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Our world generation tutorial has been one of the most well-used community resources, however it could be improved with some chapter additions/overhauls.

This tasks aims to add details on how biomes are or could be used in world generation, as well as providing a small set of examples in code. There is no great centralized information on biomes yet so this will be a bit of a from-scratch documenting process with some code detective work and experimenting included.

• At present the Core worlds (like faceted perlin) use a general biome approach that covers whole areas and within them specific features suitable for the biome appears
• Some other worlds like Throughout the Ages use more advanced biome features, including the ClimateConditions and Seasons modules
• There is support for but no current users of a biome-per-block system

Definition of 'Done'

• Pull request to the tutorial repo with updated code samples
• Links to new pages created or updated in the wiki
• Screenshots of new example world generators highlighting biome-based features

Where to start

• Read through a variety of biome-based material. Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Create a general overview page of biomes in the wiki, potentially with sub-pages covering the individual options
  • Try to make some simple code examples to illustrate each option
• Add a new chapter on applying biomes to the current lineup teaching the basic concepts (pick just one example to cover in brief, use other pages for details)