Description
Changes some features in forests:
- Increases the tree height so it's easier to walk
- Adds mushrooms by some trees
- Makes fallen oak trees more common
- Adds vines to some trees
- Adds random dead bushes and saplings commonly on the ground
- Adds patches of moss on the forest floor
- Removes surface lava pools that cause fires
Other datapacks for the best forest experience: Taller Forests
Versions
Supports Java Edition 26.3
Compatibility
May be incompatible with some worldgen datapacks.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.3
- 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 better-forest-biome-v1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 64 KB
- Download link checked 5 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.