• Bumped Wilder Wild's protocol version to 12.

Tundras

• Added the Tundra biome.
• Generates near the colder regions of the world where Plains would be, before the snow takes over.

Auburn Moss

• A new moss family with a distinct red hue.
• Added Aurburn Moss.
  • Can be Bone-Mealed to spread itself to nearby natural blocks under the wilderwild:red_moss_replaceable block tag.
  • Spreads tallgrass grass, and related foliage.
• Added Auburn Moss Carpet.
  • Can be waterlogged.
• Added Auburn Creeping Moss.
  • Can be placed on all sides of a block.
  • Can be waterlogged.
• Primarily generates as patches in Tundras, Maple Forests, and Oceans.

Pale Gardens Additions (1.21.4+)

• Added the Pale Mushroom and Pale Shelf Fungi blocks.
  • At night, these will emit gray spore-like particles.
• Added the Pale Mushroom Block.
  • Emits fog-like particles at night while above a Mushroom Stem block.
• Huge Pale Mushrooms generate naturally in the Pale Garden Biome.
• Added more variety to Pale Oak trees.
• Properly updated the sound type for Eyeblossoms to match other flowers.
• Termites can now eat Pale Oak blocks.
• Resin Clumps, Creaking Hearts, Eyeblossoms, and Pale Mushrooms now kill Termites on contact.

1.21.5+ Changes

• Fireflies now spawn near Firefly Bushes in dim lighting.
• Renamed Wilder Wild's Bush to Shrub.
• Added the wilderwild:non_overriden_falling_leaves block tag, controlling which leaves blocks won't have their particles entirely replaced by Wilder WIld.
• Increased the frequency of Wilder Wild's falling leaves.
• Updated all Maple Leaf Litters to be consistent with Vanilla's new Leaf Litter block.
• Dry Grass now generates in Beaches.

Swamp Overhaul

• Added the Willow tree.
  • Willows generate very frequently in Swamps, finally bringing the biome completely up to speed with what was shown in concept art.
  • Saplings can be placed and grown underwater.
  • Witch Huts now generate with the Willow block set.
• Removed the wilderwild:oak_saplings_grow_swamp_variant biome tag as Willows replaced Wilder Wild's updated Swamp Oaks.
• Added Tall Grass and Ferns to the Swamp biome.
  • Added the wilderwild:feature/has_swamp_fern and wilderwild:feature/has_swamp_tall_grass biome tags to control the placement of these features.
    • Both of these features contain only the minecraft:swamp biome by default.
• Cypress Wetlands now generate Lily Pads and Seagrass.
• Cypress Wetlands now take up less space from Swamps.
• Replaced the wilderwild:feature/has_fallen_swamp_oak_trees biome tag with the wilderwild:feature/has_fallen_swamp_trees biome tag.

Ocean Overhaul

• Minecraft's seas have been given various new decorations.
• Added Barnacles.
  • Barnacles can be placed on multiple block faces, similar to Sculk Veins and Glow Lichens.
  • Generates naturally most frequently in Stony Shores, Mangrove Swamp, Warm Ocean, and Lukewarm Ocean biomes.
  • The biome tags wilderwild:has_barnacles_common, wilderwild:has_barnacles, wilderwild:has_barnacles_sparse, and wilderwild:has_barnacles_rare control the generation of Barnacles.
    • The block tag wilderwild:barnacles_feature_placeable contains this the of blocks Barnacles can be placed on.
  • The biome tags wilderwild:has_barnacles_structure dictate which biomes a special feature for placing Barnacles on structure-related blocks will generate in.
    • The block tag wilderwild:barnacles_feature_placeable_structure contains this list of blocks.
  • Drops without Silk Touch or Shears.
  • Using bone meal underwater in biomes Barnacles can generate in has a chance to place Barnacles.
• Moss now generates on the floor of Deep Lukewarm Oceans.
• Seagrass now covers more of Deep Lukewarm Oceans, bringing them closer to real-world seagrass meadows.
• Added Sea Anemone.
  • Glows softly during daytime, giving the bottom of the oceans some light.
  • Will stop glowing after becoming nighttime.
  • Generates most frequently in Deep Lukewarm Oceans, but can sparsely be found in other Ocean Biomes.
• Added Tube Worms.
  • Generates rarely in most deep ocean biomes.
  • Can be placed on top itself, similar to Kelp and Sugar Cane.
• Added Sea Whips.
  • Generates in all non-frozen oceans, most commonly in temperate and lukewarm oceans.
• Added the Plankton block.
  • Is placed on top of water.
  • Spawns Plankton particles underwater.
  • During the night, starts glowing.
• Added hydrothermal vents to oceans.
  • Generates rarely in non-cold deep ocean biomes.
  • Generates with Tube Worms surrounding itself.
  • Geysers facing into Water with Magma behind themselves with now act as a hydrothermal vent.
  • Geysers acting as hydrothermal vents will now spawn falling ash particles in surrounding water.
  • Aquatic vegetation can no longer be placed on Geysers.

