Wilderness
Vanilla style improvements for biome decoration
Screenshots
About this Mod
Wilderness is a datapack that focuses on adding small decorations to biomes, usually on the surface with bushes, flowers and ferns, but also in rivers, oceans and even the nether. Other than trees, most vanilla forest biomes don't have many decorations in them. In Wilderness, biomes like forests look overgrown and feel much more wild. Wilderness still stays true to vanilla by only using logical natural blocks (no stone buttons for pebbles).
This pack uses an addition system that allows for extended compatibilty when used in vanilla, but it also has extra compatibiliy with Lithostitched. Whenever convenient, I recommend installing Lithostitched, for increased performance and more thorough world generation.
Wilderness does not change tree generation. For improved trees, check out Better Trees. Some of the images were taken with Better Trees.
Available Versions
How to Install Wilderness 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 (1.21.6).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Wilderness". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.6, 1.21.5, 1.21.4 (+4 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
6 GB(min. 4 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Wilderness 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 (1.21.6). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Wilderness compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
Wilderness officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.6, 1.21.5, 1.21.4. 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 Wilderness – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Wilderness 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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