Ecotones is a biome overhaul mod that attempts to capture the chaotic essence of the real world's flora by filling each biome with life, where each generated tree, shrub, and rock is unique in where it generates and the shape. It also takes inspiration from the beta days of Minecraft and makes each biome feel dynamic and varied. Ecotones' many trees and bushes adapt to their surroundings and each tree generates in it's own unique way. Currently, the mod adds over 33 distinct biomes, or 115 including variants.

Biome Generation Algorithm

Ecotones has 16 base biomes, which are generated according to a simplex noise grid. This ensures that temperature and humidity scales well, so rain forests are not next to deserts, for example. Then, another simplex noise grid is used to generate biomes' hilliness, so certain parts of the map will have generation that is almost "shattered". After the base biomes are generated, "Special" biomes are generated on top. These special biomes do not follow the same temperature and humidity rules, and have special effects, such as unique grass, leaf, and sky colors, as well as unique generation.

Full Biome List

Images

 Prairie biome

Pine Peaks:

Beach:

Hilly Desert:

Tropical Rainforest: 

Tropical Grassland:

Dry forest and Wet forest boundary:

Oasis biome:

Uluru (small special biome):

Boundary of 3 biomes:

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Want to support development?
Ecotones would not have been possible without my patrons! If you want to support development as well as get in-dev builds with exciting features before they come to curseforge, check out my Patreon! Supporting me via Patreon lets me spend more time modding, and allows me to put out more updates for everyone to enjoy.