Structures in TerraFirmaGreg: villages, camps, mineshafts and ruins
TerraFirmaGreg has no vanilla villages, temples or strongholds in its overworld. It places its own structures instead: villages built for different climates, illager camps, mineshafts, an aqueduct, plains houses and moai, and the ruins, ancient monuments, ruined churches, towers and castles of two ruin mods the pack includes. The Beneath and the Moon have structures of their own.
This guide lists every one with how far apart they are and the climate, biomes and ground each needs, read from the modpack’s data, the same data the seed map places its structure markers from.
How structures are placed
Each kind of structure divides the world into squares, its spacing, measured in chunks. Every square gets exactly one candidate chunk, picked from the seed, and two candidates of the same kind are never closer than the separation. Whether a structure appears at a candidate depends on what is there: the climate, the biome and, for some, the ground height and the biomes around it.
So a structure with a spacing of 35 chunks appears at most once in each 560 × 560-block square of its grid, and only where the conditions hold. The climate is the chunk’s average annual temperature and annual rainfall, and the forest is how wooded it is, from none through sparse, forest edge and normal to old growth.
Overworld structures
| Structure | Variants (weight) | Spacing | Never closer than | Climate | Ground | Biomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient monument | Ancient monument 1 (1), Ancient monument 2 (1) | One per 40 × 40 chunks | 25 chunks | Any climate | — | Hills, Inverted Patterned Ground, Mud Flats, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide and Salt Flats |
| Aqueduct | Aqueduct | One per 128 × 128 chunks | 120 chunks | at least −5 °C, at most 350 mm | — | Badlands, Burren Badlands, Burren Plains, Burren Roche Moutonee, Buttes, Canyons, Cenote Canyons, Cenote Highlands, Cenote Hills, Cenote Plains, Doline Canyons, Doline Highlands, Doline Plains, Drumlins, Extreme Doline Plateau, Grassy Dunes, Highlands, Hoodoos, Lowlands, Mesas, Plains, Shilin Highlands, Shilin Hills, Shilin Plains, Stair Step Canyons, Tower Karst Canyons, Tower Karst Highlands, Tower Karst Plains and Tuyas |
| Desert village | Arabic village living | One per 35 × 35 chunks | 25 chunks | 6 to 25 °C, 70 to 250 mm, forest at most forest edge | — | Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Drumlins, Hills, Inverted Patterned Ground, Knob And Kettle, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau and Stone Circles |
| Forest patrol camp | Forest roaming | One per 30 × 30 chunks | 20 chunks | −12 to 25 °C, forest at least forest edge | — | Ancient Shield Volcano, Badlands, Burren Badlands, Burren Badlands Tall, Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Burren Roche Moutonee, Canyons, Cenote Canyons, Cenote Highlands, Cenote Hills, Cenote Plains, Cenote Plateau, Cenote Rolling Hills, Coastal Dunes, Doline Canyons, Doline Highlands, Doline Hills, Doline Plains, Doline Plateau, Doline Rolling Hills, Dormant Shield Volcano, Drumlins, Embayments, Extinct Shield Volcano, Extreme Doline Plateau, Grassy Dunes, Highlands, Hills, Inverted Patterned Ground, Mountains, Mud Flats, Oceanic Mountains, Old Mountains, Old Shield Volcano Shore, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau, Rolling Hills, Salt Flats, Setback Cliffs, Shield Volcano Shore, Shore, Stone Circles, Tidal Flats, Tuyas, Volcanic Mountains, Volcanic Oceanic Mountains and Whorled Canyons |
| Illager camp | Camps | One per 35 × 35 chunks | 25 chunks | −12 to 25 °C, forest at most normal | — | Ancient Shield Volcano, Badlands, Burren Badlands, Burren Badlands Tall, Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Burren Roche Moutonee, Canyons, Cenote Canyons, Cenote Highlands, Cenote Hills, Cenote Plains, Cenote Plateau, Cenote Rolling Hills, Coastal Dunes, Doline Canyons, Doline Highlands, Doline Hills, Doline Plains, Doline Plateau, Doline Rolling Hills, Dormant Shield Volcano, Drumlins, Embayments, Extinct Shield Volcano, Extreme Doline Plateau, Grassy Dunes, Highlands, Hills, Inverted Patterned Ground, Mountains, Mud Flats, Oceanic Mountains, Old Mountains, Old Shield Volcano Shore, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau, Rolling Hills, Salt Flats, Setback Cliffs, Shield Volcano Shore, Shore, Stone Circles, Tidal Flats, Tuyas, Volcanic Mountains, Volcanic Oceanic Mountains and Whorled Canyons |
