Swampier Swamps
By andrew0030 — overhauls the Swamp biome and the Wild Update’s mangrove-swamp additions with several small but interconnected systems, all live at their shipped defaults (config/swampier_swamps.json5):
- Moist Fertile Farmland: farmland within 3 blocks of water can turn into a more fertile variant, and crops there grow 6x faster than vanilla.
- Swamp Gas: an explosive, poisonous gas hazard (explosion strength 6, applies negative effects like Poison to anything that walks through the cloud) that also works as furnace fuel (4000-tick burn time).
- “Swallow Me Waldo” frogs: a named frog that can swallow and effectively kill entities, dealing double its 10-base damage by default — capable of taking down very tough mobs if left unchecked.
- Growing Lily Pads: Small → Regular → Large Lily Pads grow over time and spawn more around themselves; they also sink under large entities standing on them and eventually break (rather than just going collision-less).
- Bald Cypress trees: can grow from 2x2 Oak sapling plantings (like vanilla’s Jungle-tree mechanic), enabled in all biomes on this server.
- Altered brewing recipes: the Leaping potion now uses Frog Legs instead of Rabbit Paws, and a new Luck potion recipe uses Rabbit Paws.
Anticipated questions
Q: What does it change about swamps? A: It overhauls the Swamp and mangrove-swamp with several interconnected systems at shipped defaults — fertile farmland, swamp gas, special frogs, growing lily pads, bald cypress trees, and altered brewing.
Q: Is anything here dangerous? A: Yes — Swamp Gas is an explosive, poisonous hazard (explosion strength 6, applies Poison), and the “Swallow Me Waldo” frog can swallow and effectively kill entities, dealing double its 10-base damage.
Q: Any farming benefit? A: Moist Fertile Farmland — farmland within 3 blocks of water can become a fertile variant where crops grow 6x faster than vanilla.
Q: Are any brewing recipes changed? A: Yes — Leaping now uses Frog Legs instead of Rabbit Paws, and a new Luck potion recipe uses Rabbit Paws.