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Better Biomes has a settings file, <code>BetterBiomes.json</code>, in the mod's data folder. The server creates it with the default values on the first start. Changes take effect after a restart and '''only affect newly generated chunks'''.

== Default file ==
<pre>
{
"Features": true,
"Structures": true,
"FeatureChance": 1.0,
"DisabledFeatures": [],
"DisabledBiomes": []
}
</pre>

== Settings ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Setting !! Default !! What it does
|-
| <code>Features</code> || <code>true</code> || <code>false</code> switches off all world features: waterfalls, overhangs, floating islands, structures, fruit on trees, crystal spires and everything else listed under [[#Feature IDs|Feature IDs]].
|-
| <code>Structures</code> || <code>true</code> || <code>false</code> switches off only the small structures (camps, ruins, graves, temples, huts …), see [[BetterBiomes:Structures|Structures]].
|-
| <code>FeatureChance</code> || <code>1.0</code> || Multiplies how often every feature appears: <code>0.5</code> = half as often, <code>2</code> = twice as often (at most once per chunk). <code>0</code> switches all features off.
|-
| <code>DisabledFeatures</code> || <code>[]</code> || Switches off single features by ID, for example <code>["betterbiomes:waterfall", "betterbiomes:overhang"]</code>.
|-
| <code>DisabledBiomes</code> || <code>[]</code> || Switches off single Better Biomes biomes. The vanilla biome below takes their place. (Added after 1.4.0.)
|}

What the settings '''don't''' change: the biomes themselves (use <code>DisabledBiomes</code> for that), their plants and trees, the caves, the castle ruins and caravanserais (they belong to their biomes) and the giant skeletons in Zone 3.

Notes:
* <code>FeatureChance</code> also scales features that normally run in every chunk of their biome, such as the [[BetterBiomes:Howling Sands#Buried City|Buried City]] or the pools of the Sinter Terraces. Values below 1 leave gaps there.
* The Buried City is a feature, not a structure, so <code>"Structures": false</code> does not remove it.
* One feature always stays on: <code>betterbiomes:floating_tree_cleanup</code> removes trees that would float in the air above sinkholes and shafts.
* The server log lists all active feature IDs at startup, and the ones switched off by the settings.

== Disabling biomes ==
<code>DisabledBiomes</code> takes biome names in several forms. Upper and lower case don't matter.
{| class="wikitable"
! Entry !! Effect
|-
| <code>"Cherry_Grove"</code> || Cherry Grove off in every zone and tier
|-
| <code>"BetterBiomes_Cherry_Grove"</code> || the same, with the prefix
|-
| <code>"Zone2_Tier2/Custom.BetterBiomes_Dune_Sea"</code> || Dune Sea off only in Zone 2, Tier 2
|}

Example:
<pre>
"DisabledBiomes": ["Cherry_Grove", "Zone2_Tier2/Custom.BetterBiomes_Dune_Sea"]
</pre>

All biome IDs are on [[BetterBiomes:Zones Overview|Zones Overview]]; the zone and tier folder names are <code>Zone1_Tier1</code> … <code>Zone4_Tier5</code>, <code>Zone2_Shore</code> and <code>Oceans</code>. Entries that match no biome are reported as a warning in the server log. The setting needs a restart.

== Feature IDs ==
=== Landforms and nature ===
<code>betterbiomes:waterfall</code>, <code>betterbiomes:overhang</code>, <code>betterbiomes:skylands</code>, <code>betterbiomes:oxbow</code>, <code>betterbiomes:bridge</code>, <code>betterbiomes:animal_trail</code>, <code>betterbiomes:animal_den</code>, <code>betterbiomes:bird_nest</code>, <code>betterbiomes:bee_hive</code>, <code>betterbiomes:coal_rocks</code>, <code>betterbiomes:meteor_crater</code>, <code>betterbiomes:geode</code>, <code>betterbiomes:hollow_log</code>, <code>betterbiomes:hollow_log_maple</code>, <code>betterbiomes:hollow_log_fir</code>, <code>betterbiomes:fairy_ring</code>, <code>betterbiomes:crystal_cluster</code>, <code>betterbiomes:crystal_cluster_cyan</code>, <code>betterbiomes:basalt_columns</code>

