
liminalness
infinite procedurally generated liminal dimension(s)
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About this Mod
You find yourself in a barren world straight out of the deepest depths of your mind. There is familiarity, yet nothing substantial to warrant staying. It's not a matter of surviving, its a matter of finding an exit. Don't get lost!

Builders can directly contribute!
This mod is currently in beta as of May 8, 2026, predominantly due to a particular aesthetic that I want to achieve, but am not very good at translating into the game, so building will take some time. This mod will stay in beta until I am happy with the rooms that either I make myself, or the ideas that others may share. If you wish to contribute directly to the mod, refer to this documentation to learn more.
Features:
- Infinitely procedurally generated backrooms dimension.
- Datapack support for custom dimension and rooms with extensive documentation.
- Procedurally generated chest loot, including mods, with possible illegal enchantments (planned configurable).
- No new blocks or entities, compatible on vanilla servers and clients.
- Your mind.
- Vanilla mechanics to enter and leave the backrooms.
How to get to the backrooms
The designed method of entering the dimension is meant to be discovered accidentally through reasonable vanilla gameplay at any point in the game. However, if you want to get to it immediately:SPOILER
right click a bed in an area that has no light, including sunlight.How to leave the backrooms
Find a room that has a block(s) emitting black/purple particles and walk through it. You will end back at your bed's location. There is no /locate command for this, once you're in the backrooms, you are in! Rooms that contain these portals are generated completely randomly through exploration. Alternatively, dying will obviously spawn you back at your bed.How does it work?
This mod does a unique take on dungeon/room generation, where there is a defined pool of schematics "rooms" created with markers indicating connections to other rooms. Generation is slightly slower, since it is entirely different than seeded vanilla Minecraft structure generation. In return for a slower generation, an infinite dungeon to explore is possible.
Adding more rooms and more points of interest is extremely trivial with the system I've created, and future release updates will likely consist of that.
Roadmap
- Optimization, optimization, optimization as much as I can.
- Custom terrain math functions (difficult)
Inspirations
- Infinite Dimensions - more random than anything imagined
- ze_samosbor
- Portal 2
- Dimensional Doors - atmosphere and schematic based storage of structures
Available Versions
How to Install liminalness on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended).
Set neoforge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the neoforge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "liminalness". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
6 GB(min. 4 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
liminalness server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong neoforge 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 (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is liminalness compatible with neoforge?
liminalness officially supports neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with liminalness – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if liminalness 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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