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Natural Philosophy

Adding the object permanence that Mojang didn't have to Vanilla biome design
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Natural Philosophy 4.0.0

File namenaturalphilosophy-4.0.0.jar
Uploaded
Aug 15, 2026
Downloads
114
Size
873.2 KB
Mod Loaders
NeoForge
File ID
8658354
Type
R
Release
Supported game versions
  • 1.21.1

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implementation "curse.maven:natural-philosophy-1305650:8658354"

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What's new

  • Added greater variety to existing plants
    • Grass has several new models to add variation
    • Ferns have several new models to add variation
    • Lilypads have several new models to add variation
    • Sugarcane, Grass, Rushes, and Cattails now use a rotated square model
  • Updated several plant models to better match their growth habits
    • Roses, Peonies, and Lilacs are now large bushes
    • Bamboo leaves are now blocky
    • Dune Grass now matches Dry Grass from later versions
    • Cattails and Rushes now tint with biome grass colors
    • Red Algae now sways in the water like seagrass and kelp
  • Reworked flower distribution to better match Vanilla
    • Added Dandelions to most open spaces
    • Move flower bushes to open areas, rather than under canopies
  • Reworked soil blocks for most biomes
    • Removed dithering present in 3.0+
    • Added Alfizol, a counterpart of Podzol for deciduous forests
    • Added Permafrost, a new soil block found under snowy biomes
    • Removed Sandy Mycelium
    • Added Grassy Clay Horizon, to make clay transitions in Swamps less jarring
  • Reworked multiple aspects of tree placement
    • Changed Oak foliage and trunk placers to better match fancy oak trees in base Minecraft
    • Changed Birch foliage placers to have a unique shape
    • Added root balls to trees that generate in worldgen
    • Removed Azalea bushes from most biomes to keep their status as Lush Cave indicators. Flower Forest and Cherry Groves generate them still
  • Major overhaul of Mushroom Fields generation
    • Significant increase in Mycelium cover percentage
    • Removed Sandy Mycelium in favor of Mycelial Growth
    • Mycelial Growth block acts like Glow Lichen or Sculk but for Mycelium, generating at the edges of Mycelium patches
  • Overhauled biome water colors
    • Mushroom Fields now has the water color of Sulfur Caves for hotsprings
    • Removed custom colors matching Bedrock Edition
    • Biome water color now matches their ocean temperature band
    • Adjusted water fog colors to match Bedrock Edition more
  • Added Giant Bamboo trees for Bamboo Jungles
  • Added Large Bushes across most temperate biomes
  • Spread Bamboo across all types of jungle in small patches
  • Add tall grass back to river biomes to prevent them from looking like lawns
  • Rushes, Cattails, and Red Algae can be spread with Bone Meal
  • Reduced post-worldgen leaf decay in many biomes

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