This datapack allows nature to reclaim abandoned areas. Grass will grow and need to be cut, paths will decay and need upkeep or upgrade to other materials, forests and flowers will spread. Players ignoring old builds may come back to find them overgrown.

You will no longer need to worry about bare grass blocks from creeper explosions, water buckets, and terraforming. Foliage will grow back over time.

Technical Details:

Plants that spread (up to 32 blocks):

• Large Ferns
• Sweet Berry Bushes
• Bamboo (Exception: Up to 1 block)
• Small flowers excluding wither roses
• All trees excluding azalea trees

Growth:

• Fern -> Large Fern
• Grass Block -> Grows Grass on top
• Grass -> Tall Grass
• Grass Paths -> Dirt

The growth and spread is slow but noticeable over time. A single spread/growth occurs once for every 2.5s for every player and may be skipped for players that are too close to another player that has already been checked, and does not occur if it is night. Growth + spread can only occur in areas that have sky light.

Shout out:

A pack that may work well with this pack is Desire Lines. Overgrown affects your surroundings in a way that allows you to notice areas of inactivity, Desire Lines allows you to notice areas of high activity. Overgrown will naturally reclaim paths created by Desire Lines over time.

This pack was actually inspired by Desire Lines as I wanted an opposing force to prevent worlds from being cluttered with paths.