CivcraftImport:Mods/realisticbiomes

= Realistic Biomes =

RealisticBiomes is a plugin originally designed to restrict the growth of certain crops and plants to certain biomes. It has nothing to do with terrain generation.

Crops and Plant Growth
All plants that can be grown and farmed are restricted to grow within only certain biomes, and to grow better in some biomes over others. Further details can be seen in the growth matrix, which is updated whenever growth times are changed. Bonemeal can not be used to grow anything other than tall grass and flowers.

Persistence
In regular minecraft, the chunks that crops are grown in must be loaded for the plants to mature. However, in RealisticBiomes, certain crops have a feature that allows them to grow even when chunks are not loaded called persistence. Persistence is currently limited only to crops that do not grow into other blocks, but in the spot they are planted, such as wheat, melon and pumpkin stems, netherwart, etc, and not sugarcane, melon and pumpkin blocks, and trees.

Soil Bonus
For certain crops, a bonus is factored into growth time if clay is placed under the block they are growing on. The effect is increased up to 4 times if 4 clay blocks are placed in a column under where a crop is growing, but any more clay does not further increase the effects. Soulsand is used instead of clay for netherwart.

Glowstone
Almost all crops require direct access to sky for optimal growth, and even a single block placed above a crop will sharply reduce growth efficiency. Glowstone allows most crops to grow without direct access to sunlight at 75% of the maximal growth rate of the crop. It is possible to increase the growth rate of a crop in a biome where growth is not optimal above the direct sky rate using glowstone, as 75% of the maximal rate may be greater than the direct sky rate for that biome. Crops must be placed directly adjacent to the glowstone block for the effects to occur.

Animal Breeding and Fishing
Animals are also restricted by biome in addition to crops. Most animals also require direct access to sunlight in order to breed. Fishing can only occur in ocean, lake, and river biomes. Ponds made in other biomes will not yield any fish.