
Unnamed Desert
Additional structures for the desert and badlands biomes, focusing on an immersive expansion for the vanilla game.
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About this Mod

🌵 About
Looking to spice up your world generation? You’ve come to the right place!
Unnamed Desert expands your world with unique, handcrafted structures that enrich the atmosphere of the desert and badlands biomes. Some are built for adventure and conquest, while others exist purely to enhance the visual experience and deepen your sense of immersion.
Consider using my other mod, Tumbleweeds, for an even more lively atmosphere.
For more details, refer to the image gallery, the wiki below, or the following quick summary:
- 8 structure types / 35 total variants
- Cactus
- Cactus Fork (9 variants)
- Cactus Patch (3 variants)
- Skeleton
- Rib Skeleton (2 variants)
- Spine Skeleton (2 variants)
- Termite Mound (2 variants)
- Pillager Outpost (2 variants)
- Oasis
- Lively Oasis (3 variants)
- Dried-Up Oasis (3 variants)
- Ruin
- House Ruin (2 variants)
- Pit Ruin (2 variants)
- Well Ruin (1 variant)
- Fossil
- Croc Fossil (1 variant)
- Head Fossil (1 variant)
- Geyser (2 variants)
- Cactus
🌐 Wiki
If you are looking for a wiki of sorts or just a more detailed walkthrough of the content of this mod, then you can find quick and easy introductions to all the added features of this project below.
If you find no answers to your questions here or want to suggest improvements for the project, then feel free to leave a comment on the CurseForge site (here).
Supported Mods
The following mods should be natively supported. However, support for any of these mods may be broken at any time. If this is the case, feel free to comment on the CurseForge site to let me know!
... Work in progress ...
📬 Remarks
Please keep in mind that at any given time vast amounts of the mod may be edited or completely overhauled! These changes should not, but may leave existing worlds on older versions corrupted. Creating backups before updating to a new version is advised!
I want to reiterate that this is simply a passion project. It may occur that for longer periods no updates or bug fixes are being developed/released simply because I do not want to.
Available Versions
How to Install Unnamed Desert on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Unnamed Desert". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9 (+21 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
6 GB(min. 4 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Unnamed Desert server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 4 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Unnamed Desert compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
Unnamed Desert officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Unnamed Desert – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Unnamed Desert consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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