Terrarium Expanded
by intplex
Terrarium Expanded replaces vanilla overworld terrain with one shaped by real map data, and a chosen zoom level sets the playable world's size.
What it does
Terrain heights come from elevation tiles, land biomes from reduced ecoregion tiles and inland water from global surface-water seasonality data. Ocean temperature tiers draw on bundled sea-surface temperature data. The mod is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric and NeoForge, with builds for 1.21.1 and 1.21.11.
The server is required, while the client is optional. Higher zoom levels create a far larger world with finer geographic detail, though they also need more remote tile requests during generation. Retrieved terrain and surface-water files are kept in a local store, and clearing that store only slows later generation until the files are fetched again. Integrations for Biomes O Plenty, Regions Unexplored and Nature's Spirit are included, and datapacks can raise the world's minimum and maximum Y level.
Key features
Real-world terrain
Terrain heights follow AWS Terrarium elevation tiles, so mountains and valleys match real locations.
Zoom-based world size
Choosing a zoom level changes how large the playable world is and how much real-world distance each block represents.
Local tile store
Fetched tiles are stored locally, so generation in already-visited regions runs more smoothly.
Biome integrations
Included integrations connect the generator with Biomes O Plenty, Regions Unexplored and Nature's Spirit.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a generated overworld based on real geography. Players join without installing anything beyond their normal client setup.
Questions
Does Terrarium Expanded need to be installed on the client?
Why does generation slow down in new areas?
Which loaders does Terrarium Expanded support?
In the catalog
Terrarium Expanded is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Bring the Earth into Minecraft with real-world terrain, biome-driven landcover, and configurable world scale. Terrarium Expanded generates an Earth-shaped overworld from real map data instead of vanilla noise alone.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/terrarium-expanded
- Owner
- intplex
- Published
- 2026-04-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
