Blue Skies Wiki & Guide
The community wiki and guide for Blue Skies — recipes, items, tags and mechanics, kept current for every Minecraft version the mod supports.
About this mod
Blue Skies is survival mod that adds aspects like dimensions, dungeons and more in a light and dark scenario.
🍡 Requires Structure Gel API
Download it here. Structure Gel is an API mod designed to make creating structures easier on the developers, specifically ones using the jigsaw system. All code is open source and documented.
If you have any questions about the mod, please check the FAQ page, as your question is likely answered there.
🏷️ Welcome to Blue Skies: Population
The long awaited update is finally here! Population is a huge update to Blue Skies that adds tons of new blocks, items, biomes, mobs, and 2 new dungeons! Please come and join our Discord server to learn more! https://discord.gg/WGfqqrG. This isn't all however, even more dungeons and content will come soon!
🔷 What is Blue Skies?
Blue Skies adds two dimensions called the Everbright and the Everdawn. It includes lots of new unique features, blocks, weapons, mobs and even massive dungeons! Each dimension has its own theme, with the Everbright being very bright, snowy and cold while the Everdawn is typically darker and warm. Each of these dimensions currently has two dungeons to explore, totaling up to 4 dungeons, with more planned on the way!
✔️ Getting Started
I want to play! How do I install Blue Skies? To get started, make sure that you have downloaded the latest version of the mod and you are running at least the recommended version of NeoForge to your Minecraft client. Alternatively, You can also easily install Blue Skies using the Modrinth App, if you don't have that installed already. Download it here: Then, you can click here to view a guide on how to install Blue Skies with CurseForge launcher.
🔑 The Gatekeeper
Find the Gatekeeper and trade a book in exchange for his journal. You can find the houses spawning in either plains, mountains, and most snowy biomes. The Gatekeeper has extensive knowledge on these dimensions and has written all about the blocks, mobs, and dungeons found within to help guide you on your journey. You can also trade for a Zeal Lighter that works on both the Everbright and Everdawn portal frames. Check around their home as they have an unlit portal frame somewhere. As you progress through the mod, other trades may become available, so it's worth checking his offers after reaching certain milestones.
🕳️ How to Enter the Dimensions
Once you have found the Gatekeeper, be sure to trade emeralds for the Zeal Lighter to be able to light one of the portal frames. He keeps an unlit Everbright or Everdawn portal stored somewhere in his home that you can use. Once you find the portal, tidy it up, give it a light, and it should open a door to its respective dimension.
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Compatibility
Which Minecraft versions and mod loaders the mod supports.
| Loader | MC 1.20.4 | MC 1.20.1 | MC 1.19.4 | MC 1.19.2 | MC 1.18.2 | MC 1.16.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forge | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Neoforge | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
Dependencies
Other mods required (or optional) to run this mod.
Recent updates
Latest releases with the author's changelog notes.
- Updated to 1.20.4 on NeoForge
- Added new config option to relocate the Blue Skies inventory buttons in the creative inventory
- Fixed a rare crash involving the Nightwatcher
- Programmer art textures are now part of the default programmer art pack rather than being a separate pack
- Fixed Crogre pathfinding not functioning at all
Blue Skies: Population 1.20.1-v1.3.31
Fixes
- Fixed JEI support.
- Fixed weather fog not working properly with the sky fog or the Alchemist's blindness.
- Fixed Blinding Dungeons not randomizing their cat types.
- Fixed music discs not having their duration set.
- Fixed arcs dropping from the wrong event.
- Fixed some entities not being summonable.
- Portals now default to going to their respe
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1.20.1-v1.3.30
- Reduced packet size for client-synced datapack data.
- Reduced memory usage and compute time of worldgen.
- Areas already computed are saved in a file to be used later for faster access. This can be disabled in the config.
- Fixed a fog flickering issue that would occur with Alex's Caves and some other mods.
Fixes
- Fixed a crash on startup with
UtilMixin. - Fixed a crash with sound events and some mods where the sound is null.
1.20.1-v1.3.28
Fixes
- Fixed an issue with worldgen that could cause a server to hang with many players.
- Fixed damage sources being null.
Gallery
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Mods in the same category as this one.
Developer resources
Guides
Processes
Every recipe the mod adds, grouped by how it is made.
Structures
Every structure the mod generates, with biomes and placement.
Blocks
Aquatic Stone
Aquite Ore
Aquite Ore
Bag of Spoils
Blaze Bud
Blinding Slab
Blinding Stairs
Blinding Stone
Blinding Stone Pillar
Blinding Wall
Block of Aquite
Block of Charoite
Block of Diopside
Block of Falsite
Block of Horizonite
Block of Moonstone
Block of Pyrope
Block of Raw Aquite
Block of Raw Charoite
Block of Raw Falsite
Block of Raw Horizonite
Block of Raw Ventium
Block of Sunstone
Block of VentiumShow all 389 blocks →Frequently asked questions
What are the two dimensions in Blue Skies?
Blue Skies is built around a light-and-dark scenario — two dimensions, each with its own biomes, blocks, creatures and progression, explored as survival adventures separate from the Overworld.
What did the Population update add?
Population is a large Blue Skies update that added many new blocks, items and features to the mod's dimensions, expanding what you can build and find.
What are the challenges in Blue Skies?
Both dimensions feature dungeons that hold the tougher fights and best rewards; progression runs through the new materials and gear you gather to clear them.