| Mineshaft | Mineshaft | One per 50 × 50 chunks | 30 chunks | Any climate | Ground at Y 63 to 140 | Ancient Shield Volcano, Badlands, Burren Badlands, Burren Badlands Tall, Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Burren Roche Moutonee, Canyons, Cenote Canyons, Cenote Highlands, Cenote Hills, Cenote Plains, Cenote Plateau, Cenote Rolling Hills, Coastal Dunes, Doline Canyons, Doline Highlands, Doline Hills, Doline Plains, Doline Plateau, Doline Rolling Hills, Dormant Shield Volcano, Drumlins, Embayments, Extinct Shield Volcano, Extreme Doline Plateau, Grassy Dunes, Highlands, Hills, Inverted Patterned Ground, Mountains, Mud Flats, Oceanic Mountains, Old Mountains, Old Shield Volcano Shore, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau, Rolling Hills, Salt Flats, Setback Cliffs, Shield Volcano Shore, Shore, Stone Circles, Tidal Flats, Tuyas, Volcanic Mountains, Volcanic Oceanic Mountains and Whorled Canyons |
| Moai | Ocean moai 0 | One per 3 × 3 chunks | 1 chunk | Any climate | Ground at Y 65 to 256 | Old Shield Volcano Shore, Shield Volcano Shore, Sunken Shield Volcano, Volcanic Mountains and Volcanic Oceanic Mountains |
| Norse village | Norse village living (75), Norse village ruined (25) | One per 35 × 35 chunks | 25 chunks | −12 to 4 °C, at least 250 mm, forest at most forest edge | — | Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Drumlins, Hills, Inverted Patterned Ground, Knob And Kettle, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau and Stone Circles |
| Plains house | Plains temperate house 0 | One per 50 × 50 chunks | 30 chunks | −5 to 10 °C, 150 to 400 mm, forest at most normal | — | Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Drumlins, Extinct Shield Volcano, Grassy Dunes, Highlands, Inverted Patterned Ground, Knob And Kettle, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide and Rocky Plateau |
| Ruined church | Limestone church (1), Small limestone church (1), Medium gneiss church (1), Small gneiss church (1), Small limestone church 2 (1) | One per 45 × 45 chunks | 25 chunks | Any climate | — | Hills, Inverted Patterned Ground, Mud Flats, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide and Salt Flats |
| Ruined tower | Tower 1 (1), Tower 2 (1), Tower 3 (1), Tower 4 (1), Tower 5 (1) | One per 35 × 35 chunks | 15 chunks | Any climate | — | Badlands, Burren Badlands, Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Drumlins, Hills, Hoodoos, Inverted Patterned Ground, Knob And Kettle, Low Canyons, Lowlands, Mud Flats, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau, Rolling Hills, Salt Flats and Stone Circles |
| Ruins | Ruin small (4), Ruin beach (3), Ruin rich (2) | One per 35 × 35 chunks | 10 chunks | Any climate | — | Badlands, Burren Badlands, Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Coastal Dunes, Drumlins, Embayments, Highlands, Hills, Hoodoos, Inverted Patterned Ground, Knob And Kettle, Low Canyons, Lowlands, Old Mountains, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau, Rolling Hills, Shield Volcano Shore, Shore, Stone Circles and Tidal Flats |
| Stilt village | Malay village living | One per 30 × 30 chunks | 20 chunks | 6 to 30 °C, at least 250 mm, forest at most forest edge | — | Lowlands and Salt Marsh |
| Towerhouse or castle | Towerhouse 1 (2), Towerhouse 2 (2), Castle 1 (1), Castle 2 (1) | One per 70 × 70 chunks | 50 chunks | Any climate | — | Badlands, Burren Badlands, Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Drumlins, Hills, Hoodoos, Inverted Patterned Ground, Knob And Kettle, Low Canyons, Lowlands, Mud Flats, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau, Rolling Hills, Salt Flats and Stone Circles |
| Yurt village | Yurts village living | One per 35 × 35 chunks | 25 chunks | −12 to 4 °C, 50 to 250 mm, forest at most forest edge | — | Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Drumlins, Hills, Inverted Patterned Ground, Knob And Kettle, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau and Stone Circles |
Biomes they keep away from
Most overworld structures also check the biomes around their chunk, and do not start if one of these lies within the given distance. The first list is mostly sea, shore, lake and river biomes, which keeps those structures away from water. The stilt village’s list holds almost every other biome, so it only starts well inside its own.
