Polarizing Biomes
by bl4ckscor3
Polarizing Biomes adds winter-themed biomes to Forge worlds, with big frozen lakes, dense taiga forests, frozen lakes and wintry mountains.
What it does
Four biomes are added to world generation: Big Frozen Lakes, a landscape of large lakes with a frozen core; Dense Taiga Forest, where tall spruce trees grow tightly packed and only a few normal spruce trees are scattered among them; Frozen Lakes, a landscape of smaller lakes where low temperatures leave only ice; and Wintry Mountains, a broad range of peaks covered in spruce trees. The biomes spawn about as often as most vanilla biomes, and their spawn weight cannot be adjusted.
The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing it. Snow Under Trees is required and must be installed alongside it. Files exist for Forge only, for the 1.14.4, 1.15.2, 1.16.5 and 1.17.1 game versions, with v1.0.1 for 1.17.1 as the latest file. The code is open source under the MIT License, and public source code and an issue tracker are linked.
Key features
Big Frozen Lakes
A winter biome of large lakes whose cores are frozen, creating wide ice surfaces.
Dense Taiga Forest
Tall spruce trees grow densely packed, with only a few normal spruce trees scattered about.
Frozen Lakes
Smaller lakes that freeze solid, since low temperatures in this biome produce ice lakes only.
Wintry Mountains
Vast mountain terrain covered in many spruce trees.
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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 1
How it compares
Z's Wildscape is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server, with All rights reserved licensing, so it is not open source. big spruce biome is also Forge-only for 1.20.1, requires both client and server, and is not open source. Polarizing Biomes works for 1.14.4 – 1.17.1 and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polarizing Biomes | Forge | 1.14.4 – 1.17.1 | Server-side only | 2022-11-19 |
| Z's Wildscape | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-06-22 |
| big spruce biome | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-09 |
Questions
Does Polarizing Biomes need Snow Under Trees?
Do players need the mod installed?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Polarizing Biomes is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 4,181 mods support Minecraft 1.17.1.
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What the author says
This mod was made during the MMD WinterJam 2019! They spawn as often as most vanilla biomes do. The spawn weight cannot be adjusted.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/polarizing-biomes
- Owner
- bl4ckscor3
- Published
- 2022-11-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-11-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15