About Dynamic Trees Plus
From ModrinthMore than just trees!
Project Goal
This is an official extension of Dynamic Trees. This mod aims to expand the scope of DT by creating dynamic foliage that is not strictly a tree and would not otherwise be included within the original Dynamic Trees mod.
Features
Cactus
- 4 distinct species of cacti, each with a unique look and aesthetic.
- Different species can be found in deserts and badlands biomes
- Behavior is now closer to vanilla berry bushes, slowing down movement and prickling only while moving against them (can be changed back to default through config)
- They will no longer destroy items on contact (can be re-enabled through config)
- Saguaro cacti will produce fruits that are edible, harvest when you see them open, yummy!
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<figcaption align = "center">A saguaro cacti with fruit</figcaption> </figure>
Huge Mushrooms _(1.18.2 and above only)_
- Red and brown huge mushrooms that grow and fall like dynamic trees
- Fell them with a silk-touch axe to get the stem and mushroom blocks, otherwise you will get the mushroom items
- Mega variants of both mushrooms that spawn naturally in mushroom fields biomes. You can also obtain them using potions of gigas.
- Ocasional spore particles create a mystical ambiance under huge mushrooms
- Bouncy!
Biomes
- Badlands will be populated by saguaro cacti. This species is a direct port of the cactus in the 1.12.2 version of - Dynamic Trees
- Deserts will be populated by pillar cacti and pipe cacti to add some interesting variety
- Dark forests will be sparsely populated with both red and brown huge mushrooms (1.18.2+ only)
- Mushroom fields will be filled with red and brown mushrooms, and their mega variants (1.18.2+ only)
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<figcaption align = "center">pillar cacti and pipe cacti in a desert</figcaption> </figure>
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<figcaption align = "center">saguaro cacti in a badlands desert</figcaption> </figure>
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<figcaption align = "center">Huge mushrooms in a Mushroom Fields biome (1.18.2+ only)</figcaption> </figure>
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<figcaption align = "center">Huge mushrooms in a Dark Forest biome (1.18.2+ only)</figcaption> </figure>
Seeds and Caps
- Just like the base Dynamic Trees mod, each new species has its own custom item to be able to plant and spread them.
- While cacti still have seeds, mushrooms reproduce by the use of spores. With Dynamic Trees Plus we have opted to make caps the mushroom's "seed" items as they technically do contain the spores in them, and they are easier to distinguish in the inventory.
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<figcaption align = "center">Saplings (Above: Red Mushroom, Brown Mushroom. Below: Saguaro Cactus, Pipe Cactus, Pillar Cactus) and their respective seeds.</figcaption> </figure>
Requirements
This mod requires Dynamic Trees 0.10.0+ in 1.16.5 and Dynamic Trees 1.0.2+ in 1.18.2.
Project Scope
Project Scope
Examples of in scope features
- Plant-like structures that are NOT trees
- Provide advanced growing versions of vanilla plants
- Zero to minimal configuration. Should work out of the box with sane settings or defaults
- Provide interfaces for other mod developers to expand the mod with add-ons, new trees, effects, mobs and other things. If you need a hook then lemme know :)
- Response to seasonal changes
- To achieve compatibility with other popular mods when appropriate
- Stylization should not deviate from the Minecraft aesthetic. All parts of a block model should be comprised of rectangular prisms with each face aligned to 1/16 meter(a standard minecraft texel)
Examples of out of scope features
- Species of foliage not implemented in vanilla Minecraft(such as those in Oh the Biomes You'll Go, Pam's Harvestcraft, Natura, Biomes O' Plenty). For compatibility with these please refer to the Addons section in the main Dynamic Trees page.
- Creature entities, mobs, and/or particles(ents, squirrels, monkeys, fireflies, etc)
- Fruit(other than vanilla Minecraft tree fruit products: apples, cocoa beans)
- Dungeon loot(pointless for this mod)
- Tree villages, villagers and/or trading posts
- Swings or other gadgets commonly attached to trees
- Magic, energy systems, XP drops, enchantments
- Tools and/or apparel(in survival, admin tools might be okay)
- Grafting
- Tree genetics and/or pollination, such as that in forestry
- Automatic fertilizers, detectors, or any kind of machine for interacting with the tree
Features like these will never be implemented. I'm not suggesting that these are bad ideas or wouldn't be fun but they are indeed outside the scope of what this project is meant to accomplish.
Those wishing to implement out of scope features are welcome to do so in a separate expansion or compatibility mod. Popular mods tend to experience scope creep and featuritis. Ultimately you end up with jet packs, metal ore trees, nyan cats, flaming super death cactus swords, and 15 kinds of creepers.
Technical Details
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 7 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Dynamic Trees Plus 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
- 1.3.2, released 2026-03-01
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 Dynamic Trees Plus.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3.2 | 2026-03-01 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.3.1 | 2026-01-23 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.20.1-1.2.2 | 2026-01-21 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 1.3.1-BETA01 beta | 2025-12-12 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.3.0-BETA04 beta | 2025-11-28 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
Run Dynamic Trees Plus 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 catalogWorld generation
Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Dynamic Trees Plus 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 6 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMaxHyper, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree














