BetterEnd: New Dawn

An independently maintained continuation of BetterEnd for modern Minecraft versions

BetterEnd: New Dawn is an unofficial continuation of BetterEnd for Fabric and NeoForge.

The project continues maintenance of the original BetterEnd experience with bug fixes, compatibility improvements, loader-specific changes, and support for modern Minecraft versions.

Check the Versions tab before downloading and make sure you select the correct file for your Minecraft version and mod loader.

Latest BetterEnd Content on Every Supported Version

New Dawn includes all content introduced in the latest BetterEnd releases across every supported Minecraft version - including Minecraft 1.21.1.

All additions have been integrated and adapted for the corresponding Minecraft version and mod loader.

Improvements and Fixes

• Datapack-customizable loot tables for all BetterEnd mobs
• Flower Islets biome
• Waterfall Ponds biome
• Ruined End Bridges
• Dragon-Helix trees and Amaranita patches
• Reworked End lakes and biome-specific shores
• BetterEnd boats and chest boats
• End Lotus Raft
• Chiseled Bookshelves for all End wood types
• Resonance I & II Hammer Enchantments - mine 3×3×3 and 5×5×5 areas
• Infusion Ritual recipes for Resonance enchanted books
• Built-in Infusion Recipe Book
• Visual construction guides for Infusion Pedestals and Eternal Portals
• LabPBR specular textures for supported End blocks and furniture
• Shelves for all End wood types (1.21.11, 26.1.x, 26.2)
• Thallasium, Terminite and Aeternium Spears (1.21.11, 26.1, 26.2)
• New blocks, plants, structures, and world-generation features

Required on both the client and server.

Required dependencies

• BCLib: New Dawn
• WunderLib: New Dawn
• WorldWeaver: New Dawn

Supported platforms

• NeoForge
• Fabric
• Quilt, when using a compatible Fabric build and Quilt environment

Platform availability may differ between Minecraft versions.

Fixes in this project

• Added compatibility with the TerraBlender library and mods that use it (Luminous Nether, Garden of the Dead, Biomes O' Plenty, Oh The Biomes We've Gone, etc.)
• Partial compatibility with Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (C2ME) (thanks RedCraft86)
• Only use Bark wood variant for trees (thanks RedCraft86)
• Improved music system (thanks RedCraft86)
• [Bug] Crystalite leggings now correctly grant +4 Max Health (thanks Lemur0313)
• [Bug] Fixed 1.21.1 armor issues (thanks JsHash565)
• [Bug] Fixed disorganized creative tab and wrong third-person item holding position on 1.21.1 (thanks This1Potato)
• [Bug] Dragon Tree saplings now render correctly in Violecite Flower Pots on 1.21.1 (thanks Verse-V)
• [Bug] Incompatibility with Sodium Mod (thanks yzi1b)
• [Bug] End vegetation (grass, mushrooms, etc) wont generate under land masses (thanks xg787)
• [Suggestion] Thallasium is no longer treated as iron in common tags (thanks shadowwing85)
• [Suggestion] Renamed Dragonfly → Ender Dragonfly (entity + spawn egg) across all locales (thanks AcaGamer5)
• Added complete Ukrainian (uk_ua) localization.
• Added datapack-editable loot tables for all BetterEnd mobs, with support for /reload, including mobs that previously only dropped experience.
• Added Dense Snow crafting recipes: 4 Snow Blocks → 1 Dense Snow, and 1 Dense Snow → 16 Snowballs.
• Snow Golems can now be built using Dense Snow.
• Amaranita is now renewable: 1 Amaranita Hymenophore → 4 Small Amaranita Mushrooms.
• Added proper enchanting support for Aeternium, Crystalite, Terminite and Thallasium armor.
• Hammers now support Efficiency, Fortune, Silk Touch, Unbreaking and Mending.
• Added composting support for additional BetterEnd foliage and mushroom blocks.
• [Suggestion] Amaranita stems are now correctly recognized as axe-mineable blocks.
• [Suggestion] Umbrella Cluster Juice now uses the proper drinking animation and behavior.
• [Bug] Fixed the Flammalix inventory model using the block texture instead of the correct item texture.
• [Bug] Restored Brimstone random ticking, allowing Sulphur Crystals to grow correctly.
• [Bug] Fixed broken End Crystal textures when placed on pedestals.
• [Bug] Fixed item duplication involving Infusion Pedestals.
• [Bug] Fixed End Fish crashes caused by non-player damage sources.
• [Bug] Fixed freezing-vulnerable mobs spawning on Ancient Emerald Ice.
• [Bug] Destroying a Respawn Obelisk now correctly clears linked player respawn points.
• [Bug] Fixed duplicated or incorrectly positioned Lytra wings with player animation mods such as Fresh Animations.
• [Bug] Preserved the original End Slime, End Fish, Cubozoa and Silk Moth drop balance after migrating to loot tables.
• Improved compatibility with player animation mods by separating the armored elytra renderer from the vanilla Elytra render layer.
• [Suggestion] Renamed "Endstone Flower Pot" to "End Stone Flower Pot".

About BetterEnd

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

Credits and attribution

BetterEnd was originally created by Paulev and its contributors.

The original artwork and the majority of the original code belong to their respective creators, contributors, and the BetterX Team.

BetterEnd: New Dawn is an independent, unofficial continuation maintained by Raijin.

Original project

• Original BetterEnd project on Modrinth
• Upstream source code

New Dawn source code

• BetterEnd: New Dawn on GitHub

Support and issue reports

BetterEnd: New Dawn is not maintained, endorsed, or officially supported by the original BetterEnd developers or the BetterX Team.

Please do not report New Dawn-specific issues to the upstream BetterEnd repository or the official BetterX support channels.

For crashes, bugs, compatibility problems, and other issues affecting BetterEnd: New Dawn, use the New Dawn issue tracker:

BetterEnd: New Dawn issue tracker

When reporting a problem, include:

• Minecraft version
• Mod loader and loader version
• BetterEnd: New Dawn version
• BCLib, WunderLib, and WorldWeaver versions
• Complete mod list
• Latest log or crash report
• Clear steps to reproduce the problem

New Dawn community

Join the New Dawn Discord

Upstream community

BetterX Discord

The BetterX Discord is provided only as a link to the upstream community. Do not use it to request support for New Dawn-specific problems.

License

BetterEnd: New Dawn is distributed under the licensing and attribution terms included in its source repository.

Review the repository license files before modifying or redistributing the project or its assets.