Better Birch Forest
This mod aims to bring the missing Birch Forest update to life, inspired by the concept art from Minecraft Live. It also enhances the ambiance of Birch Forests by introducing Fireflies to make them feel more vibrant.
New World Generation
- Redesigned Birch Trees with unique shapes.
- Added Fallen Birch Stems to create a more natural, aged forest look.
New Blocks
- Two New Flowers:
Versatile flowers that can grow both on land and in water.

- Glow in the Dark Block: This block charges when exposed to light and emits a glow in darkness until its charge depletes.
- Holed Logs:
Introduced the Holed Birch Log and similar variants for other wood types, each featuring a hollow center.

- Walled Mushroom: A new type of mushroom that grows on the sides of Birch trees, adding a unique forest feature.
- Firefly Bottle: A decorative block that lets you place bottles filled with captured Fireflies, adding a magical glow to your surroundings.
New Items
- Firefly Goo: A new resource dropped by Fireflies with potential crafting or decorative uses.
- Net Catcher: A net you can Craft to catch Fireflys in the night
This mod seeks to enhance the Birch Forest experience, making it feel more alive and visually diverse.
How to Install Better Birch Forest (Mod)
Better Birch Forest by devplop is verified for Fabric across Minecraft versions 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6 (latest release: 1.2.1-1.21.11, file size: 577 KB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6) and platform (Fabric).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Fabric.
- Move the downloaded Better Birch Forest file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/modsfolder and launch the game.
All Versions
+ Add Version- Fixed Texture for Holed Stripped Oak log
- Refactored waterlogging Logic for Holed Log Blocks
- Changed Birch Tree
- Update to 1.21.9
- Fixed a Bug that resultet in worldgen not working
- Fixed a Bug that resultet in worldgen not working
- Changed Fallentrees to work the same as the ingame ones
- Removed Purple Petals from Birch Forest
- Fireflys dont Despawn anymore when it is day
- Added a Variant for every Glass Color for the Firefly Bootle
- Added a new Item Model for the Firefly Bootles to better show there are a Block
- Added Holed Log Variant for the Pale Oak Logs
- Fixed that Shears are the Prefered Tool for Birch Leaves
- Added diffrent Map Color for Birchleaves
To catch Fireflys you now need to craft Net Catcher
You also can release the Fireflys into Freedom again after Catching them if you want to.
- Added Advancements
- Fixed Performance when there are a lot of Fireflys
- Glow in the Dark Block now works better and has an Animatet Texture
- Added Water Lakes
Added Mod descripton
Added more Variants of the Fallen Birch Tree
Changed Fireflys Spawn Behavior to despawn at day
- More Vegatation
- Better Birch Trees
- Fireflys
- and more...~~~~