Mosoglea Caves

• Mesoglea features no longer carve "fake caves," instead only generating in areas with Water or Air nearby.
• Jellyfish can now only track their attackers within a 4 block range, and forget them after 60 ticks.
  • This change was made to make Jellyfish more peaceful and realistic.
• Mesoglea is now always "waterlogged," maaking it much easier for players to utilize it properly.
  • Mesoglea will no longer leave a water block behind when broken.
  • Fluid-like rendering for Mesoglea has been optimized.
  • Water no longer renders inside Mesoglea Blocks.
  • Mesoglea now overrides the water fog color with its own.
  • Geysers can now erupt through Mesoglea.
  • Mesoglea now has custom Bubble, Bubble Pop, and Splash particles.
    • Mesoglea Bubbles float and can persist in the air for a short period of time.

Magmatic Caves

• Added the Gabbro stone type.
  • Generates naturally in Magmatic Caves in place of the Basalt.
  • Can be polished.
  • Can be crafted into bricks.
  • Mossy brick variants and stair, slab, and wall variants of the base stone require Trailier Tales to be installed.
  • Scorched can spawn on Gabbro.
• Are now larger on average.

Frozen Caves

• Added Icicles.
  • Grows naturally from the bottom of Fragile Ice.
  • Grows in length if below a Fragile Ice block, or an ice block with water above.
  • Occasionally spreads to other ice blocks if able to grow in length.
  • Will occasionally fall if placed under an ice block.
    • Game Events in the wilderwild:makes_icicle_fall game event tag will cause nearby Icicles to fall.
• Added Fragile Ice.
  • Will crack twice when stood on before shattering.
  • Shatters when an entity falls onto the block.
  • When shattered, all adjacent Fragile Ice blocks will shatter.
  • Ice can be smelted into Fragile Ice.
  • Mobs in the wilderwild:fragile_ice_unwalkable_mobs entity tag will crack, then shatter Fragile Ice when standing on it.
  • Mobs not in the wilderwild:fragile_ice_doesnt_crack_on_fall entity tag will cause Fragile Ice to shatter when falling onto it.
• Removed Snow patches in favour of utilizing Fragile Ice and Icicles.
• The Snow Under Mountains config option has been set to off by default.

Snowy Foliage

• Generic foliage blocks now have cold variants.
• Added Frozen Short Grass.
• Added Frozen Tall Grass.
• Added Frozen Fern.
• Added Frozen Large.
• Shoutout to just_jose2006 for the initial textures and inspiration!

Penguins

• Added the Penguin.
  • Penguins spawn in Snowy Beaches and Frozen Oceans.
  • Will dive underwater to hunt for Squid.
  • Can be bred with an Ink Sac or Glow Ink Sac, laying an egg afterward.
  • Chases Boats controlled by players, granting them a temporary speed boost.
  • Will occasionally "call" out for other Penguins, grouping together for a short time.
  • The Penguin will spawn in any biomes within the wilderwild:entity/spawn/penguin biome tag.
  • The Penguin can spawn on top of any blocks within the wilderwild:penguins_spawnable_on block tag.
  • Penguins will ignore unique friction from any blocks within the wilderwild:penguin_ignore_friction block tag.
• Added the Penguin Egg block.

Butterflies

• Added Butterflies
  • A new ambient entity that sporadically flutters around, ocassionally stopping to rest.
  • Can be bottled, storing all entity data.
• Butteflies Have 7 Variants:
  • Clouded Yellow: Spawns in Meadows, Flower Forests, Sunflower Plains, Flower Fields, Maple Forests, and Tundras.
  • Duskwing: Spawns in Tundras.
  • Grean Hairstreak: Spawns in Flower Forests and Flower Fields.
  • Marbled: Spawns in Meadows, Flower Forests and Flower Fields.
  • Monarch: Spawns in Flower Forests, Sunflower Plains, Flower Fields, Maple Forests, and Tundras.
  • Morpho Blue: Spawns in Meadows, Flower Forests and Flower Fields.
  • Red Lacewing,: Spawns in Flower Forests, Flower Fields, Maple Forests, and Tundras.
• Added Butterfly Bottles
  • Used to capture and release Butterflies.

