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Different Survival

A survival overhaul mod for Minecraft, finding a balance between vanilla and realistic survival.
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Different Survival Beta 1.2

File namedifferentsurvival-1.2.0.jar
Uploader
BiffyTylerBiffyTyler
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2026
Downloads
9
Size
4.6 MB
Mod Loaders
Fabric
File ID
8275616
Type
R
Release
Supported game versions
  • 1.20.2

Curse Maven Snippet

Fabric

modImplementation "curse.maven:different-survival-1414823:8275616"

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What's new

Major Additions
- Added the four seasons to the mod, which affects visuals and gameplay.
There is a seasons GUI in the bottom of the screen that shows the current season.
- Orange leaf particles fall off dark oak and oak trees during the fall.
- Crop growth is affected by the season, each crop has it's own list of preferred seasons.
- Snow is cleared or added dynamically per chunk based on the season, weather, and biome.
- Added new weather types and overhauled previous weather types.
- The new list of weather types are clear, rain, thunderstorm, monsoon, snow, blizzard, and drought.
- Overhauled the swamp biome.
- Previously, the mangrove swamp biome took over the original swamp biome, however the original swamp biome is now the main swamp biome of the mod.
- Added cat tails.
- Oak trees no longer spawn in swamp biomes, but is replaced with mangrove trees. There are far less mangrove trees in swamps to reduce lag.
- Tall grass is the main plant foliage, with mud and patches of grass for the biome floor.
  
Minor Additions

Effects
- Added the dehydration effect. It is acquired by being in a warm and dry biome during a drought. It prevents the player from sprinting. Can be prevented by wearing headgear or drinking a water bottle.
Added the hydration effect. It is acquired by drinking a water bottle. It allows the player sprint when they are at or below six hunger points.
  
Food
- Added cat tail shoots, roasted pumpkin seeds, and allspice roasted pumpkin seeds.
  
Removals
- Removed the pillager base from generation.
- Removed the desert dungeon from generation.
- Removed southwestern salad meal, southwestern salad, fancy southwestern salad, and southwestern dressing.
- Removed white cherries and golden cherries.
- Removed the salsa jar.
- Removed elytra durability GUI.
- Removed Different Survival's advancements.
- Removed updates button in title screen.

Changes
- Allspice berries no longer drop from acacia leaves, they now drop from jungle trees.
- Saplings grow slightly slower.
- The keep inventory rule is set to true by default.
- Illagers can no longer spawn as captains.

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