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Sanctuary

Sanctuary

you begin on a lone monolith above an endless void

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Compatibility

Minecraft: Java Edition

1.21.11

Platforms

Supported environments

Client and server

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Licensed MIT
Published 2 weeks ago

Sanctuary

Sanctuary is a Fabric world preset for Minecraft 1.21.11 that transforms the Overworld into a floating-island world centered around a handcrafted survival spawn zone.

Start in a curated central sanctuary, then travel outward into a vast procedural skyworld of islands, ruins, caves, and distant horizons.

Features

  • Floating-island Overworld preset
  • Handcrafted central survival zone near spawn
  • Custom island generation with multiple landform presets
  • Curated biome area around origin
  • Procedural floating islands farther from spawn
  • World creation customization screen
  • Friendly with many biome-expansion mods
  • Vanilla survival focused

World Design

Sanctuary blends three generation layers:

  1. Custom Central Island Generator
    Builds the main spawn landmass.

  2. Sanctuary Biome Zone
    A controlled region near spawn for a stronger early-game experience.

  3. Fallback Overworld Biome Source
    Expands naturally into broader procedural floating islands in the distance.

Safe start, dangerous horizon.

Customization

When creating a world, Sanctuary includes configurable settings such as:

Shared Settings

  • Main Island Preset
  • Starting Biome
  • Deepslate Core
  • Vertical Profile
  • Sanctuary Zone Scale
  • Main Island Scale
  • Archipelago Size
  • Archipelago Spacing
  • Sanctuary Gap

Main Island Presets

Monolith

A single massive central island.

Fractured Archipelago

Multiple broken islands clustered together.

Hollow Crown

A ring-shaped formation with a hollow center.

Spire Garden

A smaller hub surrounded by tall stone spires.

Biome Mod Compatibility

Sanctuary is designed to work better with biome mods than with total worldgen overhauls.

Usually Compatible

  • Mods that add Overworld biomes
  • Datapacks extending vanilla biome distribution
  • Surface biome packs

These biomes may appear:

  • outside the Sanctuary zone
  • in the Starting Biome selector (if safe for spawn)

Less Ideal

  • Mods replacing the full Overworld generator
  • Separate custom world preset mods
  • Heavy terrain overhaul mods

Requirements

  • Minecraft 1.21.11
  • Fabric Loader 0.19.1+
  • Fabric API
  • Java 21+

Installation

Install like a normal Fabric mod.

Place the .jar file into your mods folder.

Multiplayer

Install the mod:

  • on the server
  • on all clients

Notes

  • Outer island transition is still being tuned
  • Worldgen changes only affect newly generated chunks
  • Ore distribution settings are planned for future updates

Current Version

0.3.0