Regions Unexplored in All the Mods 10

Regions Unexplored is a biome mod that overhauls how the Overworld and the Nether generate. Its project page advertises 64 new biomes, plus a plethora of new blocks and items, so there is plenty out there to explore.^[1]

This pack ships version 0.5.9 of the mod, the NeoForge build for 1.21.1. The project page lists Terrablender as a dependency for 0.5.9 and below.^[1][2]

Where it fits in the quest book

The pack's quest book places the mod on the building side. In the Building Tips chapter, the quest "Painted Planks" quest comes right after the Colored Blocks quest. Its text says the mod lets you paint planks as if they were wool or glass.^[3]

To complete that quest, you only need to get any one of the painted plank colors, for example Red Painted Planks, Blue Painted Planks or Black Painted Planks.^[3]

Regions Unexplored is a biome mod that reshapes the Overworld and Nether with 64 new biomes, plus lots of new blocks and items. So the first steps here are about getting to know the new wood types and building blocks. The sources give no fixed progression for this mod, so this is a sensible order built from the recipes that are in the pack.^[1]

Grab logs and turn them into planks

Wood is the easiest way into the mod. The mod has its own advancement for collecting every log it adds, so chopping a bit of everything you find is worth it. Each wood type has its own planks. For example, Baobab logs give you Baobab Planks, and Alpha Log gives you Alpha Planks.^[4][5]

4× Baobab PlanksMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any baobab log

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_planks

4× Alpha PlanksMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Alpha Log

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:alpha_planks

Make building pieces

Once you have planks, you can make the usual set of pieces in the new wood. A few examples are Baobab Door, Baobab Slab and Baobab Stairs. These give you a proper base to start from.^[4]

3× Baobab DoorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Baobab Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_door

4× Baobab StairsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Baobab Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_stairs

Switch between shrubs and saplings

Some trees have a matching shrub. You can craft a Baobab Shrub from a Baobab Sapling, and you can turn the shrub back into a sapling. The Ashen, Acacia and Birch shrubs (Ashen Shrub, Acacia Shrub and Birch Shrub) are crafted from their saplings too.^[4]

Baobab ShrubMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Baobab Sapling

Baobab Sapling

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_shrub

2× Baobab SaplingMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Baobab Shrub

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_sapling_from_baobab_shrub

Paint your planks

The quest "Painted Planks" quest sits in the Building Tips chapter, right after the Colored Blocks quest. It points out that you can paint planks as if they were Wool or Glass. The pack changed these recipes, so every colour has its own pack-specific recipe. Painted planks also come in slab and stairs versions, like Black Painted Slab and Black Painted Stairs.^[3][4]

8× Red Painted PlanksChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	any plank	any plank
any plank	any red dye	any plank
any plank	any plank	any plank

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:red_painted_planks

Changed by the pack. Every other colour follows the same pattern with its own dye.

Try Ash and Ashen Dirt

You can craft Ash, and it is then used to make Ashen Dirt. The pack has separate Ashen Dirt recipes for regular dirt, Peat Dirt and Silt Dirt.^[4]

AshMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

4 × Gunpowder

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:ash

4× Ashen DirtMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Dirt	any ash
any ash	Dirt

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:ashen_dirt_from_dirt

Regions Unexplored is a biome mod, so this section has no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation to explain. The mod describes itself as an overhaul of Overworld and Nether generation, with 64 new biomes plus a plethora of new blocks and items.^[1]

What the sources do show for this mod in the pack is a large set of crafting recipes and an advancement tree that rewards exploring. Here is how those fit together.^[4][5]

Wood sets

Each wood type follows the familiar vanilla pattern. Using Baobab as the example, the set includes Baobab Log, Baobab Wood, Baobab Planks, Baobab Slab, Baobab Stairs, Baobab Door, Baobab Trapdoor, Baobab Fence, Baobab Fence Gate, Baobab Button, Baobab Pressure Plate, Baobab Sign, Baobab Hanging Sign and Baobab Boat. The recipe blocks below show how the pieces are made in this pack.^[4]

3× Baobab WoodMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

4 × Baobab Log

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_wood

Baobab Wood in this pack.

4× Baobab PlanksMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• any baobab log

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_planks

This is a shapeless recipe, so the layout in the grid does not matter.

If you want a boat with storage, the Baobab Boat with Chest is a shapeless recipe that starts from the regular boat.^[4]

Baobab Boat with ChestMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Chest
• Baobab Boat

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_chest_boat

Shapeless, so just place the items anywhere in the grid.

Baobab BoatMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

5 × Baobab Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_boat

Baobab Boat in this pack.

6× Baobab SlabMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Baobab Planks

Baobab Planks

Baobab Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_slab

Baobab Slab in this pack.

