A Mineclonia fork with Asuna-style biome diversity, built on Luanti's native
mapgen. is a free open-source voxel game engine with easy modding and game creation.
VerdantCraft takes Mineclonia's Minecraft-accurate survival gameplay and replaces the world generation with a rich, exploration-focused overworld featuring 46+ biomes drawn from community mods. It uses Luanti's built-in mapgen algorithms (v7, valleys, carpathian) for terrain, giving natural-looking mountains, valleys, and coastlines that differ from vanilla Minecraft.
Mineclonia mapgen |
VerdantCraft mapgen |
- 46 overworld biomes with shore and ocean variants (~138 total registered)
- Biomes sourced from Everness, Natural Biomes, Ethereal, Dorwinion, Japanese Forest, Nightshade, Badland, Frost Land, Prairie, and more
- Each biome has unique surface terrain, vegetation, and atmosphere
- 54 flowers (40 decorative + 14 herbs) from the VerdantCraft Flora mod
- 7 azalea bush varieties (standard, autumn, blue, green, orange, red, rose)
- 6 mushroom species (cantharellus, boletus, macrolepiota, green amanita, gyromitra, galerina)
- Flowers, mushrooms, and azaleas are distributed across biomes by color using a feature-group system
- 64 tree decoration types covering all biomes
- Oak, birch, spruce, acacia, jungle, dark oak, and swamp oak from Mineclonia
- Bamboo, coral, crystal, cursed, palm, baobab, willow, and hollow trees from Everness
- Custom trees from Dorwinion, Japanese Forest, Nightshade, Frost Land, and Badland mods
- Tree density varies by biome — sparse in plains, dense in forests
- Dead bushes in deserts and dry biomes
- Sweet berry bushes in cold forests
- Double tall grass in plains, forests, and savannas
- Large ferns in jungles and cold biomes
- Rose bushes, peonies, lilacs in forests; sunflowers in plains
All of Mineclonia's survival features are preserved:
- Full crafting, smelting, and enchanting systems
- The Nether and The End dimensions
- Mobs, villages, and structures
- Redstone circuits, minecarts, boats
- Hunger, armor, tools, and combat
| Feature | VerdantCraft | Mineclonia | Asuna |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base engine | Mineclonia fork | Mineclonia | Minetest Game |
| Mapgen | Luanti built-in (v7/valleys/carpathian) | Lua singlenode or built-in | Luanti built-in (v7) |
| Overworld biomes | 46 | ~33 | ~47 |
| Cave theme types | 14 | 2 (LushCaves, Dripstone) | 14 |
| Flowers/plants | ~67 | ~16 | ~110 |
| Tree decoration types | 64 | ~30 | ~80 |
| Mushroom species | 8 | 2 | ~10 |
| Ocean decoration types | Coral (5 species), kelp, seagrass, sea pickle | Coral, kelp, seagrass, sea pickle | Everness corals, custom kelp |
| Survival mechanics | Full Minecraft-like (Mineclonia) | Full Minecraft-like | Basic (Minetest Game) |
| Dimensions | Overworld + Nether + End | Overworld + Nether + End | Overworld only |
| Villages/structures | Yes (5 village types) | Yes (5 village types) | No |
| Mob system | mcl_mobs (Minecraft-like) | mcl_mobs (Minecraft-like) | mobs_redo / Animalia |
| Crafting/enchanting | Full Minecraft-like | Full Minecraft-like | Basic |
| Redstone | Yes | Yes | No |
VerdantCraft replaces Mineclonia's custom Lua mapgen with Luanti's native
mapgen for the overworld. The vc_biomes mod owns the overworld biome
catalog and registers all biomes, decorations, and feature mappings.
Mineclonia's singlenode-based tree and biome systems are disabled in favor
of core.register_decoration with schematic placement.
A compatibility layer (vc_mtg_compat) bridges Minetest Game node names
used by community mods to their Mineclonia equivalents, and an alias
system (mcl_biome_dispatch) maps Minecraft biome names to VerdantCraft
biomes for mob spawning and village generation.
- Luanti version 5.10 or later
Move this directory into the games folder of your Luanti data directory.
Create a new world and select VerdantCraft as the game. Any built-in mapgen
except singlenode is supported (v7, valleys, and carpathian recommended).
- Mineclonia — Minecraft-like survival base
- Asuna — Inspiration for biome curation and mod selection
- Community mods: Everness, Natural Biomes, Ethereal, Dorwinion, Japanese Forest, Nightshade, Badland, Frost Land, Prairie, Living Jungle, Baked Clay
See LICENSE.txt for the GPLv3 license text. Individual mods may carry their own licenses — check each mod directory.