Pixel Canvas Terrain Mod creates custom Minecraft terrain and dimensions directly from 2D image files. The mod reads grayscale heightmaps to shape mountains, hills, and ocean trenches while using colored maps to decide where biomes spawn. It keeps standard world features like trees, ore clusters, and villages while granting full control over the landscape layout through datapacks.

Pixel Canvas Terrain Mod

Features:

  • Turns grayscale image files into in-game mountains, plains, and valleys.
  • Places biomes across the surface according to specific colors painted on a biome map.
  • Generates custom cave biomes using dedicated subterranean map layers.
  • Smooths structure placement so generated buildings sit naturally on custom terrain.
  • Improves underwater cave shapes and flooded underground caverns.
  • Works alongside custom biomes added by other mods inside custom dimensions.
  • Includes built-in example datapacks ready for instant world generation.

How to Use:

  1. Create or export a grayscale PNG heightmap using terrain software or heightmap archives.
  2. Make a copy of the image and paint solid colors to designate distinct biomes.
  3. Save the biome image as an 8-bit RGBA PNG file without color blending.
  4. Place both image files into the dimension configuration folders of your datapack.
  5. Create a new world with your datapack active to explore your painted terrain.

Screenshots:

A massive snowy mountain peak with pine trees at the base
A massive snowy mountain peak with pine trees at the base
Grassy hills along a blue lake with snowy mountains in the background
Grassy hills along a blue lake with snowy mountains in the background
A snowy village on a mountain slope during a colorful sunset in Minecraft
A snowy village on a mountain slope during a colorful sunset in Minecraft
Grayscale heightmap used by Pixel Canvas Terrain Mod to generate custom Minecraft landscapes
Grayscale heightmap used by Pixel Canvas Terrain Mod to generate custom Minecraft landscapes
A colorful 2D biome map used for generating custom Minecraft world terrain
A colorful 2D biome map used for generating custom Minecraft world terrain

Pixel Canvas Terrain Mod Download Links

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For Minecraft 26.2

Fabric, Quilt 2 MB Sep 6, 2026
NeoForge 2 MB Sep 6, 2026

For Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1

Fabric 2 MB Sep 6, 2026
NeoForge 2 MB Sep 6, 2026
Fabric, Quilt 2 MB Sep 6, 2026

For Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9

NeoForge 2 MB Sep 6, 2026
Fabric, Quilt 2 MB Sep 6, 2026

For Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21

Fabric, Quilt 1 MB Sep 6, 2026
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For Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.20

Fabric, Quilt 1 MB Sep 6, 2026
Forge 1 MB Sep 6, 2026

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