Distant Worlds
ModExplore a new dimension with colorful biomes, creatures, and crafting.
Why gradeE
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 21 months−20 points
- No source code link−7 points
- Releases in only 1 of the last 24 months−5 points
- No public issue tracker−3 points
- Under 5 million downloads−1 point
All 11 criteria
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.21 months ago (17 Jan 2025) 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.1.20.1 on Forge. 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.20.1. 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
Full points15 / 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.14 of the 144 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (10%) 10 / 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
10 points lost0 / 10Source 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.No link to report problems 0 / 3Popularity
1 point lost3 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.398,334 3 / 4Track record
8 points lost0 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.3.9 years, 10 releases 0 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in the latest file for recent Minecraft versions. See Security
28.1 of the 64 points that apply = 44 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Distant Worlds adds the techno-magic dimension of Garhenna, a dark subterranean realm of rocky faults, lava lowlands, distinctive biomes, and its own plants, ores, materials, food, and decorative and functional blocks, without changing vanilla dimension generation. Its biomes include the ore-rich Molten Hills, the fire-lit Burning Plains with guarded ruins, the pollen-filled Sticky Marshes, and the eerie Dead Valley, where lithum outgrowths shelter helyst ore. Garhenna is inhabited by hostile and friendly creatures, including the three fighting types of fralite golem, peaceful culafite shroomers, and tameable animals such as noarhorns and salmorans that can assist in combat. Exploration feeds into a research system: players search abandoned libraries for ancient papers, use them at a research table to investigate items, and unlock entries in the Garhenna Book as research achievements are earned. Building a lithum altar opens a ritual-based path to stronger tools and armor, while curelite-fueled lithum furnaces generate dalite energy that can be transferred to storage and used with the mod’s energy systems. A growing Garhenna Depletion effect makes extended trips dangerous, progressing from hunger to weakened combat, poisoning, and ultimately death; foods and elixirs can reduce depletion, and Garhenna Immunity protects against it.
Written from Modrinth and CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
Does not change the game's code directly.
Adds 241 blocks, 149 items, 13 mobs, 4 other entities, 4 biomes, 1 dimension, 10 structures, 4 enchantments, 318 recipes, 38 advancements, 10 loot tables and 3 key bindings.
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.
Often used with it
See all 30Details
- Creator
- TANC57
- License
- All rights reserved
- Downloads
- 398K
- Created
- 23 Nov 2020
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
- Links
- Discord
Security
No harmful code found
We checked its files and read their code, without running it.
What it can do on your computer
- Creates settings files
- The mod keeps its settings in the config folder of your game, where you can change or delete them. 1 file in your config folder.
Why we show this: a mod runs on your computer like any program, so harmful code in it can take your accounts or files. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade, and a Warning in a latest file for a recent Minecraft version lowers it.
How we checked
- 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.2 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The answer above is about the one for a recent version. 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
- Their codeWe turn the code of the files back into readable code and follow what it does, without running it. This shows what it downloads, what it sends and where your login goes.Read without running it
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
- 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
We read its code without running it: it contacts no web address while you play.
Why we show this: a mod can send things about you over the internet, like your player name or your login. Contacting an address to check for updates or download files sends nothing about you. Not in the grade: sending data can be normal for what a mod does.
How we checked
- 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 its one file, for recent Minecraft versions. See each file in Releases
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares crash reports, usage data and advertisements. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a project collects data on its users or shows advertisements.Nothing declared about crash reports, usage data or advertisements.
AI
No sign that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files and images and found none.
No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI, and AI in the game can send what you write to an online service. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.No AI content or AI features declared.
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found2 of 25 changelogs read
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found547 images read
- Code of the modThe code and files of the mod, read without running it: addresses of AI services, AI libraries, AI model files and a place for your own AI key.No AI service, AI library or AI model file1,800 code files read
Compatibility
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Related projects
Projects that need Distant Worlds to work.
Modpacks using this project
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Fewer modpacks put it in their new versions than a year ago: 3 a month now, 10 a year agoThe average of the last 6 months, compared with the same 6 months a year before. We say it only when the change is large..
180 modpacks include Distant Worlds in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Fantasy Realm460K downloadslast version with it 7 Oct 2023
How to train your dragon - Together we map the world || HTTYD102K downloadslast version with it 23 Mar 2025
Requiem - BETTER FANTASY (The Last Act)91K downloadslast version with it 23 Oct 2026
Calamity RPG III : Wounds of the World41K downloadslast version with it 7 Sep 2026
Towns & Kingdoms 2 | A New World31K downloadslast version with it 10 May 2023
WitchHazel: Halloween Magic15K downloadslast version with it 7 Oct 2025
Magica Infinitum IV - 1.18.213K downloadslast version with it 23 Jan 2023
Rogue! Mayhem12K downloadslast version with it 17 Jul 2024
Chronicles of Arcadia: A Journey to Magitech [CAJM]5.9K downloadslast version with it 30 May 2025
Sugar's Ultimate Changed4.5K downloadslast version with it 7 Oct 2023Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with Distant Worlds. Share: how many of the modpacks with Distant Worlds also have that mod.
YUNG's Better Nether FortressesAModin 71% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
YUNG's Better Ocean MonumentsAModin 69% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
YUNG's Better Desert TemplesAModin 64% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
L_Ender's CataclysmBModin 61% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
YUNG's Better Witch HutsAModin 61% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
YUNG's Better End IslandAModin 61% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
AttributeFixAModin 56% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
BlueprintAModin 53% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
Ars NouveauAModin 51% of the modpacks with Distant Worlds
YUNG's Better Jungle TemplesAModin 50% of the modpacks with Distant WorldsLatest files
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.