Biomes Of The Ancients

Finally, a normal update! the tomfoolery is over!

a lot of content was added during the april fool's update but was not included in the changelog, so i will be listing it here.

• added a new biome, the Shattered Gardens

• added a basic variant of stone ore for wonderpore pumice

• reworked wonderpore entirely, including giving it a retexture for all items in addtion to wonderpore pickaxes and axes

• added pthalostone and hushcrystal blocks

• added hushcrystal geodes to the shattered desert and the shattered gardens

• balanced many ore mining values

• added particles to Viridian Ore

• retextured all viridian tools

• retextured all emerald tools

• added 4 new hive blocks in addition to hive structures found in the underground Edelweiss oaks biome

• added mullein blooms that drop from adult mullein flowers

• added mullein tea, a new food source

• added broomsedge and southern dewberry (new plants) to multiple biomes

• added puritan ore, a new ore found in all biomes that can make revitalizing powder

• added new foodstuffs: Gilded yew berry, desired dogwood fruit, and the golden goblet

• overhauled and reworked the unusual forest into the peculiar canopy biome

EVERYTHING LISTED BELOW IS FROM THIS DIRECT UPDATE:

• removed the ambient theme from the willow desert biome

• added 4 new mobs: Chugen, Lost Lotala, Apathorion Solider, and the Abyss Treader

• retextured the Monstic Mob

• reworked how blank discs are crafted

• added symphonic essence, which is used to make all bota music discs

• added persimmon fruit leather, a new foodstuff

• added shadow shroom foodstuffs

• added a crafting recipe for bewitched bricks

• added another crafting recipe for the tenebris purger

• reworked how tenebris ingots are obtained

• added uranium ore and uranium powder

• added a smelting recipe for alabaster glass

• added crafting recipes for ALL current BOTA music discs

Thank you so much for downloading and playing the mod, more updates are coming soon!

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we come back with the valentines day update after a well-needed winter break! this update in itself is quite large and our plans for future updates are even larger.

• Reworked the Alabaster Beach biome and added Alabaster grass

• Added Toxic Mold to the microbiome

• added forgotten table coral structures to the Forgotten Reef biome

• added amber crystals to the Embered Sands biome

• added felmshrooms to the Archaic Dunes biome, a light-emitting plant.

• added linden and Kauri trees to the Overgrown Coves biome

• added a new biome - the Shield Forest

• added a music disc for the Forgotten Reef biome

• added wild ginger plants

• Reworked and overhauled the Cloud Forest biome

• added a new biome - the Edelweiss Oaks

• added Oak Grove Neroli plants, Swamp bushes, waterlogged Oak Roots, louta Flowers, Oakpad Blocks, and Edelweiss Oak leaves to the Edelwiess Oaks Biome

• added Acidstone to the underground of the Parasitic Heap biome

• added a new mob, the Parasite Baby (concept designed by Levif)

• slightly reworked the Peat Bog Biome, and added Compacted peat moss to the biome

• added Soft Rush and Button bushes to the Peat Bog biome

• added Sakura Logs and Leaves

• reworked the Cherry Coppice biome, and added White Cherry trees alongside it

• added a new biome - the Janna Outcrop

• added Bevelend Dirt, Coarse Bevelend Dirt, Blastering Basalt, Moultishroom blocks, Moultishrooms, and Charred Bevelend Roots to the Janna Outcrop Biome

• Added Pistachio Nuts to the Pistachio Paradise biome in the medley

• Pistachio Cores are now Craftable

• added 3 new armor sets (Redbrand,Tanzanite,Moonschist) and retextured the rest of the armor sets

• added Lunar Debris Asteroids to the Starfield biome

• added Magmatic Pumice to the ashen wastes biome found in the Deadgarden

• removed villages from the icy hills biome as the trees of the biome interfered with the villages.

• removed the christmas theming, it will return again!