Mooblooms

• Added Mooblooms
  • When bred, spawn a baby with a flower of a mixed color if possible.
  • Cannot be converted into regular Cows, unlike Mooshrooms.
  • Each flower can be sheared off the Moobloom.
    • These can each be regrown by feeding it Wheat.
    • Cannot breed unless all flowers are present.
  • Spawn in the Flower Forest, Flower Fields, and Sunflower Plains biomes by default.
  • Butterflies will follow Mooblooms.

Fireflies

• Fireflies now move faster.
• Fireflies now spawn and move in swarms.
  • When the leader of a swarm is killed or captured in a bottle, the nearest Firefly will become the new swarm leader.
  • Firefly Swarms can be toggled in the config.
• Removed unnecessary spawning mechanics that were unique only to the Firefly.
• Moved multiple aspects of the Firefly to be managed by its brain.
• Fireflies now only spawn at night.
• Fireflies now only spawn in Swamp-like biomes by default.
• Expanded the list of blocks Fireflies can "hide" in during the day.
• Renamed the wilderwildfireflies mob category to wilderwildfirefly.
• Removed the wilderwild:spawn/firefly_spawnable_cave and wilderwild:spawn/firefly_spawnable_during_day tags as these spawning behaviors have been removed.

Music

• Added three new tracks by Willow/pictochats_.
  • Dahlia
  • Amber
  • Molt
• Added two tracks by C418.
  • Excuse
  • Flake
• Completely reworked Wilder Wild's music distribution, thanks to Rebel459! (#450)
  • Added multiple new config options to control where new music can play.
  • Added more tags to control which biomes contain what music.
  • Music that plays in dying forest biomes will now play slightly out of tune.

Config System

• Added a new config option to disable Pollen generation.
• Added a config option to toggle rotatable Reinforced Deepslate.
• Added a config option to toggle Hanging Tendril generation.
• Added a config option to toggle Osseous Sculk generation.
• Added a config option to toggle Sculk Slab, Sculk Stairs, and Sculk Wall generation.
• Grouped all Sculk-related config options into a new dropdown in the Block config menu.
• Added a config option to toggle Dandelion bone mealing into Seeding Dandelions.
• Added a config option to toggle Seeding Dandelion shearing into Dandelions.
• Added a config option to toggle Lily Pad bone mealing into Flowering Lily Pads.
• Added a config option to toggle Flowering Lily Pad shearing into Lily Pads.
• Added a new config option to toggle between the updated and original Sculk Shrieker selection outline.
• Added a config option to toggle pools of water generating in River biomes.
  • This is now disabled by default, unlike before.
• Revamped config options related to tree generation.
  • Grouped all existing tree-related options into one category.
  • Added options to individually disable Birch, Oak, Dark Oak, and Pale Oak branch generation.
  • Added an option to prevent Fallen Trees from generating with Hollowed Logs.
  • Added an option to disable Baobab generation.
    • This requires the Tree Generation option to be enabled.
  • Added an option to disable Palm generation.
  • Added an option to disable Willow generation.
  • Added an option to disable Shelf Fungi generation.
• Moved the Ancient City Stone Chests config option from the Worldgen tab to the Block tab.
• The surface transition generation config option has now been split into multiple options per-block type.
• The surface decoration generation config option has now been split into multiple options per-feature type.

