Natural Philosophy 3.0.0 - Natural Philosophy

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Natural Philosophy 3.0.0

Changelog

Massive performance improvements to surface rules
More tree shape changes & decorators
- Roots on some trees, such as jungle and large spruce/pine
- A branch decorator to make Redwood-esque trees look better
- A branch decorator for jungle trees
More water in caves, via waterfalls and such
- Water & lava springs exist, but have heavy height limitations as well as only spawning over water
- Reduce spring generation frequency in ceilings & make lava overwrite sculk/glow lichen
Forest hillsides are properly covered in more stunted trees
Revamp of Mushroom Island to be more volcanic
- Hotsprings added, made of terracotta
- New basaltic mineral sand blocks, for making mushroom islands like basaltic floodplain
- Add Mycelial Growth similar to warped roots
Tweaks to cave generation to provide more immersive entrances
- Rooted dirt + hanging roots on the top of caves near the surface, lush or not?
Fix orange terracotta spawning at the top of Badlands biomes
Vines & drooping leaves in Dark Forest biomes
Small Dripleaves in spawn in mangrove swamps, as they are hot, humid, wet, & overgrown
Ocean updates
- Top Levels (0-30m) in: Frozen Ocean, Cold Ocean, Ocean: Kelp on 0-1 gravel, seagrass on 2+, red algae more common the warmer it is
- Mid (fade 30m-40m) to Bottom Levels (40m-down) in: Frozen Ocean, Cold Ocean, Ocean: Red algae and bone coral, with more bone coral on rockier portions
- Top Levels (0-30m) in: Lukewarm Ocean: Kelp on boulders (areas with 1 sand), seagrass & red algae on sand
- Mid (fade 30m-40m) to Bottom Levels (40m-down) in: Lukewarm Ocean: Red algae and bone coral, with more bone coral on rockier portions
- Warm ocean has some changes to possibly make coral generate more reef-like, otherwise no need for changes
- Red algae and bone coral are usable in recipes, incl, brewing
Fix Badlands biome cliff generation to be more interesting (all minecraft:badlands now)
Fix lots of missing tags on NP blocks & items
Fix powder snow & grove biomes with cliff surface rules
Kelp & mushrooms have a slight offset like grass & flowers do
- Mushrooms have dynamic shape like flowers so they don't have issues
- Kelp has dynamic shape similar to bamboo
Fix land when it comes above ocean surfaces not being decorated properly
Add depth filter to dune grass placement in beaches
Fix Windswept biomes gravel rock spawning
Fix Stony Shore boulder issues & add new vegetation
Fix dirt under the water in mangrove swamps
Fix "underwater sediment" surface rule not applying correctly
Fix issues with flat and flat_liquid surface rule conditions
Texture updates: Grass path sides, moss carpet hanging sides, rotate: coarse dirt, gravel, moss, endstone, stretch in small dripleaf bottom
Make grass that spawns in caves actually dirt, coarse dirt, or rooted dirt
Variation in moss hanging textures
Fix cliff issues with flat tops having stone & the ring of stone around the bottom

Dependencies

Lithostitchedrequired

Files

naturalphilosophy-3.0.0.jar(1.03 MiB) Primary

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Release

Version number

3.0.0

Loaders

NeoForge

Game versions

1.21.1

Environment

Client and server, required on both

Downloads

271

Publication date

December 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM

Publisher

VoidsongDragonfly

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