diff --git a/src/world/SyncChunkGenerator.php b/src/world/SyncChunkGenerator.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c58b97ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/world/SyncChunkGenerator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace pocketmine\world;
+
+use pocketmine\event\world\ChunkPopulateEvent;
+use pocketmine\promise\Promise;
+use pocketmine\promise\PromiseResolver;
+use pocketmine\utils\AssumptionFailedError;
+use pocketmine\world\format\Chunk;
+use pocketmine\world\generator\Generator;
+
+/**
+ * Very simple chunk generator which runs everything immediately on the main thread.
+ * Useful if your generator is very fast and doesn't benefit from async tasks or threading.
+ */
+final class SyncChunkGenerator implements ChunkGenerator{
+	public function __construct(
+		private readonly Generator $generator
+	){}
+
+	public function requestChunkPopulation(World $world, int $chunkX, int $chunkZ, ?ChunkLoader $associatedChunkLoader) : Promise{
+		return $this->orderChunkPopulation($world, $chunkX, $chunkZ, $associatedChunkLoader);
+	}
+
+	public function orderChunkPopulation(World $world, int $chunkX, int $chunkZ, ?ChunkLoader $associatedChunkLoader) : Promise{
+		$temporaryChunkLoader = new class implements ChunkLoader{};
+		$world->registerChunkLoader($temporaryChunkLoader, $chunkX, $chunkZ);
+		$oldChunk = $world->loadChunk($chunkX, $chunkZ);
+
+		//TODO: the following code is basically identical to PopulationTask
+		//we should probably generalize this
+		for($xx = $chunkX - 1; $xx <= $chunkX + 1; ++$xx){
+			for($zz = $chunkZ - 1; $zz <= $chunkZ + 1; ++$zz){
+				$world->registerChunkLoader($temporaryChunkLoader, $xx, $zz);
+				$chunk = $world->loadChunk($xx, $zz);
+				if($chunk === null){
+					$this->generator->generateChunk($world, $xx, $zz);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->generator->populateChunk($world, $chunkX, $chunkZ);
+		$chunk = $world->getChunk($chunkX, $chunkZ);
+		if($chunk === null){
+			throw new AssumptionFailedError("We just generated and populated this, it should not be null");
+		}
+		$chunk->setPopulated();
+
+		//TODO: this is basically identical to the AsyncChunkGenerator generateChunkCallback side
+		//we probably ought to generalize this
+		if(($oldChunk === null || !$oldChunk->isPopulated()) && $chunk->isPopulated()){
+			if(ChunkPopulateEvent::hasHandlers()){
+				(new ChunkPopulateEvent($world, $chunkX, $chunkZ, $chunk))->call();
+			}
+
+			foreach($world->getChunkListeners($chunkX, $chunkZ) as $listener){
+				$listener->onChunkPopulated($chunkX, $chunkZ, $chunk);
+			}
+		}
+
+		for($xx = $chunkX - 1; $xx <= $chunkX + 1; ++$xx){
+			for($zz = $chunkZ - 1; $zz <= $chunkZ + 1; ++$zz){
+				$world->unregisterChunkLoader($temporaryChunkLoader, $xx, $zz);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/** @phpstan-var PromiseResolver<Chunk> $resolver */
+		$resolver = new PromiseResolver();
+		$resolver->resolve($chunk);
+		return $resolver->getPromise();
+	}
+
+	public function cancelChunkPopulation(World $world, int $chunkX, int $chunkZ) : void{
+		//NOOP
+	}
+
+	public function shutdown(World $world) : void{
+		//NOOP
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/world/World.php b/src/world/World.php
index 3ff9169ea..ebced35be 100644
--- a/src/world/World.php
+++ b/src/world/World.php
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ use pocketmine\world\format\io\GlobalBlockStateHandlers;
 use pocketmine\world\format\io\WritableWorldProvider;
 use pocketmine\world\format\LightArray;
 use pocketmine\world\format\SubChunk;
+use pocketmine\world\generator\Generator;
 use pocketmine\world\generator\GeneratorManager;
 use pocketmine\world\light\BlockLightUpdate;
 use pocketmine\world\light\LightPopulationTask;
@@ -468,15 +469,25 @@ class World implements ChunkManager{
 		$this->server->getLogger()->info($this->server->getLanguage()->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_level_preparing($this->displayName)));
 		$generator = GeneratorManager::getInstance()->getGenerator($this->provider->getWorldData()->getGenerator()) ??
 			throw new AssumptionFailedError("WorldManager should already have checked that the generator exists");
-		$generator->validateGeneratorOptions($this->provider->getWorldData()->getGeneratorOptions());
+		$generatorOptions = $this->provider->getWorldData()->getGeneratorOptions();
+		$generator->validateGeneratorOptions($generatorOptions);
 		$this->generator = $generator->getGeneratorClass();
 
