About Better World Options
From ModrinthA mod for legacy versions of Minecraft that mixes classic world generation with modern features and useful options.
This mod is designed for legacy versions of Minecraft and brings a fresh twist to the classic experience by blending old-school world generation with modern features. It introduces improvements and options inspired by newer versions of the game, with the goal of keeping the nostalgic atmosphere while providing useful enhancements.
Features
- World Types
- Hardcore Mode
- Themes - includes the Indev themes (Hell, Paradise, Woods) and also adds Winter Mode
- Finite World - generates a world with fixed boundaries instead of infinite terrain, with selectable styles such as MCPE, LCE and Island
- Old Features - available for world types based on older versions, allowing the world to generate like it did in the past
- Farlands - generates Farlands with configurable shape and distance
- World Height - configurable world height, from 128 up to 512
- Single Biome
- Superflat
- Ravines - configurable ravine generation
- Cave and Beach Fixes - fixes caves cutting off and beaches forming incorrectly at chunk borders
- Walking Animations - restores the Infdev/Indev and Classic player walking animations
Available World Types
- Default
- Amplified
- Nether
- Skylands
- Flat
- Alpha 1.2.0
- Alpha 1.1.2_01
- Infdev 20100611
- Infdev 20100420
- Infdev 20100415
- Early Infdev (227–325)
- Indev 20100223
- MCPE (0.1.0–0.8.1)
- Aether (requires Aether on StationAPI)
Requirements
- StationAPI
- Glass Config API
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Built for Minecraft b1.7.3.
Loaders
Runs on Babric and Fabric.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Better World Options on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Babric, Fabric
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 0.4.2 (beta), released 2026-06-02
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Babric | b1.7.3 | b1.7.3 |
| Fabric | b1.7.3 | b1.7.3 |
From 5 recorded builds of Better World Options.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.4.2 beta | 2026-06-02 | b1.7.3 | Babric, Fabric |
| 0.4.1 beta | 2026-04-08 | b1.7.3 | Babric, Fabric |
| 0.4.0 beta | 2026-02-19 | b1.7.3 | Babric, Fabric |
| 0.3.4 beta | 2025-12-18 | b1.7.3 | Babric, Fabric |
| 0.3.3 beta | 2025-11-24 | b1.7.3 | Babric, Fabric |
Dependencies
- Required: modrinth project rFeWTq4G (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
- Required: modrinth project 472oW63Q (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
- Optional: modrinth project vf3X9pHM (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Better World Options on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWorld generation
Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Better World Options as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- BabricFabric
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- b1.7.3
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorItsElix99, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
