Vanilla Expanded
Vanilla Expanded Desert is a part of the Vanilla Expanded Modpack. This mod focuses on creating 2 desert/arid biomes with additional blocks, mobs, and structures. The main goal of this mod, and the modpack as a whole, is to create a vanilla friendly overworld update in the style of an offical mojang update.
Biomes
- Dry Forest (Baobab)
- Oasis (Palm)
Blocks
- Full Baobab wood set
- Full Palm wood set
Mobs
- Ostrich
- Bearded Dragon
Structures
- Sorghum Farm
- Sand Castle
Other Features
- Sorghum crop
- Syrup
- Pancake
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.8
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as vanilla_expanded_desert-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 886 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.