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Vanilla Backport Compat

Adds Vanilla Backport features to modded biomes!

FabricNeoForgeForgeDatapack
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Followers on Modrinth
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versions
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Updated
October 19, 2026Oct 19
Published
in 2025
Armadillo in a Flowering Savanna — Windswept · swipe

At a glance

Runs on Fabric, NeoForge, Forge and Datapack
For Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1
Needed on the server; optional in the game
Latest version — 2.3 from October 19, 2026
License MIT — free
Where it's needed
In gameoptionalOn serverrequired

Needed on the server; optional in the game

Game versions1.20.1, 1.21.1

⚠️: Please keep in mind that I may sometimes make mistakes. Make sure the errors are coming from VBC before reporting them on the official Vanilla Backport Discord.

Vanilla Backport Compat is officially maintained ONLY on CurseForge and Modrinth. Other sources are not affiliated.

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📑 More datapacks:

🐶 Vanilla Backport RU Wolves Compat

🐮 Vanilla Backport Mob Variants Compat

🌸 Atmospheric Cactus Flower Compat

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⚠️ Note:

This datapack/mod only works with Vanilla Backport 1.20.1-1.21.1 1.1.5 or later.

I’ll be adding support for more modded biomes over time. It still has a few inconsistencies that I’ll be fixing.

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📖 About:

Vanilla Backport Compat is a datapack/mod that adds natural generation of Vanilla Backport’s leaf litters, wildflowers, fallen trees and more to modded biomes, no more having leaf litters in only three vanilla biomes in your 200 biomes modpack! In addition, leaf litters now generate in the Pale Garden biome.

I don’t feel the need to add features to certain biomes since they already generate them by default using the forge/fabric biome tags. However, if you have suggestions for adding or removing a feature from a biome in a way that would benefit it, feel free to let me know.

This is the list of things this datapack adds:

  • Leaf litter generation
  • Wildflower generation
  • Bush generation
  • Firefly bush generation
  • Fallen trees generation (oak, birch and spruce)
  • Tall and short dry grass generation
  • Warm and cold mob variants
  • Wolf variants
  • Desert ambient sounds
  • Snow! Real Magic! instant compatibility
  • Falling leaves
  • Falling needles
  • Happy Ghast prevents new damage sources
  • Dried Ghast ambient sounds compatibility
  • Natural generation of camels
  • Natural generation of armadillos
  • Sulfur Cube compatibility (beta)
Mods with sulfur cube compat
  • Biomes O' Plenty
  • Biomes We've Gone
  • Regions Unexplored
  • Upgrade Aquatic
  • Ecologics
  • Environmental

You only need Vanilla Backport installed, the rest of the mods are optional compatibility and are not required.

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📜 List of compatible mods:

  • Biomes O' Plenty
  • Biomes We've Gone
  • Atmospheric
  • Terralith
  • Environmental
  • Regions Unexplored
  • Vanilla Backport
  • Windswept
  • Snow! Real Magic!
  • Upgrade Aquatic
  • Nature's Spirit
  • Wilderness
  • Blooming Biosphere
  • No Man's Land
  • Twilight Forest
  • Better Nether
  • William Wythers' Expanded Ecosphere
  • Still Life
  • Spawn

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📝List of things to add:

Here’s a list of pending things I’ll be adding.

  • Add falling leaves to leave blocks from other mods
  • Add falling needles to leave blocks from other mods
  • Add leaf colors for compatibility with the falling leaves
  • Add desert ambient sounds in some biomes
  • Add compatibility with William Wythers' Expanded Ecosphere (beta)
  • Add compatibility with Still Life
  • Add compatibility with Blue Skies (falling leaves)
  • Add compatibility with The Aether (falling leaves)
  • Add compatibility with Alex Caves (falling leaves)

FAQ

How to install Vanilla Backport Compat?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Vanilla Backport Compat for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Vanilla Backport Compat support?

Vanilla Backport Compat has builds for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1.

Is Vanilla Backport Compat needed on the server?

Needed on the server; optional in the game

License and source
MIT Licensefree to use and share with credit to the author
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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