How do I install Desert Update (PixelDarks Version)?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Desert Update (PixelDarks Version) work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Desert Update (PixelDarks Version)

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by PixelDarks · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader Forge2 builds
Mod loader NeoForge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest
Minecraft 1.20.1

Minecraft 1.21.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Features:

Desert with some trees (Palm and Baobab), some mobs (Meerkat, Ostrich and Vulture), some Building Blocks, a new Village, Prickly Pears (including Prickly Pear Crop) and Coconuts, a new Ore (Amber), and a new set of Equipment: Amber Armor and Amber Tools. There is a new Block called Fragmenter (it works only with Amber Staff), it converts Amber to Amber Shards. With them you can craft Amber Tools and Amber Armor. Palm includes a new set of Wood. There are Palm Boats, Palm Boats with chest and new Signs.

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Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1
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 CurseForge — 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as desert_update-1.2.1-1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 1.0 MB
Download link checked 27 Sept 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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