--- a/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/ChunkSection.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/ChunkSection.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     private short tickingBlockCount;
     private short tickingFluidCount;
     private final DataPaletteBlock<IBlockData> states;
-    private PalettedContainerRO<Holder<BiomeBase>> biomes;
+    private DataPaletteBlock<Holder<BiomeBase>> biomes; // CraftBukkit - read/write
 
     private ChunkSection(ChunkSection chunksection) {
         this.nonEmptyBlockCount = chunksection.nonEmptyBlockCount;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         this.biomes = chunksection.biomes.copy();
     }
 
-    public ChunkSection(DataPaletteBlock<IBlockData> datapaletteblock, PalettedContainerRO<Holder<BiomeBase>> palettedcontainerro) {
+    public ChunkSection(DataPaletteBlock<IBlockData> datapaletteblock, DataPaletteBlock<Holder<BiomeBase>> palettedcontainerro) { // CraftBukkit - read/write
         this.states = datapaletteblock;
         this.biomes = palettedcontainerro;
         this.recalcBlockCounts();
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@
         return (Holder) this.biomes.get(i, j, k);
     }
 
+    // CraftBukkit start
+    public void setBiome(int i, int j, int k, Holder<BiomeBase> biome) {
+        this.biomes.set(i, j, k, biome);
+    }
+    // CraftBukkit end
+
     public void fillBiomesFromNoise(BiomeResolver biomeresolver, Climate.Sampler climate_sampler, int i, int j, int k) {
         DataPaletteBlock<Holder<BiomeBase>> datapaletteblock = this.biomes.recreate();
         boolean flag = true;