

BetterEnd includes a custom End world generator and custom Central Island structures. With the new generator, End islands can have different shapes, terrain, and heights. Inside islands you can find caves with unique resources.

Features

24+ new biomes (more may be added later)
6 new mobs (with biome variations for some of them)
Many new blocks, including 9 wood types and 7 new stone types
Many new items, including new food sources, tools, armor, and weapons
New mechanics like Infusion Rituals, Anvil Recipes, End tool progression, and others
Integrations with other mods (example: 2 new sub-biomes for BYG biomes in 1.16 and some new plants for them)
Custom End world generator (configurable) with more possibilities than vanilla
Configs for blocks, items, mobs, enchants, and many other things

Support and issue Reports

Better End: New Dawn is an independent, unofficial continuation and is not maintained by the original BetterEnd developers.

Please do not report issues specific to New Dawn to the official BetterX Team Discord or the upstream BetterEnd GitHub repository.

For bugs and support related to this project, please use the New Dawn GitHub issue tracker linked below. If any issues caused by New Dawn affect the upstream community, please contact me directly.

Credits / Attribution

BetterEnd was originally created by Paulev and its contributors.

Better End: New Dawn is an independent, unofficial continuation for Fabric and NeoForge and is maintained by Raijin.

Special thanks to everyone credited above for reporting issues, contributing fixes, and testing the project.

BetterEnd: New Dawn