| Keeps away from | How far, by structure |
|---|---|
| Coastal Dunes, Deep Ocean, Deep Ocean Trench, Embayments, Guano Island, Ice Sheet Oceanic, Ice Sheet Shore, Lake, Meltwater Lake, Mountain Lake, Ocean, Ocean Reef, Oceanic Mountain Lake, Old Mountain Lake, Old Shield Volcano Shore, Plateau Lake, River, Rocky Shores, Sea Stacks, Setback Cliffs, Shield Volcano Shore, Shore, Subglacial Lake, Terrace Lower, Terrace Upper, Tidal Flats, Tower Karst Bay, Tower Karst Lake, Volcanic Mountain Lake and Volcanic Oceanic Mountain Lake | 105 blocks: Desert village, Mineshaft, Norse village and Yurt village; 50 blocks: Forest patrol camp, Illager camp and Plains house |
| Active Shield Volcano, Ancient Shield Volcano, Badlands, Burren Badlands, Burren Badlands Tall, Burren Plains, Burren Plateau, Burren Roche Moutonee, Buttes, Canyons, Cenote Canyons, Cenote Highlands, Cenote Hills, Cenote Plains, Cenote Plateau, Cenote Rolling Hills, Coastal Dunes, Deep Ocean, Deep Ocean Trench, Doline Canyons, Doline Highlands, Doline Hills, Doline Plains, Doline Plateau, Doline Rolling Hills, Dormant Shield Volcano, Drumlins, Dune Sea, Embayments, Extinct Shield Volcano, Extreme Doline Mountains, Extreme Doline Plateau, Glacially Carved Mountains, Glacially Carved Oceanic Mountains, Glaciated Mountains, Glaciated Oceanic Mountains, Glaciated Shield Volcano, Grassy Dunes, Guano Island, Highlands, Hills, Hoodoos, Ice Sheet Mountains, Ice Sheet Mountains Edge, Ice Sheet Oceanic Mountains, Ice Sheet Oceanic Mountains Edge, Ice Sheet Shield Volcano, Ice Sheet Shore, Ice Sheet Tuyas, Ice Sheet Tuyas Edge, Inverted Patterned Ground, Knob And Kettle, Low Canyons, Mesas, Mountain Lake, Mountains, Mud Flats, Ocean, Ocean Reef, Oceanic Mountain Lake, Oceanic Mountains, Old Mountain Lake, Old Mountains, Old Shield Volcano Shore, Patterned Ground, Plains, Plateau, Plateau Wide, Rocky Plateau, Rocky Shores, Rolling Hills, Salt Flats, Sea Stacks, Setback Cliffs, Shield Volcano Shore, Shilin Canyons, Shilin Highlands, Shilin Hills, Shilin Plains, Shilin Plateau, Shore, Stair Step Canyons, Stone Circles, Sunken Shield Volcano, Terrace Lower, Terrace Upper, Tidal Flats, Tower Karst Bay, Tower Karst Canyons, Tower Karst Highlands, Tower Karst Hills, Tower Karst Lake, Tower Karst Plains, Tuyas, Volcanic Mountain Lake, Volcanic Mountains, Volcanic Oceanic Mountain Lake, Volcanic Oceanic Mountains and Whorled Canyons | 80 blocks: Stilt village |
The Beneath and the Moon
Some structures keep clear of another kind: they do not start within the given number of chunks of that kind’s candidate chunks.
| Structure | Where | Spacing | Never closer than | Keeps clear of | Biomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beneath tower | The Beneath | One per 15 × 15 chunks | 5 chunks | At least 3 chunks from: Nether complexes | Ash Forest, Basalt Deltas, Decaying Caverns, Geothermal Springs, Lava Floes, Lush Hollow, Muggy Bog, Salt Caves, Tar Pools, Thorny Brambles and Webbed Lair |
| Cheese deposit | The Moon | One per 3 × 3 chunks | 1 chunk | At least 6 chunks from: Meteor crater | Lunar Asurine Dense, Lunar Asurine Sparse, Lunar Chorus Dense, Lunar Chorus Sparse, Lunar Corals Dense, Lunar Corals Sparse, Lunar Lights Dense, Lunar Lights Sparse, Lunar Plains and Lunar Sands |
| Meteor crater | The Moon | One per 50 × 50 chunks | 20 chunks | None | Lunar Asurine Dense, Lunar Asurine Sparse, Lunar Chorus Dense, Lunar Chorus Sparse, Lunar Corals Dense, Lunar Corals Sparse, Lunar Lights Dense, Lunar Lights Sparse, Lunar Plains and Lunar Sands |
| Moon rabbit burrow | The Moon | One per 8 × 8 chunks | 5 chunks | At least 6 chunks from: Meteor crater | Lunar Asurine Dense, Lunar Asurine Sparse, Lunar Chorus Dense, Lunar Chorus Sparse, Lunar Corals Dense, Lunar Corals Sparse, Lunar Lights Dense, Lunar Lights Sparse, Lunar Plains and Lunar Sands |
| Moonbase | The Moon | One per 50 × 50 chunks | 20 chunks | At least 3 chunks from: Meteor crater | Lunar Asurine Dense, Lunar Asurine Sparse, Lunar Chorus Dense, Lunar Chorus Sparse, Lunar Corals Dense, Lunar Corals Sparse, Lunar Lights Dense, Lunar Lights Sparse, Lunar Plains and Lunar Sands |
Finding structures on the map
- Open the seed map, choose TerraFirmaGreg 0.13.8 and type your world’s seed.
- Turn on Structures, and pick the kinds you want in the structure filter.
- Click a marker for its kind, variant and position, and mark it completed once you have been there.
The positions the map draws match the game’s candidate chunks exactly. Whether a structure really generated at one is an approximation, because the biome and ground height it checks are themselves approximate, so treat a marker as very likely, not certain.
Values on this page are read at build time from the same game data the map and the forge calculator use. Found a mistake? Open an issue.
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