Generating Fresh Terrain
Because basins are natural world generation features, installing the mod will not alter land you have already explored. To find them, follow these steps:
1. Start a brand-new world, or travel beyond the edges of your previously visited map in an existing save so the game generates fresh chunks.
2. Travel into any of the supported biomes where basins naturally form, including plains, forests, birch woods, taiga, snowy biomes, savannas, jungles, and mountain slopes.
3. Keep moving across wide stretches of land, as basins are rare surface features and will not appear in every chunk you enter.
Spotting a Basin on the Surface
When exploring on foot, look for sudden breaks in the top ground cover rather than deep ravines or caves:
- Watch for small clearings where the top grass and soil layers have been completely stripped away.
- Check the bottom of the patch for an exposed, flat stone floor sitting just beneath the surrounding dirt level.
- In wooded areas like spruce taigas or dense green forests, scan the ground directly between tree trunks, as rocky cuts can generate right underneath the canopy.