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BetterNether: Before Dawn

by Raijin2312 · for Minecraft

An unofficial port of the BetterNether mod to Forge & Fabric, bringing the latest content to 1.20.1 and adding improvements to the Nether, including plants, biomes, structures, and world generation

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About BetterNether: Before Dawn

From Modrinth

An unofficial port of the BetterNether mod to Forge & Fabric, bringing the latest content to 1.20.1 and adding improvements to the Nether, including plants, biomes, structures, and world generation

BetterNether (Unofficial Forge & Fabric Port) — Minecraft 1.20.1

This project is an unofficial Forge & Fabric port of Paulev’s Fabric mod “BetterNether” for Minecraft 1.20.1, including bug fixes and a few small balance/quality tweaks.

Required on: both client and server. Requires: BCLib, WunderLib

Latest BetterNether Content

BetterNether Forge & Fabric for 1.20.1 includes all content introduced in the latest BetterNether releases.

All additions have been fully integrated and adapted specifically for this Minecraft version and the Forge & Fabric mod loaders.

Included New Content

  • The complete Gloomwood biome
  • Bleached, Veined, and Molten Gloomsculk terrain
  • Gloomwood trees, leaves, saplings, grass, and vegetation
  • Gloomsculk geodes, crystals, vines, and lamps
  • Interactive glowing Gloomwisps
  • Complete Gloomwood and Dark Gloomwood building sets
  • Gloomwood boats and chest boatsNew furniture, containers, signs, and decorative blocks
  • Three new biome music tracks and collectible music discs
  • New advancements, block mechanics, particles, sounds, and world-generation features

About BetterNether

BetterNether makes adventures in the Nether more exciting by adding new biomes, plants, and materials. You’ll encounter new challenging monsters (like the Naga), explore dark dungeons taken over by Nether creatures, and use new tools with unique improvements to help you survive. Builders also get lots of unique blocks and additional variants of familiar vanilla blocks.

Features

  • Dozens of new plants for the Nether
  • New Nether mobs
  • New unique biomes
  • Vertical and volumetric biome system (supporting other mods and datapacks)
  • Many new materials, recipes, food, tools, and items
  • Ability to farm some materials using plant farms and mob farms
  • Many Nether structures, including big and rare Nether Cities
  • Ability to configure presence of blocks, items, structures, biomes, and plant density (and a config GUI with the ModsMenu mod)
  • Integrations with some other mods

Fixes and changes in this Forge & Fabric 1.20.1 port

  • 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.)
  • Add Ruby item and block tags for better compatibility (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Fix Stripped Rubeus Log/Bark textures (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Only use Bark wood variant for trees (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Improved music system (thanks RedCraft86)
  • Change (suggestion): removed the Sculk Catalyst from loot tables (thanks Yukiroshi). It was too easy to obtain Fireruby gear early; now you’ll have to pay a visit to the Warden
  • Change (suggestion): full translation for ru_ru.json (thanks FO13E)
  • Change (suggestion): new name for moss cover in the Russian translation (thanks happykgit)
  • Change (suggestion): terracotta has been replaced with smooth basalt in flooded deltas (thanks Eletoast)
  • Change: lava can now pass through stalactites
  • Change (suggestion): Nether Brewing Stand now brews 2× faster, 200 ticks; UI progress remains correct (thanks AcaGamer5)
  • Change (suggestion): Willow wood renamed to Nether Willow in all languages, with native localized wording (thanks AcaGamer5)

Support / Issue reports

This is an unofficial Forge & Fabric port. Please do not report issues to the official BetterX Team Discord or the upstream project, since they do not maintain this Forge & Fabric versions.

To report issues, use the GitHub linked below. If any issues arise due to the existence of this port and it affects the upstream community, please contact me directly.

Credits / Attribution

Original mod (Fabric): https://modrinth.com/mod/betternether

This project: unofficial Forge & Fabric 1.20.1 port + fixes (maintained by: Reijin2312)

Thanks to the contributors credited above for reports and suggestions

Links

Upstream source (Fabric): https://github.com/quiqueck/BetterNether

Upstream project page: https://modrinth.com/mod/betternether

BetterX Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kYuATbYbKW

Port issue tracker (GitHub): https://github.com/Reijin2312/BetterNether_Forge/issues

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.20.1.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge and Quilt.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

BetterNether: Before Dawn on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
Server side
Required on the server
Server type needed
Fabric, Forge, Quilt
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
20.0.13, released 2026-10-18

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Fabric1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)1.20.1
Forge1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)1.20.1
Quilt1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)1.20.1

From 8 recorded builds of BetterNether: Before Dawn.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
20.0.132026-10-181.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)Forge
20.0.13-fabric beta2026-10-181.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)Fabric, Quilt
20.0.12-fabric beta2026-10-121.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)Fabric, Quilt
20.0.122026-08-061.20.1Forge
20.0.112026-07-061.20.1Forge
20.0.102026-03-051.20.1Forge

Dependencies

  • Required: modrinth project obMZk452 (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
  • Required: modrinth project 5T56XRUO (modrinth, not in our catalogue)

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run BetterNether: Before Dawn on a Minecraft server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

World generation

Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists BetterNether: Before Dawn as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForgeQuilt
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.20.1 and 1 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-19Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorRaijin2312, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

BetterNether: Before Dawn, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install BetterNether: Before Dawn?

Modrinth lists BetterNether: Before Dawn as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric, Forge and Quilt.

Is it free?

Yes. BetterNether: Before Dawn is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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