• Balanced the generation of multiple plants

• removed the ambient theme from the Houseglassed Labyrinth biome

• overhauled the look of the Oorshlands biome

• changed certain biome weights:

• changed the biome weight of the starfield from 21 to 31 changed the biome weight of the forgotten reef from 10 to 24 changed the biome weight of the amazonia from 10 to 30 changed the biome weight of the tussock grasslands from 10 to 36 changed the biome weight of the grossular cliffs from 60 to 48 changed the biome weight of the Australian outback from 77 to 26 changed the biome weight of the Apathorion from 17 to 31 changed the biome weight of the heathland from 38 to 42 changed the biome weight of the microbiome from 17 to 25 changed the biome weight of the enchanted groves from 21 to 30 changed the biome weight of the auroral tundra from 10 to 26 changed the biome weight of the elvent from 19 to 23 changed the biome weight of the kindled inferno from 27 to 24 changed the biome weight of the ancient river from 14 to 33 changed the biome weight of the mimosa glades from 3 to 28 changed the biome weight of the cavity from 14 to 20 changed the biome weight of the janna lowlands from 20 to 24 changed the biome weight of the archaic dunes from 43 to 31 changed the biome weight of the knoll from 10 to 41 changed the biome weight of the chaparral from 10 to 46 changed the biome weight of the volcanic archipelago from 10 to 26 changed the biome weight of the dawn forest from 10 to 36 changed the biome weight of the kauri forest from 10 to 32 changed the biome weight of the shield forest from 10 to 63

• added the valentines day theming to the aspen meadow for this year

thank you so much for your patience! i have been busy and have not had the time to work on bota as much, but i promise that there will be a bigger update later down the line. until next time - the BOTA dev Team

The Big Winter Update is here!

• added and fixed a lot of crafting, smelting, and blasting recipes for a majority of the ores

• fixed some ore progression and tweaked multiple crafting recipes

• added the labradorite sword and axe

• added multiple progression advancements

• nerfed the Fractured Gumblade

• added wufentite blocks

• added polonic ingots, which will be used for the polon rapier's new recipe

• added galactic and condensed wiltum fragments, these will be have more recipes in future updates.

• added the Counterfeit Gumblade

• added Kyawthuite Gems and tool sets (this will be the first progressional ore in the rift of skyra.)

• reworked spinel ore, and added spinel blocks alongside it

• added putrefied pearls, a drop from rifters that can be grinded into an ender pearl

• added 7 NEW MOBS: Rotifer, Blueberrian, Leishmania, Yersinia Pestis, Megamooth, Magmatic Snail, and a NEW BOSS: Grand Hammius

• remodeled the Burner, Maned Boar, and the Kettleisk

• fixed an issue where a player would crash if they entered a Scarlet Oak Forest biome

• added Rotifer chops, a new food source

• added 6 new plants to the mod

• added corundum ore and corundum shards

• OVERHAULED the blueberry brisk biome

• OVERHAULED the Mountainous Pome Valley biome

• OVERHAULED the Rusk Sierra and the Rusk cliffs biomes

• OVERHAULED the Briar Woods biome

• added Velvet Mesquite Trees and Velvet Mesquite Catkins

• added Rusksoil Bone Ore

• added Bluefoil and Pomewood Leaves

• added draconic ore

• added music discs for the Kindled Inferno, Blueberry Brisk, and the Bluing Aspen Meadow

• Brought back the winter theming for the Olivene Steppe and the Icy Hills biomes

• Added Villages and other structures to a myriad of biomes that did not have them

• added the winter themed music discs, they have a possibility to be acquired from wandering traders for a limited time

• added a new overworld biome, the Auroral Moulins

• MANY retextures, (credit goes to Areallysourlemon for a few of them)

• added mob spawns to multiple biomes that previously did not have them

• added a crafting recipe for the simmering striker

• wufentite and blazewood ore both now generate in the Kindled Inferno Biome

• fixed an issue where the velvet kakadu biome still had its ambient music

• california poppies, Scarlet Pimpernel, and Great Mullein plants now generate in the Tussock Grasslands biome

• and SO MUCH MORE!

My ultimate plan for next year is to get BOTA released on Curseforge. i have had quite a few people reach out to me wanting it on the page so it is more easy to install onto modpacks, and i am pushing to getting it released onto the site before the summer of 2026.

Happy Holidays to all and i wish you a happy new year! stay tuned for the next progression update!