4× Baobab StairsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Baobab Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_stairs

Baobab Stairs in this pack.

3× Baobab DoorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Baobab Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_door

Baobab Door in this pack.

2× Baobab TrapdoorMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Baobab Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_trapdoor

Baobab Trapdoor in this pack.

3× Baobab FenceMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Baobab Planks	Stick	Baobab Planks
Baobab Planks	Stick	Baobab Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_fence

Baobab Fence in this pack.

Baobab Fence GateMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	Baobab Planks	Stick
Stick	Baobab Planks	Stick

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_fence_gate

Baobab Fence Gate in this pack.

Branches, shrubs and saplings

The mod adds branch items for several trees, including Acacia Branch, Birch Branch and Baobab Branch. The Acacia and Baobab branch recipes are shown below.^[4]

2× Acacia BranchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Log

Stick

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:acacia_branch_from_acacia_log

Acacia Branch in this pack.

2× Baobab BranchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Baobab Log

Stick

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_branch_from_baobab_log

Baobab Branch in this pack.

Shrubs and saplings convert in both directions. The Baobab pair is Baobab Shrub and Baobab Sapling, and Ashen trees have Ashen Sapling and Ashen Shrub. Vanilla saplings get shrub recipes as well, such as Acacia Shrub and Birch Shrub. The recipes for the Ashen shrub and the Baobab sapling are shown below.^[4]

Ashen ShrubMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Ashen Sapling

Ashen Sapling

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:ashen_shrub

Ashen Shrub in this pack.

2× Baobab SaplingMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Baobab Shrub

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:baobab_sapling_from_baobab_shrub

Shapeless recipe that turns a shrub back into its sapling.

Ash and Ashen Dirt

Ash is craftable and is the key to making Ashen Dirt. The recipes below show every route to Ashen Dirt, including the versions made from Peat Dirt and Silt Dirt.^[4]

AshMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

4 × Gunpowder

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:ash

How Ash is crafted in this pack.

4× Ashen DirtMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Dirt	any ash
any ash	Dirt

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:ashen_dirt_from_dirt

Ashen Dirt from plain dirt.

4× Ashen DirtMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Peat Dirt	any ash
any ash	Peat Dirt

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:ashen_dirt_from_peat_dirt

Ashen Dirt from Peat Dirt.

4× Ashen DirtMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Silt Dirt	any ash
any ash	Silt Dirt

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:ashen_dirt_from_silt_dirt

Ashen Dirt from Silt Dirt.

Painted planks

The mod has painted planks in many colours, including Black Painted Planks. The pack changes the Black Painted Planks recipe, so use the recipe shown here rather than what you remember from the mod's defaults. The sources do not show the original recipe, so I cannot say exactly what was changed.^[4]

8× Black Painted PlanksChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	any plank	any plank
any plank	any black dye	any plank
any plank	any plank	any plank

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:black_painted_planks

This recipe is changed by the pack.

Advancements

The mod has an advancement tree that rewards exploration and collecting. Examples are exploring all Surface biomes, finding all Cave biomes, venturing into all Nether biomes from the mod, and collecting every log. Some are quirkier, like consuming a Duskmelon or hanging from a Kapok tree's vines.^[5]

In this pack, Regions Unexplored shows up in the quest book in the Building Tips chapter, so this section follows that quest and the recipes the pack changed.^[3]

The quest: Painted Planks

The quest "Painted Planks" quest comes after the Colored Blocks quest. You complete it by obtaining any one of the mod's painted planks colors, for example Red Painted Planks or Black Painted Planks. The quest text sums it up: the mod lets you paint planks as if they were Wool or Glass.^[3]

How the pack changes painted planks

Every painted planks recipe is marked as changed by the pack, so don't assume the mod's default recipe. In the pack, each color is crafted from the matching dye tag plus any item in the planks tag.^[4]

8× Red Painted PlanksChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	any plank	any plank
any plank	any red dye	any plank
any plank	any plank	any plank

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:red_painted_planks

Red is the example here. The other colors use the same pattern with their own dye tag.

Once you have painted planks, the slab and stairs come from the mod's own recipes. The black set is one example: Black Painted Slab and Black Painted Stairs are both crafted from Black Painted Planks.^[4]

4× Black Painted StairsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Black Painted Planks

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:black_painted_stairs

Another pack-changed recipe

The recipe dump also marks Black Snowbelle as changed by the pack. It is a shapeless recipe that combines a black dye with any item in the snowbelle tag.^[4]

Black SnowbelleChanged by the pack

Crafting Shapeless

• any black dye
• any snowbelle

Recipe id: regions_unexplored:black_snowbelle

Regions Unexplored adds a plethora of new blocks, and this pack hooks its wood into other mods' crafting. Mystical Agriculture, Mekanism, Productive Trees and Bibliocraft all have in-pack recipes that use Regions Unexplored items.^[1][4]

Mystical Agriculture: logs from essence

The pack adds shaped recipes that turn Unexplored Wood Essence into Regions Unexplored logs. That covers Alpha Log, Maple Log, Willow Log, Small Oak Log and Silver Birch Log, plus many more. So you can get these logs from essence without hunting down the tree.^[4]

8× Alpha LogAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

Unexplored Wood Essence	Unexplored Wood Essence	Unexplored Wood Essence
Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: allthemods:essence/regions_unexplored/alpha_log

Alpha Log is one example. The other essence-to-log recipes in the pack follow the same pattern.

