diff --git a/src/main/java/ninja/bytecode/iris/Settings.java b/src/main/java/ninja/bytecode/iris/Settings.java
index 68d09b07b..7ae0ffe37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ninja/bytecode/iris/Settings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ninja/bytecode/iris/Settings.java
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ public class Settings
 	public static class GeneratorSettings
 	{
 		public InterpolationMode interpolationMode = InterpolationMode.BILINEAR;
-		public int interpolationRadius = 5;
+		public int interpolationRadius = 3;
 		public double objectDensity = 1D;
 		public double horizontalZoom = 2;
 		public double heightFracture = 155;
 		public double landScale = 0.75;
-		public double landChance = 0.55;
+		public double landChance = 0.65;
 		public double roughness = 1.55;
 		public double biomeEdgeFuzzScale = 1;
 		public double biomeEdgeScrambleScale = 0.3;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class Settings
 		public double heightScale = 0.56;
 		public double baseHeight = 0.065;
 		public int seaLevel = 63;
-		public double biomeScale = 1;
+		public double biomeScale = 0.525;
 		public boolean flatBedrock = false;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ninja/bytecode/iris/generator/IrisGenerator.java b/src/main/java/ninja/bytecode/iris/generator/IrisGenerator.java
index 9ef837b64..daafe51fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ninja/bytecode/iris/generator/IrisGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ninja/bytecode/iris/generator/IrisGenerator.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public class IrisGenerator extends ParallaxWorldGenerator
 
 	private boolean disposed;
 	private CNG scatter;
+	private CNG beach;
 	private CNG swirl;
 	private MB ICE = new MB(Material.ICE);
 	private MB PACKED_ICE = new MB(Material.PACKED_ICE);
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ public class IrisGenerator extends ParallaxWorldGenerator
 		random = new Random(world.getSeed());
 		rTerrain = new RNG(world.getSeed());
 		swirl = new CNG(rTerrain.nextParallelRNG(0), 40, 1).scale(0.012);
+		beach = new CNG(rTerrain.nextParallelRNG(0), 6, 1).scale(0.15);
 		glLNoise = new GenLayerLayeredNoise(this, world, random, rTerrain.nextParallelRNG(2));
 		glBiome = new GenLayerBiome(this, world, random, rTerrain.nextParallelRNG(4), dim.getBiomes());
 		glSnow = new GenLayerSnow(this, world, random, rTerrain.nextParallelRNG(5));
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ public class IrisGenerator extends ParallaxWorldGenerator
 		int height = computeHeight(wxx, wzx, new ChunkPlan(), biome);
 		IrisBiome nbiome = height < 63 ? getOcean(real, height) : biome;
 		biome = nbiome;
-		int beach = 65;
+		int beach = (int) Math.round(65 + this.beach.noise(wxx, wzx));
 		biome = height > 61 && height < 65 ? frozen ? biome : getBeach(real) : biome;
 		biome = height > 63 && biome.getType().equals(BiomeType.FLUID) ? getBeach(real) : biome;
 		biome = height >= beach && !biome.getType().equals(BiomeType.LAND) ? real : biome;