Jaden's Nether Expansion

Overview

Jaden's Nether Expansion (JNE) is one of the most ambitious Nether overhaul mods available, adding new biomes, hostile mobs with unique AI behaviors, ranged shotgun weapons, custom food items, decorative building blocks, and explorable structures. The mod touches every aspect of the Nether dimension while maintaining a vanilla-friendly feel that blends seamlessly with base Minecraft.

The mod currently focuses on expanding and overhauling existing Nether biomes while introducing entirely new ones. You'll find new hostile creatures lurking in every corner, from ghostly Apparitions that possess statues to massive Stampede beasts you can ride. The mod also introduces a firearms system with two shotgun weapons powered by Wraithing Flesh ammunition. You can browse every item and recipe this mod adds using the tabs at the top of this page.

New Biomes

JNE adds three new biomes to the Nether, each with distinct visual characteristics, ambient particles, and mob spawns. All three generate alongside vanilla Nether biomes and include standard Nether ore generation (Gold, Quartz, Ancient Debris, Gravel, and Blackstone).

Exhaust Mire

The Exhaust Mire is a swampy, hazardous biome characterized by its yellow-orange sky and tan-brown fog. Fire Spark particles drift through the air, giving the biome an oppressive, smoldering atmosphere. You'll find Striders, Ghasts, Zombified Piglins, and Piglins spawning here. This biome is home to the Smokestalk fungus, a new wood type that can be harvested for Smokestalk Planks.

Black Ice Glaciers

Despite being in the Nether, the Black Ice Glaciers biome features cold blue fog and a frozen aesthetic. Basalt pillars generate naturally here, and the biome spawns Skeletons, Ghasts, Endermen, and Striders. Black Ice blocks are the signature block of this biome, providing a unique building material found nowhere else.

Sorrowsquash Pastures

This biome features a purple-tinted fog and a higher density of ash particles. Sorrowsquash grow naturally here, the Nether equivalent of Pumpkins. You can carve them to create Carved Sorrowsquash, then combine with a Torch to make a Ghoul-O-Lantern or with a Soul Torch for a Soul Ghoul-O-Lantern. The biome spawns Skeletons, Ghasts, Endermen, and Striders.

Hostile Mobs

JNE introduces seven new mobs to the Nether, each with unique mechanics that make Nether exploration significantly more dangerous and interesting.

Apparition

The Apparition is a ghostly floating entity with 24 HP and 4.0 attack damage. It moves through the air at 0.8 flying speed, making it one of the faster airborne threats. Its most dangerous ability is possessing Gargoyle Statues: when an Apparition encounters a statue, it can inhabit it and ambush unsuspecting players. Apparitions have multiple idle and walking animation variants, making their movements unpredictable and unsettling.

Banshee

Banshees are teleporting ranged attackers with 20 HP and 6.0 attack damage. They have a 26-block follow range, the longest of any JNE mob, and can teleport randomly within a 12-block radius to reposition during combat. Their ranged attack spawns Will-O-Wisp projectiles. When killed, Banshees drop Banshee Powder and Banshee Rods, essential crafting materials for Wraithing Flesh, Phasmo Shards, and Will-O-Wisp items.

Vessel

Vessels are skeletal gunners with 24 HP that attack using volleys of Soul Bullets. They move slowly at 0.25 movement speed but make up for it with devastating ranged attacks. Some Vessels spawn as "ShotgunGuy" variants with enhanced firepower. Their shooting animations show them carefully aiming before unleashing rapid bursts, making them especially dangerous in open areas where they have clear lines of sight.

Carcass

The Carcass is a dormant undead entity with 30 HP and 5.0 attack damage. It remains inactive until reanimated, lying still until triggered. Once active, it moves slowly at 0.21 speed but hits hard. After being defeated, a Carcass has a lengthy reanimation cooldown of 36,000 ticks (about 30 minutes) before it can be activated again.

Ecto Slab

Ecto Slabs are Slime-family entities that can burrow underground, flattening to just 0.1 blocks tall. When they detect a player, they burst from the ground in a pounce attack dealing 2x their normal damage. Their burrowing behavior makes them excellent ambush predators, as you may walk right over one without realizing it's there. Their movement speed of 0.4 makes them quick once they surface.

The Stampede: Your Nether Mount

The Stampede is JNE's rideable beast and the most powerful entity the mod adds. With a massive 80 HP, 8.0 attack damage, and 4.0 armor points, it's a formidable creature. Once tamed, you can ride it through the Nether using a Skull on a Stick to steer (crafted from a Fishing Rod and Skeleton Skull). The Stampede tramples entities in its path, dealing 10.0 crushing damage to anything it runs over.

Be careful when riding, as the Stampede has an agitation system. If you push it too hard, it accumulates agitation up to 6,000 ticks, at which point it will buck you off. Feeding your Stampede can heal it between 5 and 10 HP depending on the food type. When attacked in melee, it drops 1 to 3 Stridite, a crafting material used in several recipes including Netherite Plating.

Shotgun Weapons

JNE introduces a unique firearms system to Minecraft with two shotgun weapons. Both use Wraithing Flesh as ammunition and fire Soul Bullet projectiles. The weapons come with a suite of custom enchantments that dramatically change their behavior.

