Minecraft has over 60 different biomes, but the game itself doesn't give you any tools to track your exploration progress. You never know how many biomes you've already seen, where you found them, or how many are still missing. Biome Journal solves exactly this problem – silently, automatically, without you having to do anything.
What the mod does
As soon as you enter a biome for the first time, the mod automatically detects this in the background. A small HUD overlay appears in the center of the screen for a few seconds, showing you the name of the new biome and how many biomes you've discovered in total. No pop-up, no menu, no interruption to the gameplay – just a short, elegant notification, and then you're back to it.
Pressing J at any time opens your personal biome journal. This contains a complete, alphabetically sorted list of all the biomes you've ever visited. Next to each entry are the exact coordinates where you first discovered the biome. Clicking on an entry opens a detailed view with the coordinates clearly displayed and a ready-made /tp command – allowing you to travel back to a previously discovered biome at any time without having to remember where it was.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.5
- 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 biome_journal.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 16 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
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