The progression update before the big winter update is here!

-removed all halloween related music discs and biome themings for the year. don't worry though, they'll be back!

-fixed the volvox's transparency

-added palestone and spring water

-OVERHAULED the frosted springs biome and gave it somewhat of a new look and array of blocks to accompany it. more will be added to this biome in the winter update.

-renamed wynterbushes to "red Wynterbush" and added orange wynterbushes alongside this change

-added overgrown wyntergrass

-added wyntersprouts

-added orangestrain wynterwud leaves

-added a HEAVILY work in progress biome called the Edelweiss Oaks

-added 7 NEW MOBS: Berrisapien, Apathorion Trotter, Ghoul, Greater Dessling, Bolluro, Meatcrawler, and a new BOSS, The Green Man (upon massive request)

-OVERHAULED the Bull Pine Barrens biome and retextured the bull pine trees alongside this

-added White White Coarsely Ribbed Bolete Mushrooms

-added idaho fescue grass

-REMODELED the Meatriarch, the meatriarch mother will also be remodeled in the future

-added Shieldstone, a new block

-added Bluestone, a new block

-OVERHAULED the Bluing Aspen Meadow biome, and remodeled and recolored everything

-Added Bluefiber grass and dirt blocks

-added twinkleblooms

-redesigned ALL aspen tree structures

-replaced aspen tree structures with actual aspen wood, they no longer have birch wood

-added aspen logs and supporting plank items

-Retextured MANY blocks

THE BIG WINTER UPDATE IS NOW IN DEVELOPMENT! STAY TUNED FOR THIS MASSIVE UPDATE COMING SOON!

Ready for a spooky time? well, this belated update has you covered! my dev team has been really hard at work cooking this update.

• reworked and overhauled the Floral Forest biome

• gave lotus pods a drop. lotus seeds are a food source and material that can be used to craft even better foodstuffs

• added hasma, another foodstuff that can be acquired from trade and can be used to make btter foodstuffs

• added two biome themed music discs for the Meatlurch and the Nuclear Rime

• added quecha trees to the Cherimoya Chaparral in the Medley Dimension

• added Phoenix Plums, a foodstuff dropped from titular trees in the medley

• moved the Sorbet Sands biome to The Medley. it no longer generates in the overworld.

• added sherbetic aloe to the sorbet sands

• replaced the sorbet sands with a new biome in the overworld called the Volcanic Desert

• overhauled the Modified Janna Lowlands biome by adding new structures, blocks, etc.

• added giant beefsteak polypores which drop juicy beefsteak nuggets. these are a food source.

• added Rotten Wood Cork, a new decorative block

• added the Blueberry Brisk biome to the Medley dimension, this is still a work in progress.

• overhauled the Citrus Canopy biome, and added multiple new blocks and plants to it.

• overhauled the Cranberry Crest biome, and added multiple new blocks and plants to it.

• added Rooted Dirt to the Aspen Meadow Biome

• overhauled the Elvent biome entirely and retextured every block, item, and plant that corresponds with it.

• added foul eminence, an elvent mob drop used for multiple crafting recipes

• gave the Elvent and the Blessed Bayou halloween themes for this update. they will be removed in the next update, this includes turning on ambient music for the biomes, visual changes, and stocking wandering trader shops with halloween biome discs for a limited time.

• Added Festering Planks and festering logs, new decorative blocks to the cavity biome.

• added two new variable Dahlias, Royal and Mystic

• added the Forgotten Reef Biome to the overworld, and many new blocks to correspond with it. this is still a work in progress and will be overhauled in the future.

• overhauled the Mimosa Glades biome, including giving it a new advancement upon entering it.