Shotgun Fist

The Shotgun Fist has 512 durability and fires 25 Soul Bullets per shot with a 40-tick cooldown. It's a wrist-mounted weapon that allows one-handed use. Without the Cartridge enchantment, each shot consumes one Wraithing Flesh and fires immediately. With Cartridge, you can pre-load multiple rounds and fire them rapidly with only a 10-tick delay between shots. The Quick Charge enchantment reduces cooldown by 8 ticks per level, while Barrage increases bullet count by 5 per level at the cost of 15 extra cooldown ticks.

Pump Charge Shotgun

The Pump Charge Shotgun is the upgraded version with 640 durability, obtained through a Smithing Template upgrade. It introduces a charge mechanic: while sneaking, you can pump the charge level from 0 to 3, increasing bullet count by 6 per charge level (base 4 bullets) but also increasing scatter by 8 per charge. Charging to level 4 causes an overcharge explosion with a 3.0 block radius, dealing 10.0 damage to yourself, a 100-tick cooldown, and massive 1.75x recoil knockback.

The Pump Charge Shotgun also has a heat system. Each shot generates heat that slowly dissipates (1 point per 150 ticks). Heat reduces bullet distance by 1 per 8 heat, decreases bullet count by 4 per heat level, and increases scatter by 5 per heat level. Managing your heat is crucial during prolonged fights.

Custom Enchantments

JNE adds six custom enchantments, most of which are designed for the mod's shotgun weapons. Understanding these enchantments is key to maximizing your firepower.

Cartridge is the most impactful enchantment, adding 10 rounds of pre-loadable ammo per level. With Cartridge, you sneak to load rounds one at a time, then fire them rapidly in succession. On the Pump Charge Shotgun, Cartridge scales by 10x the enchantment level. Barrage adds 5 extra bullets per shot per level but increases cooldown by 15 ticks per level. Artemis extends bullet range by +0.2 distance for every 5 enchantment levels. Recoil increases knockback pushback by 0.0625 per level, which can be useful for creating distance from melee threats. Phantasm Hull provides a defensive protection bonus, and Bloodshed enhances melee damage for those who prefer close combat.

Nether Food & Cooking

JNE adds seven food items to the Nether, giving you sustainable food sources without needing to return to the Overworld. The standout is Roasted Bone, the highest-hunger food at 9 points with 0.8 saturation and a 50% chance of Regeneration. Cooked Hogham is another excellent choice at 8 hunger and 0.8 saturation with no negative effects.

Cerebrage is a clean food source at 5 hunger and 0.6 saturation with no status effects, making it a reliable everyday option. Glowcheese is crafted from Lightspores, Nightspores, and a Milk Bucket, providing only 1 hunger but a 60% chance of Night Vision for 300 ticks. Nether Pizza (crafted from Cooked Hogham, Warped Wart, Glowcheese, Bread, and Nether Wart) restores 6 hunger with 1.0 saturation and guaranteed Fire Resistance.

Wraithing Flesh deserves special mention: while it restores 3 hunger, it has an 80% chance of inflicting Wither II for 600 ticks. Its primary purpose is as shotgun ammunition, not food. Only eat it in emergencies.

Structures

JNE adds five structures to the Nether that generate using jigsaw-based placement for varied, natural-looking layouts.

The Sanctum is the largest and most significant structure, serving as a major exploration target. You can craft a Sanctum Compass to locate the nearest one. The Chapel is a smaller religious structure with loot and decorative blocks. Devil's Bluff is an exploration-focused location, while the Mega Fossil and Mega Fossil Campsite generate together, featuring massive fossilized remains with an associated camp nearby. These structures contain unique loot including the Rift, Spirit, and Valor Armor Trim Smithing Templates.

Building Blocks & Decoration

JNE adds over 150 new blocks, making it a builder's dream for Nether-themed construction. The block additions fall into several categories that each expand vanilla building options.

Soul Slate

Soul Slate is a new stone-like material with an extensive building set including Bricks, Tiles, Walls, Stairs, Slabs, and Pillars. Both regular and Pale Soul Slate variants exist, along with Etched, Chiseled, and Cracked versions. The Stonecutter supports cutting Soul Slate into all derivative forms. Indented Soul Slate Tiles and Inscribed Panels add unique decorative options for detailed builds.

Polished Basalt Set

Vanilla Basalt now has a full building set including Polished Basalt Walls, Stairs, Slabs, and Bricks. Polished Basalt Bricks further expand into Walls, Stairs, and Slabs. All variants can be crafted from Basalt using the Stonecutter or standard crafting recipes.

Netherrack & Nether Brick Expansion

Smooth Netherrack (crafted from Netherrack and Gravel) opens up Netherrack Bricks, Netherrack Tiles, and Netherrack Pillars, each with full stair/slab/wall sets. Nether Brick Pillars, Polished Blackstone Pillars, Polished Blackstone Fences, Blue Nether Bricks, Red Mixed Nether Bricks, and Blue Mixed Nether Bricks round out the masonry options. Blue Nether Bricks require a Warped Wart Block surrounded by regular Nether Bricks.

