Better Biomes
Alpine
Tall, snowy mountains, ringed by low-lying woodland and filled with glaciers.
Blossom Woods
A forest of cherry blossom trees with dark trunks and pink leaves.
Desert Archipelago
A sand filled archipelago with cacti and dead bushes.
Ephemeral Lake
A shallow lake with large, sandy shores filled with dead trees and shrubs.
Fir Forest
A snowy biome filled with fir trees, some growing up to 32 blocks above the ground.
Forested Archipelago
An archipelago of forested islands.
Low Hills
A relatively flat biome with the occasional tree. It resembles plains from 1.7.3 and earlier generation.
Mountainous Archipelago
A archipelago filled with tall mountains rising out of the sea.
Mountains
A biome that towers above the surrounding landscape, frequently touching the clouds.
Mangroves
A green, marshy biome filled with lots of water and clumps of trees.
Plateau
A high, moderately flat biome with scattered oak trees and shrubs.
Prairie
A large, treeless expanse of gold-yellow grass.
Rainforest
A lush, jungle-like biome with no undergrowth and more tall trees.
Rocky Hills
A desolate biome filled with stone and cobblestone. The occasional emerald can be found.
Salt Lake
A large expanse of purple water (configurable in the new colour config file, for those who complain about the way Mojang did swamps).
Sandstone Canyon
A sandstone area filled with small patches of dirt and trees, and deep gorges where water used to flow.
Savannah
An open plain containing scattered acacia trees.
Shrublands
A shrub filled plain with no trees.
Snowy Plateau
Similar to the plateau biome, snowy plateaus contain fir trees and shrubs and lots of snow.
Steppe
A damp grassland biome with no plants but lots of mobs.
Tropical Archipelago
An archipelago of islands covered in jungle trees.
Tundra
A snow-covered biome filled with flowers and low undergrowth.
Volcanic Desert
A desert spotted with pits of lava and the occasional volcano.
Wastelands
A dead area of gravel and dirt, filled with the dead trunks of trees that were unable to survive the heat.
Woodlands
A thinly forested biome filled with oak trees.
Fantasy Biomes
Forest of the Yggdrasils
A dense forest dotted with massive Yggdrasils, huge trees towering high above the surrounding forest.
