Animal diversity becomes part of world exploration in Nice Mob Variants. The mod adds numerous appearance variants for cats, chickens, and cows, some of which are associated with specific biomes, including savannas, swamps, dark forests, snowy beaches, and even the Nether.
Bees become a complete resource-gathering system in Resourceful Bees. Instead of a single standard species, new varieties appear that collect pollen from suitable "flowers" and produce special honeycombs. The resulting honeycombs can be processed manually or through machines to extract useful materials.
The archaeological aspect of Minecraft gains additional discoveries thanks to Oh My Sherd. The mod expands the collection of pottery sherds and maintains compatibility with both vanilla variants and similar items from other add-ons. One of the new fragments is "Remains," featuring an image of a cartoon skull.
Bartering with piglins is no longer limited to standard gold in Custom Piglin Bartering. The mod allows different items to be used as the basis for trading and provides modified loot in return, expanding the familiar Nether bartering system.
The content of the 1.20 update receives a continuation in Trails and Tales Plus. The mod adds five new armor trims — Mine, Golem, Cold, Lost, and Rune — which can be found in themed structures such as mineshafts, igloos, and ruined portals. Separate excavation sites containing suspicious gravel and dirt appear throughout the world, with their appearance depending on the surrounding biome.
Character movements become more connected and natural with Fluid Motion Logic. The mod reworks walking, running, and sprinting cycles and adds new animations for swimming, crawling, and climbing ladders or vines. When the player stops, the character model can adopt separate idle poses instead of remaining completely static.
Forests, fields, and swamps receive more small natural details in Wilder Roots. Ducks, butterflies, new cow varieties, and rare colored cats that appear only in swamp biomes are added to the world. Ducks move through grassy areas and swim in shallow water, while butterflies flutter above flowers and forest clearings.
Familiar resources can be obtained without hunting animals after installing Vegan Mob Drops. The mod adds alternative recipes for items that normally drop from mobs, including ink sacs, glow ink sacs, rabbit hide, rabbit's feet, leather, feathers, bones, and string.
Falling leaves become dependent on the specific tree and weather conditions in Falling Leaves Plus. Oak trees drop acorns, spruce trees drop cones, and other types of foliage use their own particles representing leaves and small twigs. Several textures can be used for a single type of canopy, preventing the particle flow from looking identical.
Deep caves become a separate layer of exploration in Primal Depths Resurrected. The mod brings six large underground biomes to modern versions, including Magnetic, Primal, and Toxic Caves, the Abyssal Chasm, and Abandoned Hollows.
