How to Build with Rotten Wood Blocks

The rotten wood set

The mod adds a full family of Rotten wood blocks: Rotten Log, Rotten Planks, Rotten Stairs, Rotten Slab, Rotten Fence, Rotten Fence Gate, Rotten Door, Rotten Trapdoor, and Rotten Pressure Plate. Together they form a complete building palette with a decayed, weathered look.

Where to get them

Rotten wood is tied to the mod's excavation and structure content rather than ordinary tree farming, so treat it as a scavenged material. Collect every piece you find while exploring fossil sites and ruins, and store it by shape so you can see what you still need.

Building ideas

• Use Rotten Planks as the base wall of an abandoned shack, then break up the surface with Rotten Stairs and Slabs for an uneven, sagging silhouette.
• Rotten Logs work well as exposed corner posts or fallen beams.
• Rotten Fence and Fence Gate make a collapsed pen or graveyard boundary.
• Rotten Door and Trapdoor sell the "nobody has lived here for years" feel better than any vanilla wood.
• Rotten Pressure Plate is perfect for a trapped, creaking floor in an adventure map.

Pairing with other blocks

Rotten wood looks best next to Cracked Mud Bricks, Chiseled Bone Blocks, and mossy stone. Mix shapes freely; the set is designed to look worn, so irregular placement is an advantage.