Biome Improvement (Mindthemood's Pile of Rocks)
ModAdds vanilla-friendly details to biomes.
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How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 24 months−20 points
- No source code link−7 points
- Releases in only 1 of the last 24 months−5 points
- Some modpacks removed it−2 points
- Under 5 million downloads−1 point
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Maintenance
17 points lost10 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.24 months ago (28 Oct 2024) 0 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.1.21.1 on NeoForge, 1.20.1 on Forge. 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.21.1. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.Releases in 1 of the last 24 months 1 / 6Stability
2 points lost13 / 15Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.4 of the 26 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (15%) See the 4 modpacks8 / 10Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
7 points lost0 / 7Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.No link on the project page 0 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.Does not apply. CurseForge links are not in our data.Popularity
1 point lost3 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.38,067 3 / 4Track record
8 points lost0 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.4.3 years, 12 releases 0 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in both latest files for recent Minecraft versions. See Security
25.7 of the 61 points that apply = 42 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Biome Improvement adds vanilla-style environmental details across existing biomes, aiming to make them feel less barren while keeping additions restrained. Forests gain stumps, fallen logs, old tree variants, patches of ground cover, and scattered rocks; birch and spruce forests also feature details such as glow-lichen logs, mossy cobblestone, podzol, and berry bushes. Other distinctive additions include muddy jungle and mangrove terrain, giant dark-oak trees and boulders in dark forests, striped terracotta boulders in savannas, and biome-specific ice, sandstone, or prismarine formations around cold regions, deserts, and oceans. Caves receive features such as dripstone, cobwebs, azalea bushes and moss around lush caves, and small underground amethyst geodes; Nether additions include basalt and blackstone formations, bone fragments, and small geodes. Dark forests can contain partly buried spider nests with loot, while plains, birch forests, and especially flower forests may hold rarer bee nests, each containing an immovable Royal Honey block. Standing on Royal Honey grants absorption whose duration increases with nearby beehives or nests and whose strength increases with nearby flowers and flowering blocks. Fairy Rings appear in swamps, old-growth taigas, forests, and dark forests; completing a ring with a single type of plant produces particle effects and experience, and summons one or two Allays depending on the ring’s size.
Written from CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
Does not change the game's code directly.
Adds 14 blocks, 8 structures and 1 advancement.
Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.
Keeps all of vanilla Minecraft's textures, models and sounds.
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- Creator
- Mindthemoods
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 38K
- Created
- 27 Jun 2022
- Official page
- CurseForge
Security
No harmful code found
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- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.5 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The answer above is about the 2 for recent versions. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
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- Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.The internet, folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.
Privacy
We found nothing it sends
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- Files readWe read the code without running it. We list each web address the code contacts while you play, and what it sends. Code that is never used is left out.The code of both files, for recent Minecraft versions. See each file in Releases
AI
No sign that AI was used to make it
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No sign of AI in the game
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- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
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Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
Find modpacks with it33 modpacks include Biome Improvement (Mindthemood's Pile of Rocks) in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
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The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The files for recent versions come first. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.