
Biomes Scanner
The Biome Scanner samples all biomes within a chosen radius and reports which biome types surround the player, making it easy to locate rare or important…
⬇ Download on Modrinth🌿 Biome Scanner
Biome Scanner is a utility mod that analyzes the biomes surrounding the player and reports how much space each biome occupies inside a chosen radius. It performs a structured sampling pass around the player and measures the relative coverage of every biome it finds. The mod can scan a single dimension or every dimension available on the server. It identifies the first position where each biome appears, counts how many samples belong to each biome, and computes the coverage percentage of each biome within the scanned area. It also detects which biomes never appeared during the scan even if the dimension is capable of generating them. Results can be printed in chat or saved to a timestamped text file for further analysis.
🧭 Command Description
/biome_scan_all <radius> [step] [save]
This command performs a complete biome scan around the player in every dimension on the server. The scan measures the biome distribution inside a circular radius centered on the player. The scanner walks through the area with a configurable step that controls how dense the sampling grid will be.
Parameters
radius
Minimum 100 and maximum 60000. Defines the distance around the player that will be scanned.
step
Optional. Minimum 4 and maximum 512. Controls how far apart sample points are. A smaller step produces a more detailed scan but takes longer.
save
Optional literal keyword. When present the mod writes the scan results to a text file stored inside the biome_scan_results folder of the world.
What the command reports
For each dimension the output includes
- the number of detected biomes
- the number of missing biomes
- the total number of samples taken
- the step used for the scan
- the closest position where each biome was found
- the coverage percentage of each biome inside the scanned radius
The twenty nearest biomes are shown directly in chat. Additional biomes are counted but hidden to keep the output readable. When the save option is used the full report is written to a text file.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as bensbiomelocatorbygabou-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 22 KB
- Download link checked 20 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.