diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/Boxed.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/Boxed.java
index f78673a..61b1b9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/Boxed.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/Boxed.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import world.bentobox.bentobox.api.commands.island.DefaultPlayerCommand;
 import world.bentobox.bentobox.api.configuration.Config;
 import world.bentobox.bentobox.api.configuration.WorldSettings;
 import world.bentobox.boxed.generators.BasicWorldGenerator;
+import world.bentobox.boxed.generators.BoxedBiomeGenerator;
 import world.bentobox.boxed.generators.DeleteGen;
 import world.bentobox.boxed.listeners.AdvancementListener;
 import world.bentobox.boxed.listeners.EnderPearlListener;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public class Boxed extends GameModeAddon {
                     generator.setBaseNoiseGenerator(new BasicWorldGenerator(this, wordRef, getSettings().getSeed()));
                     generator.getWorldDecorator().withoutDefaultDecorations(DecorationType.SURFACE_STRUCTURES);
                     generator.getWorldDecorator().withoutDefaultDecorations(DecorationType.STRONGHOLDS);
+                    generator.setBiomeGenerator(new BoxedBiomeGenerator(this));
                 });
         // Register commands
         playerCommand = new DefaultPlayerCommand(this)
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/generators/BasicWorldGenerator.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/generators/BasicWorldGenerator.java
index fc3b8c6..c814cd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/generators/BasicWorldGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/generators/BasicWorldGenerator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package world.bentobox.boxed.generators;
 
+import org.bukkit.block.Biome;
 import org.bukkit.util.noise.SimplexNoiseGenerator;
 
 import nl.rutgerkok.worldgeneratorapi.BaseNoiseGenerator;
@@ -29,13 +30,26 @@ public class BasicWorldGenerator implements BaseNoiseGenerator {
         //addon.getPlugin().logDebug("1 Scaled x = " + scaledX + " scaled z = " + scaledZ);
         // Repeat on an island boundary
         int dist = addon.getSettings().getIslandDistance();
+        double height = 8;
         scaledX = ((scaledX*4) % dist) / 4;
         scaledZ = ((scaledZ*4) % dist) / 4;
-
-        float noiseScaleHorizontal = addon.getSettings().getNoiseScaleHorizontal();
+        Biome biome = biomeGenerator.getZoomedOutBiome(scaledX, scaledZ);
+        double noiseScaleHorizontal = addon.getSettings().getNoiseScaleHorizontal();
+        if (biome.equals(Biome.SNOWY_TAIGA)) {
+            noiseScaleHorizontal = noiseScaleHorizontal / 2;
+        } else if (biome.equals(Biome.MOUNTAINS)) {
+            height = 10;
+            noiseScaleHorizontal = noiseScaleHorizontal / 4;
+        } else if (biome.equals(Biome.DESERT)) {
+            height = 9;
+            noiseScaleHorizontal = noiseScaleHorizontal * 1.5F;
+        } else if (biome.equals(Biome.BADLANDS)) {
+            height = 8.5;
+            noiseScaleHorizontal = noiseScaleHorizontal * 1.5F;
+        }
         for (int y = 0; y < buffer.length; y++) {
             double noise = this.mainNoiseGenerator.noise(scaledX / noiseScaleHorizontal, y, scaledZ / noiseScaleHorizontal);
-            int heightOffset = -y + 8;
+            double heightOffset = height - y;
             buffer[y] = noise + heightOffset;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/generators/BoxedBiomeGenerator.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/generators/BoxedBiomeGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2753d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/boxed/generators/BoxedBiomeGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package world.bentobox.boxed.generators;
+
+import org.bukkit.block.Biome;
+import org.bukkit.util.Vector;
+
+import nl.rutgerkok.worldgeneratorapi.BiomeGenerator;
+import world.bentobox.boxed.Boxed;
+
+/**
+ * @author tastybento
+ *
+ */
+public class BoxedBiomeGenerator implements BiomeGenerator {
+
+    private final Boxed addon;
+    private final int dist;
+    private final int offsetX;
+    private final int offsetZ;
+
+    public BoxedBiomeGenerator(Boxed boxed) {
+        this.addon = boxed;
+        dist = addon.getSettings().getIslandDistance();
+        offsetX = addon.getSettings().getIslandXOffset();
+        offsetZ = addon.getSettings().getIslandZOffset();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Biome getZoomedOutBiome(int x, int y, int z) {
+        /*
+         * The given x, y and z coordinates are scaled down by a factor of 4. So when Minecraft
+         * wants to know the biome at x=112, it will ask the biome generator for a biome at x=112/4=28.
+         */
+        /*
+         * Biomes go around the island centers
+         *
+         */
+        Vector s = new Vector(x * 4, y * 4, z * 4);
+        Vector l = getClosestIsland(s);
+        double d = l.distance(s) / addon.getSettings().getIslandDistance();
+        if (d < 0.2) {
+            return Biome.PLAINS;
+        } else if (d < 0.3) {
+            return Biome.FOREST;
+        } else if (d < 0.33) {
+            return Biome.SNOWY_TAIGA;
+        } else if (d < 0.4) {
+            return Biome.DARK_FOREST;
+        } else if (d < 0.45) {
+            return Biome.MOUNTAINS;
+        } else if (d < 0.52) {
+            return Biome.DESERT;
+        }
+        return Biome.BADLANDS;
+    }
+
+    public Vector getClosestIsland(Vector v) {
+        long x = Math.round((double) v.getBlockX() / dist) * dist + offsetX;
+        long z = Math.round((double) v.getBlockZ() / dist) * dist + offsetZ;
+        return new Vector(x, v.getBlockY(), z);
+    }
+}