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Ecospherical Expansion

Mod

by Apothicon

Overhauled generation to the biomes of the Overworld.

Type

Mod

CurseForge Downloads

782,821

CurseForge ID

570025

Last Updated

Apr 13, 2026

Description

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.

Taiga

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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