# Ouranos vs Stratos Ouranos and Stratos are two differents plugins with both strengths and weaknesses. This page has been made to help you choose between those two world generation plugins. ### Comparison | Category | Stratos | Ouranos | | -------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Biomes | Biomes influence terrain height | Terrain height is defined with areas and terrain height influence biomes. Each biome has a climate | | Caves | Caves are made using 3D perlin noise | 3 kinds of caves, each of them has specificities | | Trees | Limited tree density to avoid CPU overload | Complex tree system to allow maximum 96 blocks long trees | | Rivers | Custom rivers | Reworked rivers to remove artifacts | | Dungeons | Custom dungeons | Custom dungeons | | Villages | Villages are made of a center building and houses | Villages are made of different buildings, houses and wall. They can include custom buildings you made. Each building can hold one or many NPCs | | Cities | / | Cities are made of different buildings, houses and wall. They can include custom buildings you made. Each building can hold one or many NPCs | | Loots | Vanilla items can be looted in chests | Vanilla and custom items (see [Items](/ouranos/items.md)) can be looted in chests | | Ores | Vanilla ores with customizable ore rates | As many ores as needed can be added using a material or blockdata | | Canyons | / | Canyons are big holes in the terrain that can sometimes be connected to water caves | --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://alex-plugins.gitbook.io/ouranos/ouranos-vs-stratos.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.