Features:
- Adds a fiery bamboo species to the crimson forests of the Nether
- Grows in uncommon but large patches whose glow and yellow colour stand out from a distance
- Shrugs off fire, lava and even ghast fireballs
- Glows hot enough to deal fire damage up close
- Peaceful renewable source of blaze rods and gunpowder
- Strong furnace fuel that can be fully automated
- Fireproof wood makes lava rafts for safe passage across lava
- Expanded set of decorative blocks in both stone and wood variants
- Every block is fire-proof, lava-proof and ghast-proof, and all items resist fire
- Plantable on many stone types and dry soils in every dimension
- Dies near water, rain or snow, but the dead bamboo crumbles into gunpowder
- Forge support for Minecraft 1.20.x
The crimson forests of the Nether get a new resident with this mod: a fiery species of bamboo that generates in uncommon but unusually large patches. Its yellow colour and steady glow make a patch easy to spot from a distance, and the plant has picked up stone-like qualities to survive where it grows, shrugging off fire, lava and even a direct hit from a ghast fireball. The heat cuts both ways, though, because standing too close to the stalks deals fire damage.
What makes it worth harvesting is how much it feeds back into the game. Blazing bamboo crafts into blaze rods, turning them into something you can farm peacefully and renewably, and it doubles as a strong furnace fuel that can be fully automated. The fireproof wood is the other half of the appeal: it builds lava rafts that carry you across lava the way a boat crosses water, and it feeds an expanded set of decorative stone and wood blocks that all keep their fire-proof, lava-proof and ghast-proof properties.
Farming it outside the Nether is possible with a little planning. The plant takes root on a wide range of stone types and dry soils across all dimensions, so a plantation away from the Nether works as long as it stays dry. Water nearby, rain or snow will kill it quickly, but nothing is wasted when that happens: dead blazing bamboo crumbles into gunpowder, which makes even a failed patch a usable second harvest.