Sawing logs into planks

The pack adds sawing recipes for Regions Unexplored planks in both Mekanism and Productive Trees. In Mekanism, sawing a log gives you planks and Sawdust. Productive Trees has a sawmill recipe that makes the planks from a log together with Sawdust.^[4]

Most of these recipes accept any log from that wood's log tag, so you don't need one specific log block. The planks covered include Baobab Planks, Blackwood Planks and the bioshroom planks such as Blue Bioshroom Planks and Pink Bioshroom Planks.^[4]

Sawdust, Alpha PlanksAdded by the pack

Sawing (mekanism)

• Alpha Log

Recipe id: allthemods:mekanism/sawing/regions_unexplored/alpha_planks

The Mekanism sawing version, shown with Alpha Planks.

6× Alpha PlanksAdded by the pack

Sawmill (productivetrees)

• 2× Sawdust
• Alpha Log

Recipe id: allthemods:productivetrees/sawing/regions_unexplored/alpha_planks

The Productive Trees sawmill version, shown with Alpha Planks.

Bibliocraft: black furniture in Regions Unexplored woods

Bibliocraft furniture can be made from Regions Unexplored slabs. The recipes in the pack data are for black variants, and the pack has changed them from their defaults. For the Alpha and Baobab woods you can make seats, display cases and the flat, raised, small, fancy and tall seat backs. For example, the Black Alpha Seat is made with Alpha Slab.^[4]

Black Alpha SeatChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Black Wool	Empty slot
Empty slot	Alpha Slab	Empty slot
any wooden rod	Alpha Slab	any wooden rod

Recipe id: bibliobiomes:color/black/wood/regions_unexplored_alpha/seat

The black Alpha seat, as changed by the pack.

Display cases follow the same idea: see Black Baobab Display Case and Black Blackwood Display Case. The fancy and tall seat backs are built from the matching flat seat back, such as Black Alpha Flat Seat Back.^[4]

Black Baobab Display CaseChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Baobab Slab	any glass blocks	Baobab Slab
Baobab Slab	Black Wool	Baobab Slab
Baobab Slab	Baobab Slab	Baobab Slab

Recipe id: bibliobiomes:color/black/wood/regions_unexplored_baobab/display_case

The black Baobab display case, as changed by the pack.

Painted planks and the quest book

The quest "Painted Planks" quest sits in the Building Tips chapter after Colored Blocks. It asks you to get any of the painted plank colors, like Red Painted Planks or Black Painted Planks. The quest text says Regions Unexplored lets you paint planks the way you would dye Wool or Glass.^[3]

Regions Unexplored shows up in one quest in this pack: "Painted Planks" quest, found in the Building Tips chapter. It's a small, friendly one, and it's mostly a nudge to try out the mod's painted planks.^[3]

Painted Planks

The quest text points out that Regions Unexplored lets you paint planks as if they were wool or glass. It unlocks after the Colored Blocks quest, so you'll want to finish that one first.^[3]

The task is an item check, and any one of the painted plank colors counts: Red Painted Planks, Orange Painted Planks, Yellow Painted Planks, Lime Painted Planks, Green Painted Planks, Cyan Painted Planks, Light Blue Painted Planks, Blue Painted Planks, Purple Painted Planks, Magenta Painted Planks, Pink Painted Planks, Brown Painted Planks, White Painted Planks, Light Gray Painted Planks, Gray Painted Planks or Black Painted Planks.^[3]

Regions Unexplored has been part of All the Mods 10 for a long time. It was already in the pack by version 2.25 or earlier, so it's one of the older additions.^[2]

Pack release changes

• All the Mods 10 6.0 updated Regions Unexplored from 0.5.6.1 to 0.5.9.^[6]
• All the Mods 10 8.1 still ships Regions Unexplored 0.5.9, using the NeoForge 1.21.1 build. That means the mod hasn't changed version since 6.0.^[2][6]

Unverified What changed inside Regions Unexplored between 0.5.6.1 and 0.5.9, such as new biomes, blocks or fixes, can't be confirmed here. No changelogs for the shipped jars are stored, so check the mod's own release notes if you need the details.