 		$cfg = $this->server->getConfigGroup();
-		$this->chunkGenerator = new AsyncChunkGenerator(
-			$this->workerPool,
-			$this->logger,
-			$cfg->getPropertyInt(YmlServerProperties::CHUNK_GENERATION_POPULATION_QUEUE_SIZE, 2)
-		);
+		if($generator->isFast()){
+			/**
+			 * @see Generator::__construct()
+			 */
+			$this->chunkGenerator = new SyncChunkGenerator(new $this->generator($this->getSeed(), $generatorOptions));
+			$this->logger->debug("Using main thread generator system for fast generator " . $this->generator);
+		}else{
+			$this->chunkGenerator = new AsyncChunkGenerator(
+				$this->workerPool,
+				$this->logger,
+				$cfg->getPropertyInt(YmlServerProperties::CHUNK_GENERATION_POPULATION_QUEUE_SIZE, 2)
+			);
+			$this->logger->debug("Using async task generator system for slow generator " . $this->generator);
+		}
 		$this->addOnUnloadCallback(function() : void{
 			$this->chunkGenerator->shutdown($this);
 		});
diff --git a/src/world/generator/GeneratorManager.php b/src/world/generator/GeneratorManager.php
index 291ea91de..a1b00480e 100644
--- a/src/world/generator/GeneratorManager.php
+++ b/src/world/generator/GeneratorManager.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ final class GeneratorManager{
 			}catch(InvalidGeneratorOptionsException $e){
 				return $e;
 			}
-		});
+		}, fast: true);
 		$this->addGenerator(Normal::class, "normal", fn() => null);
 		$this->addAlias("normal", "default");
 		$this->addGenerator(Nether::class, "nether", fn() => null);
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ final class GeneratorManager{
 	 * @param string   $name            Alias for this generator type that can be written in configs
 	 * @param \Closure $presetValidator Callback to validate generator options for new worlds
 	 * @param bool     $overwrite       Whether to force overwriting any existing registered generator with the same name
+	 * @param bool     $fast            Whether this generator is fast enough to run without async tasks
 	 *
 	 * @phpstan-param \Closure(string) : ?InvalidGeneratorOptionsException $presetValidator
 	 *
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ final class GeneratorManager{
 	 *
 	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
 	 */
-	public function addGenerator(string $class, string $name, \Closure $presetValidator, bool $overwrite = false) : void{
+	public function addGenerator(string $class, string $name, \Closure $presetValidator, bool $overwrite = false, bool $fast = false) : void{
 		Utils::testValidInstance($class, Generator::class);
 
 		$name = strtolower($name);
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ final class GeneratorManager{
 			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Alias \"$name\" is already assigned");
 		}
 
-		$this->list[$name] = new GeneratorManagerEntry($class, $presetValidator);
+		$this->list[$name] = new GeneratorManagerEntry($class, $presetValidator, $fast);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/world/generator/GeneratorManagerEntry.php b/src/world/generator/GeneratorManagerEntry.php
index 256ed27d5..c514f2fbe 100644
--- a/src/world/generator/GeneratorManagerEntry.php
+++ b/src/world/generator/GeneratorManagerEntry.php
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ final class GeneratorManagerEntry{
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		private string $generatorClass,
-		private \Closure $presetValidator
+		private \Closure $presetValidator,
+		private bool $fast
 	){}
 
 	/** @phpstan-return class-string<Generator> */
@@ -45,4 +46,8 @@ final class GeneratorManagerEntry{
 			throw $exception;
 		}
 	}
+
+	public function isFast() : bool{
+		return $this->fast;
+	}
 }