Unseen's Nether Backport
Minecraft Java mod. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForge
NETHER-API IS REQUIRED FOR THIS MOD TO FUNCTION. MOD PACK DEVS USE FILE DIRECTOR TO GET IT FROM MODRINTH!
The goal of this mod is to bring all nether related content from 1.16 to 1.12.2! Currently most to all things are in, there is just many minor things that are not yet implemented quite yet such as minor AI tasks, and probably other minor things I missed.
A minor thing to mention is that this mod is very early out of the development, yes it has most to all things functioning, however no multiplayer tests have been done yet, so feel free to give feedback on multiplayer issues.
What is the 1.16 update?
You can find all what the 1.16 added here.
Current Content
Biomes
- Basalt Deltas - Warning this biome will be facing a more indepth revamp due to performance, you can disable this one in the config!
- Soul Sand Valleys
- Warped Forests
- Crimson Forests
Structures
- Bastion Remnants - Very close to vanilla's and has a higher chance of generating the strongholds
- Ruined Nether Portal - Includes the regular and giant ones
- Ruined NETHER Nether Portal
- Crimson and Warped Fungus Trees
Blocks
- Crimson Wood set (Not Including Buttons and Pressure Plates)
- Warped Wood set (Not Including Buttons and Pressure Plates)
- Blackstone Stone set
- Basalt Stone set + Smooth Basalt from 1.17
- Crying Obsidian
- Gilded Blackstone
- Nether Gold Ore
- Quartz Bricks
- Lode Stone - use a compass to calibrate the compass to where that Lode Stone is at
- Respawn Anchor - use Glowstone to set Respawn Counters, allowing you to respawn in the nether and end!
- Shroomlight
- Warped and Crimson Fungus
- Warped and Crimson Roots
- Nether Sprout
- Twisting Vines
- Weeping Vines
- Soul Fire
- Soul Lantern
- Soul Soil
- Soul Torch
- Chains
- Ancient Debris
- Netherite Block
- Piglin Heads (Including Brute and Zombified Piglin Heads!)
Items
- Netherite Gear + Tools
- Netherite Horse Armor
- Netherite Ingot
- Netherite Scrap
- Pig Step Music Disc
- Warped Fungus on a stick
- Soul Speed - When Applied to boots you can move quickly across Soul Soil and Soul Sand!
Entities
- Piglin
- Piglin Brute
- Hoglin
- Strider
- Zoglin
- Zombified Piglin - Doesn't replace Zombie Pigman! They just spawn in the regular nether and are converted from Piglins
Sounds
- All block sounds except sounds of Netherrack, Quartz Ore
- All Entity Sounds
- All Biome Ambience Sounds
Other
- Basalt Generators
Configuration & Compat
- Compat with FutureMC, basically this will disable duplicated blocks and items from this mod for the following, Netherite Gear and Tools, Netherite Block, Ancient Debris, other items added by FutureMC that are duplicate are Creative only!
- Compat with Crossbows Backported by SmileyCorps, This gives Piglins the ability to use Crossbows.
- Compat with Spartan Weaponry, You must enable this in the config to take place, you can give Piglins crossbows and golden Spartan weapons!
- Nether-API allows other nether biome mods to fit in smoothly and weight them evenly, Nether-API is a dependancy for this mod!
- Use Modernity Resource Pack to have updated Netherrack textures, Warped and Crimson Grass will change theres as well to what the current Netherrack textures is.
Config Options
- FutureMC compat - default: true
- Other options for the above mentioned compatibility
- Global Health and Attack Damage Modifiers
- Disable Basalt Deltas - For those that this biome impacts too much on performance
- Which blocks Soul Fire will work on
- Which blocks Soul Speed will work on
- Which blocks can be harvested from a Hoe
- Which items will be fire resistant
- Hoglin/Piglin Convert to zombified versions timer
- What items can the Piglins accept for Bartering
- Piglin Trade delay
- Enable/Disable Piglin Hostility in Bastions, note Piglin Brutes will still cause them to aggro
- All Entities Health/Armor/Armor Toughness/Attack Damage
- Bastion Spawn Frequency/Biomes to not spawn in/(Mob, Chests) Spawn Frequency/Y-level to spawn at
- Nether Portal Ruins Spawn Rate/Biomes to not spawn in/Large Portal Chance
- All biome spawn weights
- Loot tables for Chests/Bastion Chests/Piglins are in the assets folder of the mod, use Craft tweaker to edit or create loot tables!
What's not included?
NOTE: This doesn't mean I won't add it in, I just either haven't quite figured it out yet or awaiting other things to be revamped or added.
- Piglins Do NOT get angry if you break golden blocks
- Piglins and Piglin Brutes wearing armor
- Baby Piglins
- Soul Campfire
FAQ
Q: Will you port this to version above 1.12.2 ex: 1.13, 1.15.2?
A: No.
Q: Will this mod recieve anymore updates/additions?
A: As of 0.6, this mod will slowly recieve fixes and small updates here and there. If you're looking for more Nether Content, you can look at the new nether boss added into (Unofficial)BOMD + DA.
Q: Is this made with McCreator?
A: Never.
Feel free to check out my other projects, combining all of them makes a nice interesting pack focused on exploration and adventure!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- 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.
- Ships as unseens-nether-backport-0.7.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 45.0 MB
- Download link checked 27 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.