Changes

• Removed Mud-specific Cattail features from biomes that do not generate Mud.
  • The wilderwild:feature/has_cattail_mud biome tag has been added as a result of this change.
• Removed Shelf Fungi-only features, now relying solely on trunk decorators to place Shelf Fungi.
  • The wilderwild:feature/has_brown_shelf_fungi and wilderwild:feature/has_red_shelf_fungi biome tags have been removed as a result of this change.
• All trees that don't place foliage now use wilderwild:no_op_foliage_placer.
• Removed random circular, shallow pools from caves.
  • The wilderwild:feature/no_pools biome tag has been removed as a result of this change.
• Oak trees generated in Savanna or Badlads biomes no longer have Shelf Fungi.
• Bushes now generate on Grass and Coarse Dirt in Wooded Badlands.
  • Renamed the wilderwild:feature/has_wooded_badlands_terracotta_bush biome tag to wilderwild:feature/has_wooded_badlands_bush as a result of this change.
• Decreased the amount of trees per-chunk in Wooded Badlands by 1.
• Jungle trees can now generate with Shelf Fungi.
• Mangrove trees can now generate with Shelf Fungi.
• Revamped flower distribution and generation.
• All Shelf Fungi can now be mined faster with an Axe.
• Crab variants can now be added via datapacks, though by default there is only one Crab variant.
• Removed two unnecessary blockstate properties from Osseous Sculk relating to their generation height.
• Reworked Osseous Sculk generation once again.
  • Osseous Sculk generation is now taller on average, much like it once was in earlier versions of Wilder Wild.
• The sound of an Ostrich laying an egg no longer uses Frog Spawn sounds.
• Added Pollen to the minecraft:inside_step_sound_blocks and minecraft:combination_step_sound_blocks block tags.
• Removed the Bush from the minecraft:inside_step_sound_blocks block tag.
• Slightly decreased the pitch of Magma block sounds.
• Removed the wilderwild:chest_bubbler entity as it was unnecessary.
  • This has been replaced with the wilderwild:chest_bubbles particle, which will now handle the same behavior but on the client.
• Removed the wilderwild:hanging_tendril_extract_xp game event in favor of minecraft:block_change.
• Slightly decreased the amount of large Oak trees in Forests.
• Revamped the generation of flowers in the Flower Forest and Flower Fields biomes, being much more visually pleasing.
• Small Bushes now generate with all exposed sides covered by leaves.
• Coconuts no longer immediately fall once logs connected to Palm Fronds are broken.
• Slightly reworking the erupting of naturally generated Geysers.
  • Naturally generated Geysers now only erupt when a player is within 48 blocks of them.
  • The closer a player is, the higher the chance for it to erupt.
• Hanging Tendrils now play animations in sync with each other while being rendered as billboards.
• Particles created by gargling Sculk Shriekers are now handled by the client, using the new wilderwild:shrieker_bubbles particle.
• Particles created by entities touching Seeding Dandelions are now dependent on how the entity was moving.
• Glories of the Snow have been removed.
  • They are now replaced with five Hibiscus Blocks:
    • Red Hibiscus
    • Yellow Hibiscus.
    • White Hibiscus.
    • Pink Hibiscus.
    • Purple Hibiscus.
  • Glory of the Snows will be datafixed into random Hibiscuses.
  • Glory of the Snow Petals will be datafixed into Pollen.
• Scorched now set entities on fire upon attacking.
• Removed the wilderwild:sculk_spreader entity, and updated the spreadsculk command to place all Sculk at once.
• Updated the Chiseled Mud Bricks texture.
• Wilder Wild's custom flower, leaves, sapling, cactus, coarse dirt, ice, frosted ice, mushroom, mushroom block, sandstone, lily pad, and melon block sounds now all rely on tags.
  • These tags can be found in the /sound folder for block tags.
• Pink Petals can now be placed into Flower Pots.
• Backported Wildflowers.
  • Generates in Birch Forest, Meadow, and Sunflower Plains biomes..
  • Can be crafted into Yellow Dye.
• Added Clovers.
  • Generates most commonly in Meadow biomes.
• Removed shallow pools from the Oasis biome as they weren't visually pleasing.
• Ostriches now drop up to 4 feathers on death.
• Maple Forests can no longer generate Beta Beaches.
• Rattling sounds are now used as a footstep sound instead of idle sound for Crabs.
• Added the Pasqueflower.
  • Generates in Meadows and Tundras.
  • Can be crafted into Purple Dye.
• Added the Phlox flower.
  • Generates in Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, and Meadow biomes.
  • Generates occasionally in Dark Forest, Swamp, Dying Forest, Maple Forest, and Autumnal Plains biomes.
  • Can be crafted into Purple Dye.
• Added the Lantanas flower.
  • Generates in Old Growth Birch Forest, Savanna, Dark Forest, and Sunflower Plains biomes.
  • Can be crafted into Orange Dye.
• Lowered the average amount of Bushes that generate.
• Increased the average amount of Tumbleweed that generate.
• Sand and Red Sand can no longer be scorched by Lava falling from Pointed Dripstone.
• Removed the ancient property from Stone Chests.
  • As a result of this change, Stone Chests found in Ancient Cities will be quicker to open.
• Carnations now yield magenta dye instead of purple dye.
• Changed the Warm River's surface rules to likely reduce lag caused by Sand blocks falling.
• Added the wilderwild:snow_generation_can_search_through block tag, listing non-air blocks that will be iterated through while searching for the lowest possible Snow layer generation position in worldgen.
• Significantly updated how many of Wilder Wild's trees place branches.
  • Related tree features now have a trunk_branch_placement array in them, containing the fields:
    • branch_cutoff_from_top: How far below the top of the tree branches can start generating at.
    • branch_length: An integer provider defining the minimum and maximum branch lengths.
    • branch_placement_chance: The chance per-block for a branch to generate.
    • foliage_placement_chance: The chance for foliage to be placed at the end of a branch.
    • foliage_radius_shrink: How many blocks the radius of the placed foliage should be shrunk by.
    • max_branch_count: The maximum number of branches allowed to generate per-tree.
    • offset_last_log_chance: The chance for the last log on a branch to be offset upwards.
    • minimum_branch_length_for_offset: The minimum length of a branch required to be able to offset a log upwards.
  • Renamed straight_with_logs_trunk_placer to straight_with_branches_trunk_placer.
  • Renamed fallen_with_logs_trunk_placer to fallen_with_branches_trunk_placer.
• Player-placed Termite Mounds now only support a max of 3 Termite instances, much like naturally-generated Termite Mounds.
• Updated Particle Rain compatibility.
• Updated Sodium compatibility.
• Retextured the Datura, thanks to Zhen!
• Removed an unused sound event for caves
• Removed Abandoned Cabins as they conflicted with Vanilla's modern structure design.
• Converted all of Wilder Wild's mob variants to now be data-driven!
  • As such, FireflyBiomeColorRegistry has been removed and is replaced with a biomes field in each .json file.
• Fireflies now only have one flicker pattern.
• Merged all 17 Firefly Bottle items into 1 item, now relying on components to save the Firefly's color.
• Jellyfish textures are now prefixed with jellyfish_.
• Biome tags relating to entities are now placed in the entity/spawn path, being only spawn prior.
• Biome tags relating to entity variants are now placed in the entity/variant path, being in the spawn path prior.
• Cleaned up code related to Termite handling.
• Termite eating behaviors are now entirely data-generated, offering a simple way to achieve mod compatibility.

