diff --git a/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties b/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
index 092dc66da1..8a2b6d2288 100644
--- a/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
+++ b/android/assets/jsons/translations/template.properties
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ Three Continents =
 Four Corners = 
 Archipelago = 
 Inner Sea = 
+Perlin = 
 Random number of Civilizations = 
 Min number of Civilizations = 
 Max number of Civilizations = 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapParameters.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapParameters.kt
index e09e9d9966..f8db742b54 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapParameters.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/MapParameters.kt
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ object MapGeneratedMainType : IsPartOfGameInfoSerialization {
 }
 
 object MapType : IsPartOfGameInfoSerialization {
-    const val default = "Default"
+    const val perlin = "Perlin"
     const val pangaea = "Pangaea"
     const val continentAndIslands = "Continent and Islands"
     const val twoContinents = "Two Continents"
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/mapgenerator/MapLandmassGenerator.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/mapgenerator/MapLandmassGenerator.kt
index 7d323671ec..7a077c0566 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/mapgenerator/MapLandmassGenerator.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/mapgenerator/MapLandmassGenerator.kt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class MapLandmassGenerator(val ruleset: Ruleset, val randomness: MapGenerationRa
             MapType.threeContinents -> createThreeContinents(tileMap)
             MapType.fourCorners -> createFourCorners(tileMap)
             MapType.archipelago -> createArchipelago(tileMap)
-            MapType.default -> createPerlin(tileMap)
+            MapType.perlin -> createPerlin(tileMap)
         }
 
         if (tileMap.mapParameters.shape === MapShape.flatEarth) {
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class MapLandmassGenerator(val ruleset: Ruleset, val randomness: MapGenerationRa
 
     private fun createArchipelago(tileMap: TileMap) {
         val elevationSeed = randomness.RNG.nextInt().toDouble()
-        waterThreshold += 0.25
         for (tile in tileMap.values) {
             val elevation = getRidgedPerlinNoise(tile, elevationSeed)
             spawnLandOrWater(tile, elevation)
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ class MapLandmassGenerator(val ruleset: Ruleset, val randomness: MapGenerationRa
                                      nOctaves: Int = 10,
                                      persistence: Double = 0.5,
                                      lacunarity: Double = 2.0,
-                                     scale: Double = 15.0): Double {
+                                     scale: Double = 10.0): Double {
         val worldCoords = HexMath.hex2WorldCoords(tile.position)
         return Perlin.ridgedNoise3d(worldCoords.x.toDouble(), worldCoords.y.toDouble(), seed, nOctaves, persistence, lacunarity, scale)
     }
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/newgamescreen/MapParametersTable.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/newgamescreen/MapParametersTable.kt
index aba86232d6..e4b29a8e50 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/newgamescreen/MapParametersTable.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/screens/newgamescreen/MapParametersTable.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import com.unciv.logic.map.MapSize
 import com.unciv.logic.map.MapSizeNew
 import com.unciv.logic.map.MapType
 import com.unciv.logic.map.mapgenerator.MapGenerationRandomness
-import com.unciv.ui.screens.basescreen.BaseScreen
 import com.unciv.ui.components.ExpanderTab
 import com.unciv.ui.components.UncivSlider
 import com.unciv.ui.components.UncivTextField
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import com.unciv.ui.components.extensions.pad
 import com.unciv.ui.components.extensions.toCheckBox
 import com.unciv.ui.components.extensions.toLabel
 import com.unciv.ui.components.extensions.toTextButton
+import com.unciv.ui.screens.basescreen.BaseScreen
 
 /** Table for editing [mapParameters]
  *
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class MapParametersTable(
             MapType.fourCorners,
             MapType.archipelago,
             MapType.innerSea,
+            MapType.perlin,
             if (forMapEditor && mapGeneratedMainType != MapGeneratedMainType.randomGenerated) MapType.empty else null
         )