Bone Building Set

Bone Blocks can now be crafted into Stacked Bones, Stacked Bone Stairs, Stacked Bone Slabs, Skull Blocks, and Bone Fences. The Wither variant uses Wither Bone Blocks (crafted from Bone Block and Coal) to create Stacked Wither Bones, Wither Skull Blocks, and matching stairs and slabs. Burning and Soul Burning variants of Skull Blocks add atmospheric lighting to bone-themed builds.

Netherite Building Blocks

Netherite Plating (crafted from Gold Ingot, Stridite, and Netherite Scrap) produces 64 plates per craft, making it surprisingly affordable. Netherite Plated Blocks, Cut Netherite Blocks, Netherite Grates, and associated stairs, slabs, and pillars create an industrial aesthetic. Rusty variants exist that can be smelted back to clean Netherite blocks in a Furnace.

Wood Types

JNE adds two new Nether wood types with complete building sets.

Claret Wood

Claret is a new fungus-based wood type with Stems, Hyphae, Stripped variants, Planks, Stairs, Slabs, Fences, Fence Gates, Doors, Trapdoors, Pressure Plates, Buttons, Signs, and Hanging Signs. Cerebrage Claret variants also exist, featuring an organic, corrupted appearance with their own Hyphae blocks.

Smokestalk Wood

Smokestalk is a unique plant found in the Exhaust Mire biome. Smokestalk blocks can be combined into full blocks, then crafted into Planks (yielding 2 per block). The complete set includes Stairs, Slabs, Fences, Fence Gates, Doors, Trapdoors, Pressure Plates, Buttons, Signs, and Hanging Signs. The Smokestalk aesthetic is distinct from both Crimson and Warped wood.

Special Items & Mechanics

Phasmo Arrows

Phasmo Arrows are special projectiles crafted from Phasmo Shards and regular Arrows. They have ghostly phasing properties, making them useful against ethereal enemies. Phasmo Shards themselves are crafted by combining Banshee Powder with a Slime Ball, yielding 2 shards per craft.

Gargoyle Statues

JNE features 10 different Gargoyle Statue variants: Wretched, Treacherous, Trample, Sealed, Phase, Ossified, Occult, Obfuscated, Ghoul, and Cirripedia. Each can be placed as decoration but beware: Apparitions can possess these statues and spring to life when you approach. Gargoyle Statues can be duplicated by surrounding one with Wraithing Flesh in a Crafting Table, yielding 2 copies.

Antidotes & Immunity Effects

The mod introduces an Antidote brewing system that can cure specific status effects. The Antidote item clears Hunger effects, while the Grenade Antidote is a throwable area-effect version. The mod also adds over 15 immunity status effects (Speed Immunity, Wither Immunity, Poison Immunity, etc.) that temporarily prevent those effects from being applied.

Wisp Bottles & Mob Bottles

You can capture Wisps in bottles to create Wisp Bottles, storing the entity's data in NBT for later release. Will-O-Wisps can also be crafted into throwable items using Banshee Powder and a Wisp Bottle.

Sanctum Compass

The Sanctum Compass is a directional item that points toward the nearest Sanctum structure. It's a one-time use tool that helps you navigate to this important landmark. The compass uses Wraithing Flesh as part of its interaction mechanic.

Custom Status Effects

JNE adds three unique status effects beyond its immunity system. Fogsight enhances your vision through fog, incredibly useful in biomes like the Exhaust Mire where visibility is limited. Unbounded Speed provides an extreme speed boost beyond what normal Speed potions offer. Betrayed is a hostile debuff that turns previously neutral entities against you.

Vanilla Enhancements

JNE doesn't just add new content; it also expands several vanilla systems. Fossil Fuel is a new fuel source that works as a Torch ingredient (4 Torches) and Soul Torch ingredient, and can be combined with White Dye to make Brown Dye. Warped Wart is a new plant that can be compacted into Warped Wart Blocks (mirroring how Nether Wart works). Quartz Crystals can be crafted into decorative Quartz Crystal Blocks, and Quartz Blocks can be broken back down into 4 Quartz. The mod also adds Cracked Quartz Bricks (made by smelting Quartz Bricks), a Chiseled Quartz Pillar, Soul Magma Blocks, Soul Jack-O-Lanterns, Weeping and Twisting Polished Blackstone Bricks, and Silica Sandstone with its own building set.

Warphopper Fur, dropped from a new mob variant, can be crafted into Paper (9 per 3 fur), providing a Nether-accessible source of Paper for maps and books. Lightspores and Nightspores can be extracted from Shroomlight and Shroomnight blocks (9 each), or compacted back into those blocks.

Armor Trim Templates

JNE adds three new Armor Trim Smithing Templates that can be found in the mod's structures. The Rift pattern is duplicated using Crying Obsidian and Diamonds. The Spirit pattern uses Soul Slate and Diamonds. The Valor pattern uses Pale Soul Slate and Diamonds. Each template can be duplicated at a Crafting Table by surrounding it with 7 Diamonds and the appropriate base block.