How do I know if the mod is working?
Explore newly generated terrain in biomes like plains, forests, or taigas and look for flat patches where the top grass and dirt layers are missing. Since basins are rare terrain features, you may need to travel across several biomes before spotting an exposed stony clearing.
Will basins spawn in my existing world?
Basins are created during initial terrain generation, so they will not retroactively appear in areas you have already explored. You must travel to brand-new, unvisited chunks in your existing save to find them.
Where can I find giant basins?
The larger giant basin variants generate specifically in plains biomes. Because they are rare, searching wide, open plains gives you the best chance of finding a massive flat rock patch for a building foundation.
Does this mod add any new blocks or items?
No, the mod only restores a vanilla terrain feature using standard blocks already in the game. It simply strips away the surface soil to expose the natural stone layer underneath.
Can I remove the mod later without breaking my world?
Yes, removing the mod is completely safe for existing saves because it uses only vanilla blocks. Any basins that have already generated will remain in your world as normal stone terrain, while newly explored chunks will simply stop generating them.
Do all players need this mod installed to join a multiplayer server?
Because this mod only changes how terrain generates using vanilla blocks, it handles everything on the server side. Vanilla clients can usually connect and see the stone clearings without needing the mod installed locally, though you do need it installed yourself for singleplayer worlds.
Why haven't I seen any stone basins yet?
Basins are naturally rare and usually quite small, making them easy to walk past inside dense jungles, birch woods, or forests. Try scouting open plains, snowy biomes, or savannas from high ground, and make sure you are searching in newly generated chunks.
What biomes can basins generate in?
They spawn across a wide variety of landscapes, including plains, forests, birch woods, taigas, snowy biomes, savannas, jungles, and mountain slopes. Anywhere a supported biome normally has a grass or dirt top layer, a basin can strip it back to bare rock.
Are basins useful for anything besides decoration?
They give you immediate surface access to stone on your first day without needing to dig through dirt or find a cave. Additionally, the flat stone floors—especially the rare giant variants in plains—serve as ready-made, pre-cleared foundations for bases.
Will this mod cause lag or slow down chunk loading?
No, restoring this small vanilla surface feature has no noticeable impact on frame rates or chunk generation speed. Once a chunk has generated, the basin is just ordinary stone blocks sitting in the world.