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Ecospherical Expansion

by Apothicon · for Minecraft

Overhauled generation to the biomes of the Overworld.

100KDownloads
3 yr agoLast updated
MITLicense
Fabric · ForgeLoaders

About Ecospherical Expansion

From Modrinth

Overhauled generation to the biomes of the Overworld.

Ecospherical Expansion is a mod aimed towards recreating biomes with more diversity and aesthetically pleasing scenes. Additionally, this mod adds custom integration with the Large Biomes and Amplified world presets; While also adding 8 new world presets to choose from.

NEWER VERSIONS (1.21+):  This mod will not be updated anymore, it has been replaced by my newer mod https://modrinth.com/mod/hydrological

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NOTE: Versions below 1.20.x do not have world presets. In those versions, this mod simply redoes the vanilla biomes.

Default:

  • Terrain above the surface is the same as vanilla.
  • Caves are now much more open.
  • Oceans now lead into sprawling cave systems.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/BY2cSsn.

Large Biomes:

  • Adds some massive plateaus with smooth surfaces.
  • Biomes are much larger.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/auPn7VT.

Amplified:

  • Biome generation has been altered to make Y63 and below always oceans.
  • World height has been extended to Y512.
  • Terrain has been reworked to add massive variation in style across large distances.
  • There are now small floating islands that generate above the existing terrain.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/4aeR1cD.

Tropospherical:

  • Sparse floating islands.
  • The bottom of the world is entirely submerged in ocean.
  • The nether is also transformed in the same way.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/JzkNeLS.

Nether Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/v3Ijoke.

Stratospherical:

  • Large, multi-layered, dense floating islands.
  • The bottom of the world is an empty void.
  • The nether is also transformed in the same way.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/wDZNxVJ.

Nether Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/O3838aP.

OG Stratospherical:

  • Ridiculously dense floating islands.
  • Insane amounts of verticality.
  • Does not have the floating island rivers. (To stay consistent with the OG mod.)
  • The nether is not affected. (To stay consistent with the OG mod.)

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/7zMgTwJ

Mesospherical:

  • A large, single layer of moderately spaced floating islands.
  • The bottom of the world is an empty void.
  • The nether is also transformed in the same way.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/Gp6saJK.

Nether Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/Xb8Ugg8.

Thermospherical:

  • Two layers of sparse floating islands.
  • Floating islands are made to be more vertically variant.
  • The bottom of the world is an empty void.
  • The nether is also transformed in the same way.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/6O1Rizi.

Nether Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/kI9Jtfk.

Lithospherical:

  • Spawn on a 3x2x3 platform of oak logs with a single torch.
  • One massive cave system comprises the entire world.
  • World height has been lowered to Y128.
  • The nether is also transformed to have a similar appearance, but the height remains the same.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/KT2BnTb.

Nether Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/RB6bI7c.

Asthenospherical:

  • Spawn on a 3x2x3 platform of oak logs with a single torch.
  • The top of the dimension is one massive ceiling.
  • One layer of small, but dense, floating islands.
  • World height has been lowered to Y128.
  • The nether is also transformed in the same way.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/0YlJ6pm.

Nether Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/4E5IyMs.

Exospherical:

  • Multiple layers of floating islands.
  • Floating islands have pointy bottoms.
  • The bottom of the world is an empty void.
  • The nether is also transformed in the same way.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/PCzlRHP

Nether Screenshots: https://imgur.com/gallery/PCzlRHP

Community-taken screenshots of each preset can be found in the gallery on this page.

There is also a datapack version of this mod that can be used even in vanilla servers, found here: https://modrinth.com/datapack/ecospherical-expansion-lite. Note: It is missing some features due to the limitations of a datapack.

Compatibility:

  • Biospherical Expansion: Fully compatible. 
  • Terralith: Incompatible.
  • Biomes O' Plenty: Fully compatible.
  • Tectonic: Fully compatible on older tectonic versions, requires datapack which is available to download in the discord.

Attention Server Owners: To use custom presets you must replace "level-type=minecraft\:normal" with "level-type=eco\:thenameoftheworldpreset" in your server properties file.

Discord: https://discord.gg/HHqKa8vTAN This mod may be used in any modpack.

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Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 9 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.20.2.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric and Forge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Gameplay & overhauls

New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Ecospherical Expansion as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.20.2 and 8 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorApothicon, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Ecospherical Expansion, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Ecospherical Expansion?

Modrinth lists Ecospherical Expansion as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric and Forge.

Is it free?

Yes. Ecospherical Expansion is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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