The Aether

@aether-mod.net

Welcome to the Aether! An expansive dimension mod for Minecraft, featuring new mobs, detailed art, and extensive lore.

Today, July 22nd 2026, marks 15 years since the release of the original Aether mod Please enjoy this special anniversary artwork and message written by the Aether Team Lead, Katie Payn, to commemorate this amazing milestone

Anniversary artwork featuring a Glowstone Aether Portal in the shape of the number 15 in front of landscape images of various Aether Projects. Text below the Glowstone Portal image reads "15 years exploring the skies together, Thank you all for making The Aether a special place for us all"Today, July 22nd 2026, marks 15 years since the release of the original Aether Mod for Minecraft by our team's founders. Since then our team has expanded and our roster has rotated over time. Talented engineers, artists, musicians, community managers, and designers have joined the team, developed their skills and talents, and left to work on bigger and better projects and teams including Mojang, Hypixel Studios, Skybound Entertainment, and more. But our team's core philosophy of delivering awe-inspiring experiences in breathtaking worlds has remained the same. 

10 years ago I became the steward of this project as its Team Lead. Since then, we have fleshed out The Aether's world, remastered the original mod and brought it back into the mainstream of Minecraft modding, revived and enriched the project's long-awaited sequel The Aether II, launched an amazing collaboration with the Origin Realms server, launched official merchandise with Makeship, and most recently finally released an official version of The Aether on the Minecraft Marketplace with Aether Legends.

This all represents an absolute resurgence in The Aether Project, with now over 120 million downloads on Curseforge, over 2000 Makeship plushes sold, and thousands of new fans brought in by our various collaborations and new releases. The project is now in the healthiest state it has ever seen since its inception, and we are incredibly excited to continue evolving this world via updates to our existing projects and incubating new projects going forward. So please look forward to new content and project announcements over the next few years.

We absolutely could not have achieved any of this without all of you, so shout out to our Patrons, people who put aside their hard-earned money long term to help keep our project afloat over the last decade, and shout out to all of you who have continued to play, enjoy, and talk about The Aether Project over the years. 

I also want to shout out a few important people wh…

The Aether II Alpha 4 is here! This update introduces the Shifting Glass loot item for dodging and dashing, The Aerbunny Bell companion item, as well as the aquatic Prismallard mob! You can also find improved biome visuals and new structure generation alongside many bug fixes and improvements!

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We're incredibly proud to announce that The Aether is officially coming to Bedrock for the first time this summer! In collaboration with Spark Universe, Aether Legends will debut on the Minecraft Marketplace on July 14th Learn more about this new project at: aetherlegends.gg

We've released a new hotfix for The Aether II on 26.1.2 This patch includes numerous fixes for crashes and other issues found following the release of Alpha 3 and some back end additions and changes, check out the changelog on modrinth for more details modrinth.com/mod/aether-i...

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The Aether II has been ported to 26.1! We're sticking to this drop going forward to build and flesh out The Aether II's content. This updated alpha includes the Golden Wyndberry, which allows you to access the Golden Dandelion mechanic in the dimension, as well as a restored Aether Start config!

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Its the final day of the plushie campaign! Just under 15 hours remain so get your orders in before time runs out! If we hit 400 sales before the campaign ends our revenue cut goes up by a lot, so if you're wanting to support the mod's development picking up a Plush is a great way to do that!

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We're entering the final day of the Aerwhale Jumbo Plushie campaign so in just over 24 hours you will no longer be able to order one Please if you're interested in picking one up get your order in before the Campaign ends as they will no longer be available after the deadline

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We're entering the final day of the Aerwhale Jumbo Plushie campaign so in just over 24 hours you will no longer be able to order one Please if you're interested in picking one up get your order in before the Campaign ends as they will no longer be available after the deadline

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We're in the final week of our Aerwhale Plushie campaign! So with just under 5 days remaining, this is the last chance to pick one up for yourself! If we can hit 400 sales before the campaign ends our cut goes up dramatically! So make sure you don't forget to order one if you're interested.

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We're in the final week of our Aerwhale Plushie campaign! So with just under 5 days remaining, this is the last chance to pick one up for yourself! If we can hit 400 sales before the campaign ends our cut goes up dramatically! So make sure you don't forget to order one if you're interested.

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Hey so buying an Aerwhale plush really helps support me financially, which is gonna be crucial for my work on the Aether mods going forward as HRT is extremely expensive. So consider getting yourself a lovely Aerwhale! They're very huggable and are also HUGE.

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Our Jumbo Aerwhale Plush Makeship campaign is also over 90% funded! Go pick yours up before the campaign ends later this month! (And reminder we'll be doing 2.0 releases of the Aerbunny and Moa Plushes soon too for those that missed them the first time round) www.makeship.com/products/aer...

The Aether II has been updated to 1.21.11! Along with the port, Alpha 2 brings various new ruin structures across multiple biomes, new blocks to build with, and new loot to add to your arsenal! Rebalanced biome distribution and tweaked world generation also enriches exploration gameplay!

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Hey guys just a little note here, Im currently working on a video going through our short and long term plans for The Aether II and discussing how our project is funded and maintained to be more transparent about our financial situation going forward. So expect that to drop in the next few days!

We're so happy to announce that we've once again partnered with Makeship to bring you guys another Aether Plush! This time we've gone with the absolutely most requested design, The Aerwhale! Purchasing this jumbo plush helps directly fund The Aether II's development, so please check it out!

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Nearly two years after the project's revival, The Aether II has finally entered Public Alpha Testing! Explore The Aether's Holy Isles, a greatly expanded and reimagined version of the classic dimension, featuring new biomes, mobs, resources, structures, and a reworked Sentry Ruins dungeon.

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Still got lots to do, many bits of content to produce over public alpha testing, but already this is easily the best version of the project I've worked on in my 14 years on the project. I hope players agree with us and I hope everyone who worked on the project in the past is proud of the end result

In other news We're aiming to release The Aether II into public alpha testing at the end of February, after roughly 21 months of development following the project's revival in 2024 Genuinely so proud of my small team, really hope people love The Aether II as much as we do!

We recently passed a monumental milestone with 100 *million* total downloads across all our projects on @curseforge.com This time two years ago we celebrated 30 million downloads, so in the last two years alone we got a staggering 70 million downloads! Aether 1 itself has passed 60M alone!

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Aether II will feature a Glowstone Portal by default, same as the original mod! To use both mods together, you will need to build the Aether II portal with at least 1 block derived from Quartz. We will be adding visual variants of Quartz and Glowstone to make integrating the two mods visually easier

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We've just released a new add-on mod for The Aether Beyond Parity brings a variety of features like decorative holystone blocks, zanite building blocks, and Aether themed variants of utilities to the dimension! Download it now on Curseforge and Modrinth

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