Biomes Scanner
by Gaboouu
With Biomes Scanner, a server owner can sample the biomes around a player and see how much of the chosen radius each one occupies.
What it does
A single command runs a structured sampling pass in a circle centered on the player, within the current dimension of the server. The radius can be set from 100 to 60000 blocks, and the step between sample points from 4 to 512 blocks, where a smaller step gives a denser grid and a longer scan. The scanner reports the biome types that surround the player, which helps locate rare or important biomes nearby.
Results are printed in chat, with the twenty nearest biomes listed directly. Adding the optional save keyword writes the full output to a timestamped text file kept in a results directory within the world save. Biomes Scanner requires Better Days and Serene Seasons, both of which must be present on the server. It is published for Forge only, and the mod is not open source, released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Radius and step settings
The scan area and sample density are set per command, so a quick survey and a detailed one can both be run.
Biome coverage report
For each biome found, the scan gives the share of the scanned area it occupies, computed from the sample count.
First position and sample count
Each detected biome is listed with the closest position where it appears and the number of samples that fell inside it.
Missing biome detection
Biomes the dimension is able to generate but that never appeared during the scan are counted and reported separately.
Timestamped result files
With the save keyword, the full report is stored as a timestamped text file for later analysis.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
Optional 1
Use cases
Finding a rare biome
A player who wants a specific biome can scan the surroundings and see the closest position where it appears.
Surveying a world
Server owners can check how biomes are distributed around a spawn or a base over a large radius.
Who it’s for: Server owners and administrators who want to inspect biome distribution around players, and players who search for specific biomes near their location.
Questions
Does Biomes Scanner need Better Days and Serene Seasons?
Does a client need Biomes Scanner installed?
Which loader and game version does Biomes Scanner support?
Where are the scan results saved?
In the catalog
Biomes Scanner is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Biome Scanner is a utility mod that analyzes the biomes surrounding the player and reports how much space each biome occupies inside a chosen radius. It performs a structured sampling pass around the player and measures the relative coverage of every biome it finds. The mod can scan a single dimension or every…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/biomes-scanner
- Owner
- Gaboouu
- Published
- 2025-12-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15