Reintroduce BYG Nether Biomes (v1.3.2)

[Thiana]

Description

Reintroduce BYG Nether Biomes since their spawn rates can be adjusted now.

Why would you like this added/changed?

They were initially removed because they were too busy/common for the nether. However v1.3.2 of byg allows you to adjust their spawn weights so they could be added back as uncommon biomes. Thanks.

[Mendanbar]

This would be pretty nice if the right balance could be found... There are some rare items that are unobtainable without access to the nether BYG biomes.

[NielsPilgaard]

This would be pretty nice if the right balance could be found... There are some rare items that are unobtainable without access to the nether BYG biomes.

A list of those rare items would be awesome 😄

[Mendanbar]

One that comes to mind immediately is the Hypogeal Imperium. It's made by combining subzero shards from the Subzero Hypogeal biome with a vanilla lodestone. I saw it in JEI a couple of nights ago and it looked interesting, but AFAIK the Subzero Hypogeal biome only appears in the Nether.

[Ieldra2]

The reason why I missed the BYG Nether biomes, apart from aesthetics, is....wood. Not so rare if you have the biomes, but there is a tree whose name I don't recall the wood of which is one of the best materials for Tetra bow staves.

[MuteTiefling]

All the trees ought to be available in the market already.

[Mendanbar]

All the trees ought to be available in the market already.

Just to follow up, I haven't found anything other than the Hypogeal Imperium that isn't available from the market. Personally, though, I think it might be nice to introduce some variety to the Nether as long as it can be fairly sparse. I prefer to use the market as a last resort, as it's much more fun to go on an adventure for materials. 🤷‍♂️

[Thiana]

It's not just about the materials or exploration either, the new biomes are new environments to build in.

[MuteTiefling]

For sure, some of them are nice.

If you had to pick a few, which would you say are your favorites?

[Mendanbar]

I personally like the Warped Desert, and also the one with the yellow fog (can't recall the name offhand). I'd vote to completely eliminate the all quartz one (quartz desert?). I like the white color theme, but getting poked by the quartz is super annoying and I think it takes away some of the challenge of gathering quartz in the nether.

[Mendanbar]

and of course I'd vote for the subzero hypogeal because of the (currently) unobtainable item... though I don't really know anything else about that biome

[Thiana]

To answer @MuteTiefling:

Include:

• Wailing Mire - I built a dark magic base on an island surrounded by this biome in 0.4
• Crimson Gardens - It's a less dense version of the crimson/warped forests so would be better for building and it looks nicer too.
• Wailing Garth - This one is so alien it's a nice change from the other biomes.

Maybe:

• Embur Bog - This fits well with other nether biomes (vanilla and above) but I dislike it personally, too much orange in one place.

Exclude:

• Subzero Hypogeal - It's too empty, a wip maybe? Plus cold type biomes in the nether always seems silly.
• Sythian Torrids - It looks more like an overworld biome and looks completely out of place.

There are a few other biomes but I don't think they are sufficiently unique/interesting to include in the 'favorites'.

[Thiana]

Quick Followup, these byg blocks/plants (at least) are currently not available via any method in develop.

Weeping Roots Lament Vine Wailing Bell Blossom

Nylium Soul Sand/Soil Overgrown Crimson Blackstone

[dudeloony]

How would one go about doing this (re-introducing byg nether biomes) on an individual basis?

[theboo]

You would need to set byg as the nether dimension generator in our terraforged preset, then use BYG's configs to enable/disable individual biomes

[dudeloony]

Thank you for the help theboo! I'll be sure to implement that next time I have some time.

[NielsPilgaard]

We will not be doing this I'm afraid, maybe we'll do something special with the nether in future packs.