Bloom

Made as part of Legacies, with the aim of reimagining the core principles of vanilla Minecraft. Explore, adventure and survive in an all-new world. If you like Bloom, I highly recommend you check out Legacies!

Bloom is a vanilla-styled expansion upon many facets of the Overworld - from its flora to its biomes to even farming and caves. As such, Bloom features a plethora of new Biomes, flowers, blocks & more as detailed below.

New Biomes

Golden Forest

• made up of new Golden Birch trees
• temperate biome that is placed between Forests and Taigas
• the ground flora features a plethora of shrubs, tulips, Goldenrods & more

Golden Fields

• sparse variant of the Golden Forest which borders on nearby plains

Golden River

• variant of Rivers which match the colors of Golden Forests

Fen

• swamp-like biome placed near Taigas
• consists of Birch & Spruce trees, alongside Reeds, Wildflowers & more

Windswept Jungle

• variant of Jungles that is placed in windswept terrain
• features a large amount of Rose Bushes, alongside the new Jacaranda tree

Sparse Windswept Jungle

• sparse variant of Windswept Jungles

Pine Taiga

• Taiga variant which has new Pine trees mixed in with Spruce trees
• generates adjacent to the newly-overhauled Old Growth Pine Taiga

Snowy Pine Taiga

• snowy variant of the Pine Taiga
• replaces Taigas in low-temperature regions

Tropical River

• muddy, Jungle variant of Rivers

Tropical Beach

• tropical-water-color variant of Beaches

Warm Beach

• Desert variant of Rivers featuring coarse dirt & dry grass

Arid Shore

• coarse dirt variant of Stony Shores which replaces them in Deserts / Badlands

Lukewarm River

• savanna-water-color variant of Rivers

Lukewarm Beach

• savanna-water-color variant of Beaches

Cold River

• Taiga variant of Rivers featuring a more fitting water colour and more Gravel

Cold Beach

• Taiga variant of Beaches made of Gravel instead of Sand

Snowy Shore

• frozen variant of Stony Shores made of Dolerite

Additional Flora

Flowers

• Hellebore (Taigas)
• Bromeliad (Jungles)
• Pink Orchid (Jungles)
• Bellflowers (Dark Forest, Flower Forest, Jungles)
• Hydrangea (Forest, Flower Forest, Cherry Grove, Golden Forest)
• Calla Lily (Savannas, Flower Forest)
• Dianthus (Snowy Taiga, Snowy Plains, Snowy Pine Taiga)
• Goldenrod (Sunflower Plains, Golden Forest)
• Orange Daisy (Old Growth Birch Forest)
• Scilla (Snowy Taiga, Snowy Plains, Ice Spikes, Windswept Forest, Windswept Hills, Windswept Gravelly Hills, Snowy Pine Taiga)
• Hyacinth (Dark Forest, Swamp, Fen)
• Queencup (Windswept Hills, Windswept Forest, Windswept Gravelly Hills)

Bushes

• Succulent (Badlands)
• Reeds (Swamp, Fen)

Pine Trees

• all-new Pine Trees replace vanilla's Pine Trees with a new woodset
• these are used in a plethora of places, from Old Growth Pine Taigas to Groves

Underground Variation

Biome Depth

• Andesite is the base stone below cold-temperate regions such as Taigas
• Diorite is the base stone for high-y-level tropical regions (such as Windswept Jungles)
• Granite is the base stone for arid regions such as Savannas
• Dolerite is the base stone for freezing regions (wherever it can snow)
• Sandstone extends deeper in Deserts
• Red Sandstone extends deeper in Badlands

Dolerite

• the new base stone type in freezing (snowy) regions
• has Polished, Brick and Tile variants

Ore Variants

• ore variants have been added for Andesite, Diorite, Granite, Tuff, Sandstone, Red Sandstone & Dolerite
• ore variants are for each Overworld ore, with modded support for Legacies and Legends' Sapphire

Farming

Cotton

• seeds are found in Jungle Temples, Dungeons & Woodland Mansions
• drops Cotton & Cotton Seeds when fully grown
• Cotton can be crafted into Yarn
• Yarn can be used to make Sleeping Bags, which allow you to sleep without setting your spawn
• Yarn can be used to make Rugs, which are like a Carpet version of Glazed Terracotta wherein each Rug color has its own unique pattern
• Yarn can be crafted into String or sold to Shepherds

QOL

• hoes can be right-clicked on fully-grown crops to instantly harvest and replant them

Misc Tweaks

Water & Foliage Colors

• Taigas and related biomes now use unique water colors
• Savannas and related biomes now use unique water colors, alongside tweaked foliage colors
• Deserts and related biomes now use unique water colors
• Jungles and related biomes now use unique water colors
• freezing biomes now have a darker water color

Extra Biome Tweaks

• Coarse Dirt Patches (Savannas, Golden Forest)
• Underwater Mud (Swamps, Jungles)
• Water-level Mud (Swamps)

Music

• Lock and Key plays in Golden Forests and Taigas

Config

Everything is configurable. Much of Bloom is configured by a regular json / in-game config, however to modify whether or where certain features (such as new flowers) can spawn, you must create a datapack to edit the biome tags listed here.

Default Config

{
	"biomes": {
		"golden_forest": true,
		"golden_fields": true,
		"golden_river": true,
		"fen": true,
		"pine_taiga": true,
		"snowy_pine_taiga": true,
		"windswept_jungle": true,
		"sparse_windswept_jungle": true,
		"arid_shore": true,
		"warm_river": true,
		"cold_beach": true,
		"cold_river": true,
		"lukewarm_beach": true,
		"lukewarm_river": true,
		"snowy_shore": true,
		"tropical_beach": true,
		"tropical_river": true
	},
	"worldgen": {
		"pine_trees": true,
		"stony_cliffs": true,
		"ore_variants": true,
		"stone_variant_depth": true,
		"sandstone_depth": true,
		"dolerite_depth": true
	},
	"farming": {
		"hoe_replanting": true,
		"cotton": true
	}
}