About Darker Depths
From ModrinthA mod to expand the underground!
Darker Depths is a underground expansion mod.
There are currently 3 biomes added to Darker Depths:
Glowshroom Forest
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The glowshroom cavern is where you will find large glowshrooms, the glowshroom monster, glowgrime, and the Glowshroom Cap.
The Glowshroom Cap when worn, has limited durability, provides light, and also provides the user haste 1.
Sandy Catacombs
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The Sandy Catacombs is a desolate wasteland. Petrified roots hang from the ceiling, aridrock & boulders dot the inner cave landscape.
A new class of mob without souls can be found here. They wander the catacombs in the hopes of binding with their next victim.
Void Soul mobs when killed, don't die, but rather are turned into Void Souls. This orb is invulnerable, but will expire after 60 seconds. Upon right clicking with a glass bottle, Void Souls can be captured into a jar. Right clicking with Amber stops them from expiring.
A new structure is found here, aptly named the Catacombs, where you will find Body Snatchers, Void Soul Knights, Tombs, Paranoia, and Forsaken Bronze.
Cursed by the presence of the Void Souls, this Forsaken Bronze allows for unnatural abilities. This metal can be used to craft a few useful items, including the Death Anchor, the Stiletto, and Tombs.
Molten Cavern
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The Molten Cavern is a raging hot biome, where Deepslate has turned into Darkslate and lava can be found in layered pools. Geysers, Amber Clusters, and Dead Living Crystals can be found here.
Dead Living Crystals can be reawakened by giving them a diamond. From there, they will start to grow back to life. When they have fully grown, they will turn into Living Crystal, which can spread to nearby diamond ore, or grow a taste for Melons, if you give them enough time.
Crystal Melons are formed when a Living Crystal has a hunger for Melons. Placing a Melon near a living crystal will cause it to turn into a stone melon, then growing inside until it finally breaks free of its shell, converting to a Crystal Melon.
Crystal Melons when used while in the offhand, will supercharge any tool to make it unbreakable, give 20% more attack speed, mining speed, and attack damage, for 5 minutes. (Adjustable via config)
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 5 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Darker Depths 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
- Forge, NeoForge
- 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
- 2.1.6-1.21.1, released 2026-08-12
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of Darker Depths.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.6-1.21.1 | 2026-08-12 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 2.1.5-1.21.1 | 2026-08-06 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 2.1.5-1.20.1 | 2026-08-06 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 2.1.4 | 2026-06-03 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 2.1.4 | 2026-06-03 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
Run Darker Depths 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 catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Darker Depths as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- ForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 4 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authornaterbobber, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseCC-BY-4.0Free












