
Modrinth · Minecraft mod
Improved/More Biomes
This datapack improves and adds new biomes such as the enchanted forest or the ice caves! Custom lighting color support from 26.1
Quick answer
Which Improved/More Biomes release should I use?
Improved/More Biomes 2.7+mod targets 26.3-snapshot-7, 26.3-snapshot-8, 26.3-snapshot-9 with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge. Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional. No extra mods listed for this file.
Where it goes
Is Improved/More Biomes required on the client, server, or both?
Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.
The source marks this as usable on both the client and server.
What else does Improved/More Biomes 2.7+mod need?
2.7+mod. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
This file does not list any required or optional mods.
Before you install it
Add Improved/More Biomes without breaking your instance.
Built for Improved/More Biomes 2.7+mod. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use 2.7+mod. It targets 26.3-snapshot-7, 26.3-snapshot-8, 26.3-snapshot-9 with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side
Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside 2.7+mod. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Improved/More Biomes add?
More Biomes
This datapack changes world generation by adding new biomes & having regular biomes updated with custom skies, custom trees, different ground, more variation!
Check the gallery for biomes pictures
- Improved Birch Forests (taller trees, different ground, red shrubs)
- Improved Forests (wider trees, different ground, fog sometimes)
- Improved Savannas (wider trees, stones, different ground, baobabs)
- Autumn Forests (autumn trees)
- Improved Taigas (custom sky, different ground and vegetation, colored trees, red shrubs)
- Improved Snowy Taiga (custom sky)
- Improved Swamps (custom sky, giant mushrooms, new trees)
- Improved Stony Shore (ground made out of stone and cobblestone)
- Improved Dark Forests (custom mushrooms with vines)
- Arks added to rivers
- Improved Snowy Plains (custom sky)
- Improved Deserts (custom sky, oasis)
- Improved Badlands (custom sky)
- Improved cold biomes (custom sky)
- Forest Meadow (small field appearing near forests)
- The Lost Woods (Biome from Zelda Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask)
- Mushroom Paradise (Biome made out of bright mushrooms)
- Improved Lush Caves (giant mushrooms)
- Sulfur Grounds (Nether Biome)
- Mossy Taiga (spruce trees, mossy)
- Enchanted Forest (Very big mushrooms, huge trees, big poplar trees, waterfalls)
- Dry Land (Tree without leaves, dry grass)
- Flower Pool (Small waterpools with flowers & yellow trees)
- Ice Caves (Caves made out ice, blue ice & packed ice with dripstones)
- Palm Beach (Palm trees, appear near desert, quite rare)
Custom light color (NEW, from 26.1)
Most of the biomes now have a specific light color; for example greenish light for flower forests.

More datapacks
Use Wind Waker Sky datapack/mod for a colorful sky at night and red lighting during sunsets.
Project description from Modrinth.
Pick your setup
Improved/More Biomes by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
26.3-snapshot-8
5 loader builds26.3-snapshot-7
5 loader builds26.3-snapshot-6
5 loader builds26.3-snapshot-5
5 loader builds26.3-snapshot-4
5 loader builds26.3-snapshot-3
5 loader builds26.3-snapshot-2
5 loader builds26.3-snapshot-1
5 loader builds26.2
5 loader builds26.1.2
5 loader builds26.1.1
5 loader buildsShowing the newest 12 of 26 game versions. Older files are in the list below.
Check the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Improved/More Biomes versions and loaders
2.7+mod
improved-more-biomes-2.7.jar
18 Aug 2026
2.7
More Biomes 26.3.zip
18 Aug 2026
2.6.1+mod
improved-more-biomes-2.6.1.jar
18 Aug 2026
2.6.1
More Biomes 26.3.zip
18 Aug 2026
2.6+mod
improved-more-biomes-2.6.jar
18 Aug 2026
2.6
More Biomes 26.3.zip
18 Aug 2026
2.5.2+mod
improved-more-biomes-2.5.2.jar
18 Aug 2026
2.5.2
More Biomes 26.3.zip
18 Aug 2026
2.5.1+mod
improved-more-biomes-2.5.1.jar
18 Aug 2026
2.5.1
More Biomes 26.3.zip
18 Aug 2026
2.5+mod
improved-more-biomes-2.5.jar
18 Aug 2026
2.5
More Biomes 26.3.zip
18 Aug 2026
Looking for an older file? The official Modrinth project page is in Resources.