Minecraft Maps / Environment & Landscaping

Continent of Gleamora - a free 28km x 22km map [1.20.4, Distant Horizons, 1.20.1 & 1.21.4 compatible (read update)]

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Dannypan
Level 54 : Grandmaster Architect
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Welcome to Gleamora, a creative playground!

Gleamora s a massive continent featuring multiple biomes and immense landscapes ready for you to build on and explore. Gleamora, including its seas, are over 28km x 22km of hand-curated terrain for you to play with. If you're looking for more realistically scaled terrain with some fantasy elements thrown in, Gleamora is the map for you.

Gleamora is designed for creative/adventure/RPG map makers. It is not survival friendly.

Please read everything before using Gleamora!


Features
  • A large number of biomes, real and fantasy-inspired.
  • Custom biomes designed specifically for Gleamora.
  • Immense landscapes with mountains that go beyond y500.
  • Floating islands that can reach y1000.
  • An extended build limit of -64 to 1024.
  • BetterVanillaBuilding tuned to Gleamora.
  • Distant Horizons LODs included.

Requirements
Distant Horizons & Mods

Gleamora was built to be used with Distant Horizons. Landscapes rely on its impressive render distance to be seen properly. Without it, you won't be able to truly appreciate Gleamora.

Additionally, you will need Sodium, Iris and Continuity (Fabric) to take advantage of shaders and some biome-dependent textures in the included resource pack.

BetterVanillaBuilding/Included resource pack

Gleamora comes bundled with an edited version of BetterVanillaBuilding by stefanj2_ who has kindly allowed me to edit the pack and include it with the download. While you're free to remove the resource pack if you wish to use your own, Gleamora was built with this pack in mind. The pack also includes new textures made by Naflaim: lavender (which replaces red tulip), new fern modens and pampas grass which replaces peony in cherry blossom biomes.

Credit: BetterVanillaBuilding by stefanj2

Biome Datapacks

Gleamora features its own biome datapack for custom biomes. This datapack is designed to work only with 1.20.4. Gleamora also features biomes from Paleozoey's Koppen climate datapack, who has kindly allowed me to include it in my datapack. You can download 1.20.1 and 1.21.4 compatible versions here:

1.20.1 datapack download.
1.21.4 datapack download.

Loading the map without any of these required datapacks will replace all custom biomes with plains.


FAQ
Will you make this map survival friendly?
No.

Will you give me the WorldPainter file so I can edit it?
No.

Will you upload a different version?
No.

Why do I get a warning when I open the map?
Gleamora uses custom biomes which is an experimental feature. It's just a Minecraft failsafe, you can ignore the warning.

What's outside of Gleamora?
Vanilla Minecraft! Gleamora's water level is the same as vanilla so you can safely leave Gleamora's oceans and venture off into vanilla.

Why are mineshafts and strongholds different in vanilla Minecraft?
I included some additional datapacks to improve these structures: Hopo Better Mineshaft, Stronghold Update and Updated Dungeons. If you don't like these, you can safely remove them.

Do I REALLY need Distant Horizons and all that?
No, but you will really regret it if you don't use it! You won't even be able to see the peaks of some mountains without a ridiculously high render distance.



Permissions

You may use Gleamora privately or publicly.

You may not use Gleamora for commercial use. Do not paywall access to Gleamora if you use it on a public server - access must be free at all times. You may not remix, repost or rehost any part of this map, including small areas of it.

You may feature this map in video content creation - please add a link to the Gleamora project page in the video description or provide credit elsewhere.

Credits

This map was not made possible without WorldPainter where all of this terrain was created, nor without the free schematics provided by the Minecraft and WorldPainter community. A full list of credits can be found here.

Special thanks to illyrio for providing custom schematics for this map, and to Dougbinks for the full map render using Avoyd.


If you liked this project you may like to buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi.
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1.21.4 compatibility data pack : by Dannypan 01/21/2025 4:38:55 amJan 21st

I've ported the data pack to be compatible with 1.21.4. I had trouble figuring out carvers and spawners for the new data pack format so I simply left them out -- they're not exactly necessary anyway in a pre-made map!

Download the 1.21.4 datapack here. I have not tested it for 1.21 to 1.21.3.

To install, go to the "datapacks" folder in "Continent of Gleamora" and delete all the data packs in there. Then add "Gleamora 1.21.4.zip" to the "datapacks" folder. You will need to do this before opening Gleamora in 1.21.4 for the first time! Best to do this after a fresh download.
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User5294477G
02/02/2025 4:52 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
After MUCH trial and error apparently irons spells and spell books breaks the world at least in 1.20.1
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Dannypan
02/03/2025 7:03 am
Level 54 : Grandmaster Architect
What are those?
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User5294477G
02/04/2025 11:53 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
Not sure what part you are referring to but if the mod "irons spells and spellbooks" is installed the world crashed during the Mojang loading screen(world load not mc load)
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Dannypan
02/05/2025 6:53 pm
Level 54 : Grandmaster Architect
Okay. That's a problem with the mod then.
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regos
02/02/2025 4:25 am
Level 1 : New Miner
is this map survival friendly by any chance? And i would like to ask if its possible to add other datapacks to the map so it generates other like structures. exp: stronghold, villages, outpost and ocean monument
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Dannypan
02/03/2025 7:04 am
Level 54 : Grandmaster Architect
It isn't.

Structures don't generate in WorldPainter maps, adding datapacks won't change this unless you add the stuff manually.
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regos
02/03/2025 8:28 am
Level 1 : New Miner
So how does the data[acks works for the map then? Sorry for asking alot im still new about minecraft maps things on how it work and what dosnt
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Dannypan
02/05/2025 6:54 pm
Level 54 : Grandmaster Architect
The datapack just allows for a custom build limit and adds new biomes. This map isn't really for new players tbh, you won't get an authentic Minecraft experience with it.
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User5294477G
01/29/2025 8:46 am
Level 1 : New Miner
I have a 1.20.1 modpack i want to run on the world but i cant load into the world
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User5294477G
01/29/2025 8:18 am
Level 1 : New Miner
Where is the 1.20.1 release located?
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