FreeTerraForged
by psiber
FreeTerraForged is a community fork of TerraForged that reshapes overworld terrain generation with rivers, canyons, islands and presets.
What it does
Players who want to shape the overworld pick a preset from a menu and watch the result in real time through 2D and 3D previews before creating the world. Presets are kept so the same terrain can be reproduced later, and the mod ships with default presets for starting without any setup. Fine control covers the terrain shape of the overworld, with new river, canyon and island generation systems that can be customized.
The fork was built on the TerraForged project, taken up by community contributors after the original development moved on, and it adds NeoForge support on top of Fabric. Bugs are reported through the GitHub issue tracker, and contributions are accepted by forking the repository and raising a merge request. Changes are meant to be tested and gated behind config toggles where relevant. The code is released under the MIT License, so contributions stay under community control.
Installation is client and server: the server and every player need the mod. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge, both targeting 1.21.1, and the latest build for each loader is 1.0.0, dated 2026-09-18.
Key features
Real-time terrain previews
A preset menu shows 2D and 3D previews of the generated terrain while settings are changed.
3D rivers and waterfalls
Rivers flow toward the sea and include waterfalls and lakes, with river valleys and terraced mountains.
V-shaped slot canyons
Canyon generation adds narrow V-shaped slot canyons alongside the new canyon system.
Customizable islands
A new island generation system lets the shape and placement of islands be adjusted.
Reproducible presets
Presets reliably reproduce the same terrain results, and default presets are included.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Terrano is a client-and-server mod for Fabric and NeoForge, limited to 1.21.1, under All rights reserved and not open source. Confluence runs on Fabric only for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 and is also client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source. Lavaflow targets 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, is server required with client optional, and is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeTerraForged | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-18 |
| Terrano | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-22 |
| Confluence | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-08-15 |
| Lavaflow | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2025-12-12 |
Questions
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In the catalog
FreeTerraForged is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
FreeTerraForged is a community driven fork of TerraForged, updated for modern Minecraft. Provides heavily customizable and feature rich overworld terrain generation options in a compatible and approachable way.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/freeterraforged
- Owner
- psiber
- Published
- 2026-06-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15