• added Veilberry Bushes to the Veil Starplain biome

• added mimosa and elder plank types

• added Mimosa Saplings (these are a work in progress)

• fixed an issue where the Typhoid Mob would poison and weaken itself while trying to attack a player

• added tartar blocks to the cavity biome

• added 7 NEW MOBS to the mod: Ruttle, Nerolian Ent, Helchback, Holehead, Sagittarius, Wroughtback, and Brazen Crawler

• added a new drop to the wroughtback which can be used to make a powerful weapon with low durability

• retextured many items and other fixes that i can't really list here at the moment

• Removed Herobrine (our Developer Ambiirb told us to put this here)

we look forward to pushing out one small progressional update before the big Winter Holiday Update, please stay tuned!

this took too long to make, please give me a break.

we are celebrating 3 years of this passion project with this update!

added 1 new biome, the Amazonia biome

added ebony trees to the Amazonia biome

reworked and partially overhauled several biomes: The Mistral Spinney, Weeping Spinney, Kapok Groves, Floral Forest, Nuclear Rime, and the Formosal Mire

added formosal loam to the Formosal Mire Biome

added multiple non-variable plants to the mod: Red Temple Telanthera, Glasswort, Pluchea Glutinosa, Awapuhi Ginger, Velpenfern, Lantafleur, Obfuscumin, Miserbretia, Siderefern, Gloricorn, Juneberry bushes, Florsetail, and Red Asparagus

gave multiple biomes new foodstuffs: Palo Verde trees now drop cookable seed pods, Gloricorn plants drop Gloricorn Cobs which can be used to make Gloricornbread, Juneberry Bushes drop Juneberries, and Red Asparagus drops Red Asparagus shoots

Retextured an immense amount of blocks and some items (including icons.) credit goes to @Areallysourlemon for help with retexturing a few blocks!

Reworked Multiple Variable plants and completed the set for Lupines, and added roses as a new set of variables found in select biomes.

Fixed Saturation variables for multiple foodstuffs

we again thank you for continuing the support for bota, and we hope you enjoy a wonderful 3 year celebration for the mod! who knows? maybe another update will come out this month!

once again, thank you for 1,000 downloads! this update is the official celebration of this momentous occasion!

added two new biomes to the Llakeo dimension, the Willow Swamp and the Willow Winding Plains

added two new plants to the Kauri Forest biome, North Island Edelweiss and White Basket Fungi

added a new plant to the Willow Winding Plains biome, Willow Wheat

added four new food items to the Llakeo Dimension: Llakeo Llonguet, Kyoobikake, Raw Selptrasurus Chop, and Cooked Selptrasaurus Chop

added two new mobs: The Farouter and the Selptrasaurus

oysters now can drop Oysters or Half Shell Oysters, both being Food or components for foodstuffs

added craftable Oyster Shuckers

Changed Terrain Generation for the Clock World dimension and added two new plants to said dimension

added Oculotus plants to the Meatlurch biome and retextured many plants for it as well

added Sculkren Veins to the Meatlurch biome

Meatwood trees now have respective planks

wandering traders now have the option to have a trade for ANY biome music disc

added Lurchic Slagstone to the underground Meatlurch and Lurchic Desert biomes

added a new plant to the Hiveheld Factory, the Candafunter

Pale Oak trees now have respective planks

added Tealblanketed Spruce Leaves

added a new recipe to craft Mellified Flesh

added Plaquemyrtle Leaves to the Cavity biome

added Tenebris Blocks

added a new biome to the medley: the Persimmon Pampas

added a new plant to the Persimmon Pampas, the Sourstalk

added two new plants to the Apple Alps, Apple Flowers and Glowing Apple Flowers

added 9 tree saplings to the creative menu as saplings are in the process of being implemented. (reminder: they still DO NOT work!)

added 12 recipes for crafting Mushroom Stew using BOTA's mushrooms

The Iriling Hills and the Shortwild Prairie biomes have been overhauled and reworked

changed saturation values for a majority of foodstuffs that BOTA adds

Asparagus plants have been retextured and now generate in new biomes

retextured many blocks and items

Passive mobs now spawn in the following biomes: Heathland, Kapok Groves, Scarlet Oak Forest, Blueridge Heights, and the Shortwild Prairie

Sea Grapes now generate in the Tide Pools, Black Sand Beach, White Sand Beach, and Pink Sand Beach

Mermaidweed now generates in the Boreal Bog biome

the Blight and Rot portal igniters have been removed from the creative menu

and so so SO MUCH more!

stay tuned for the next BOTA update!