Austin's Biomes Expansion
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #435 of 767 adventure mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/47t1nzQMqo4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> **Austin's Biomes Expansion** adds new biomes and polishes old ones, creating variety while fitting in with the Vanilla style. # Features Below is a brief rundown of what this pack contains. See the (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y9a9-cJHpq_XzHlOe3WKros_tkNIX4gtlihLtIHOlYM/edit?usp=sharing) for a comprehensive list of features. - New surface, cave, and ocean biomes! (See the gallery for pictures) - An overhaul to water, sky, and fog colors. Biomes within the same temperature regions now generally match colors (with some exceptions). - An overhaul to flower generation. Biomes have more unique sets of flowers, and all flowers can be grown by using bone meal in biomes where they can be found naturally. They also generate in less varied patches. - New temperature-based variants have been added for Rivers, Beaches, and Stony Shores. - An overhaul to cave biomes. Caves are now always a separate biome from the surface above. Multiple generic cave biomes have been added, as well as unique cave biomes for mountains, badlands, and mushroom islands. - An overhaul to oceans. Oceans are now slightly bigger, with a much deeper region added that's deeper than deep oceans. Various biomes have been added for abyssal plains and ocean trenches. Trenches are so deep that even diamond ore can be found if you're willing to dive for it! - A new advancements tab called "Exploration", along with multiple advancements for discovering specific groups of biomes. The "Adventuring Time" advancement has been replaced with a new functionally identical advancement in the Exploration tab. ## Snowcapped The .zip download for this pack contains a file called `snowcapped.json` which can be used at (https://snowcapped.jacobsjo.eu) to view and modify this pack's biome distribution and terrain splines.
Austin's Biomes Expansion adds new biomes and polishes old ones, creating variety while fitting in with the Vanilla style.
# Features Below is a brief rundown of what this pack contains. See the (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y9a9-cJHpq_XzHlOe3WKros_tkNIX4gtlihLtIHOlYM/edit?usp=sharing) for a comprehensive list of features. - New surface, cave, and ocean biomes! (See the gallery for pictures) - An overhaul to water, sky, and fog colors. Biomes within the same temperature regions now generally match colors (with some exceptions). - An overhaul to flower generation. Biomes have more unique sets of flowers, and all flowers can be grown by using bone meal in biomes where they can be found naturally. They also generate in less varied patches. - New temperature-based variants have been added for Rivers, Beaches, and Stony Shores. - An overhaul to cave biomes. Caves are now always a separate biome from the surface above. Multiple generic cave biomes have been added, as well as unique cave biomes for mountains, badlands, and mushroom islands. - An overhaul to oceans. Oceans are now slightly bigger, with a much deeper region added that's deeper than deep oceans. Various biomes have been added for abyssal plains and ocean trenches. Trenches are so deep that even diamond ore can be found if you're willing to dive for it! - A new advancements tab called "Exploration", along with multiple advancements for discovering specific groups of biomes. The "Adventuring Time" advancement has been replaced with a new functionally identical advancement in the Exploration tab.
## Snowcapped The .zip download for this pack contains a file called `snowcapped.json` which can be used at (https://snowcapped.jacobsjo.eu) to view and modify this pack's biome distribution and terrain splines.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Data Packs
- Author
- thisisnotaustin
- Version
- 1.2.1
- Downloads
- 1,318
- Endorsements
- 55
- Category
- adventure
- Created
- 7/16/2024
- Updated
- 6/17/2025
- Game Versions
- 1.21.5, 1.21.6
- Tags
- adventure, worldgen
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Data Packs versions does Austin's Biomes Expansion support?
The author lists 1.21.5, 1.21.6. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Austin's Biomes Expansion?
Version 1.2.1, published 2025-06-17 with 1,318 downloads recorded at the source.
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