=== Fruit ===
<code>betterbiomes:fruit_trees</code>, <code>betterbiomes:orchard_fruit</code>, <code>betterbiomes:cherry_fruit</code>, <code>betterbiomes:jungle_fruit</code>, <code>betterbiomes:coconuts</code>

=== Biome details ===
{| class="wikitable"
! ID !! Biome
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:spider_webs</code> || Dead Forest
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:summit_ore</code> || Redwood Forest
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:bonsai_pines</code> || Mist Peaks
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:giant_mushrooms</code> || Glowshroom Grottos below Zone 1, Tier 2–3
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:summit_lake</code> || Flat Mountains
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:clay_pit</code>, <code>betterbiomes:quarry</code> || Badlands
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:burnt_palms</code> || Burning Desert
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:salt_pools</code> || Salt Flats
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:mangrove_roots</code> || Mangrove Swamp
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:fairy_chimneys</code> || Cappadocia
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:sinter_pools</code> || Sinter Terraces
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:puddles</code> || Clay Pits
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:wadi_puddles</code> || Dry Wadis
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:cactus_blossoms</code> || Bloomspine Flats
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:buried_city</code> || Buried City
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:ice_fishing_spot</code> || Frost Swamp
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:crystal_spires</code> || Pink Ice
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:windthrow</code> || Storm Heath
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:ice_encased_trees</code> || Rimebound Woods
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:fungal_giants</code> || Fungal Jungle
|-
| <code>betterbiomes:void_debris</code> || Void Scar
|}

=== Structures ===
These are switched off by <code>"Structures": false</code>. Details on [[BetterBiomes:Structures|Structures]].

<code>betterbiomes:wayside_shrine</code>, <code>betterbiomes:hunters_stand</code>, <code>betterbiomes:ruined_watchtower</code>, <code>betterbiomes:camp_site</code>, <code>betterbiomes:sandstone_obelisk</code>, <code>betterbiomes:caravan_rest</code>, <code>betterbiomes:buried_colonnade</code>, <code>betterbiomes:bone_shrine</code>, <code>betterbiomes:trapper_hut</code>, <code>betterbiomes:ice_altar</code>, <code>betterbiomes:cairn</code>, <code>betterbiomes:frozen_tower_ruin</code>, <code>betterbiomes:burnt_outpost</code>, <code>betterbiomes:fire_altar</code>, <code>betterbiomes:prisoner_cage</code>, <code>betterbiomes:skull_totem</code>, <code>betterbiomes:abandoned_hamlet</code>, <code>betterbiomes:grave</code>, <code>betterbiomes:maya_temple</code>, <code>betterbiomes:termite_mound</code>, <code>betterbiomes:tipi</code>, <code>betterbiomes:fire_pit</code>, <code>betterbiomes:woodcutter_camp</code>, <code>betterbiomes:lost_climber</code>, <code>betterbiomes:bathing_spot</code>, <code>betterbiomes:tribute_cairn</code>, <code>betterbiomes:summit_ruin</code>, <code>betterbiomes:stone_lantern</code>, <code>betterbiomes:pagoda</code>, <code>betterbiomes:stilt_hut</code>, <code>betterbiomes:salt_boilers_camp</code>, <code>betterbiomes:orchard_barn</code>, <code>betterbiomes:karst_shrine</code>, <code>betterbiomes:bath_ruin</code>, <code>betterbiomes:potter_kiln</code>, <code>betterbiomes:menhir_blue</code>, <code>betterbiomes:menhir_teal</code>, <code>betterbiomes:menhir_dark</code>, <code>betterbiomes:rune_circle</code>, <code>betterbiomes:pavilion</code>, <code>betterbiomes:caravan_wreck</code>, <code>betterbiomes:witch_hut</code>, <code>betterbiomes:witch_hut_moor</code>, <code>betterbiomes:beekeeper_stand</code>, <code>betterbiomes:ruined_chapel</code>, <code>betterbiomes:ruined_chapel_unholy</code>, <code>betterbiomes:mountain_bivouac</code>, <code>betterbiomes:mountain_bivouac_frost</code>

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