Optimizations

• Optimized and cleaned up the implementation of many worldgen features.
• Slightly optimized Tumbleweed rendering.
• Optimized Hanging Tendril rendering.
• Optimized Firefly rendering.
• Optimized Jellyfish rendering.

Bugfixes

• Fixed the models of Hollowed Log blocks, now having proper UV and rotation like normal logs thanks to Luth! (#443)
• Fixed Maple Leaves not dropping Leaf Litters on 1.21.2+.
• Fixed Palm, Maple, and Cypress blocks using the incorrect map colors.
• Fixed Slimes and Magma Cubes not spawning.
• Fixed a few broken recipe unlocks.
• Fixed the Stone Chest having wood-like properties.
• Fixed the Potted Marigold block not dropping items upon breaking.
• Fixed the placement of the Crab Claw in the Creative Inventory.
• Fixed the placement of the Baobab Nut and Split Coconut in the Creative Inventory.
• Fixed the placement of the Ostrich Egg in the Creative Inventory.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Hanging Tendrils from properly loading and saving Vibration data.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Crabs from properly loading and saving Vibration data.
• Fixed Wilder Wild's custom Flower Pot models having ambient occlusion enabled.
• Fixed Wilder Wild's custom Flower Pot models not having the correct UV mapping.
• Fixed some of Wilder Wild's custom Flower Pot models not using correct particle textures.
• Fixed Geysers not being able to erupt when placed facing directly into a block in the wilderwild:block/geyser_can_pass_through tag, thanks to Kluski42/Ashlyn!
• Fixed Ostriches not being required for the Two by Two advancement.
• Fixed the client tracking ranges and update intervals of Wilder Wild's entities to be consistent with Vanilla's.
• Fixed Wind particle rendering, now properly rotating to face the camera with sideways and always visible to the player.
• Fixed a few issues with Baobab generation.
  • Long pillars of dirt are no longer placed.
    • Instead, up to a max of four blocks of dirt are placed below the tree.
    • Logs are now placed instead of dirt below the "root" sections of the tree.
  • Increased the average amount of Baobab Nuts each Baobab tree generates.
  • Fixed an unstable implementation to check if blocks are replaceable, now replying on the minecraft:replaceable_by_trees block tag.
  • Fixed an issue that led to mutable block positions being added to a list instead of immutable block positions.
• Fixed Wilder Wild's blocks having incorrect flammability values.
• Fixed a bug with Wilder Wild's music playing too frequently and in biomes it isn't meant to, thanks to Rebel459! (#450)