The real life temperature of all Minecraft biomes revealed!

Discussion in 'General Minecraft Discussion' started by We3_MPO, Apr 4, 2018.

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  1. Ever wonder what the weather's like on a Mushroom Island? Or just how hot it really is in The Nether? Or if Minecraft's oceans are warm to swim in? Well I did. And I decided to find out.

    My first step was to take a bunch of biomes and find the average temperatures of their RL counterparts. Then, I adjusted it so a temperature value of 0.15 in the game code is 32 degrees Fahrenheit, and adjusted the temperature gradients so that a game value of 1.2 equals 84.5 degrees Fahrenheit (I did it for much easier to calculate but still approximate temperature gradients) (77F is approximately the average temperature of Havana, Cuba, which is in a Tropical Savanna Climate). Therefore, a temperature increase of 0.1 in the game code is a temperature increase of 5F according to this calculation. Here is the result:
    • Cold Taiga: -0.5 game code / -0.5F / -18.0556c
    • Ice Plains: 0.0 game code / 24.5F / -4.166667c
    • Ice Plains Spikes: 0.0 game code / 24.5F / -4.166667c
    • Ice Mountains: 0.0 game code / 24.5F / -4.166667c
    • Frozen River: 0.0 game code / 24.5F / -4.166667c
    • Frozen Ocean: 0.0 game code / 24.5F / -4.166667c
    • Cold Beach: 0.05 game code / 27F / -2.77778c
    • Extreme Hills: 0.2 game code / 34.5F / 1.388889c
    • Extreme Hills+: 0.2 game code / 34.5F / 1.388889c
    • Stone Beach: 0.2 game code / 34.5F / 1.388889c
    • Taiga: 0.25 game code / 37F / 2.77778c
    • Mega Spruce Taiga: 0.25 game code / 37F / 2.77778c
    • Mega Taiga: 0.3 game code / 39.5F / 4.166667c
    • River: 0.5 game code / 49.5F / 9.722222c
    • Ocean: 0.5 game code / 49.5F / 9.722222c
    • The End: 0.5 game code / 49.5F / 9.722222c
    • The End - Floating Islands: 0.5 game code / 49.5F / 9.722222c
    • The End - Medium Island: 0.5 game code / 49.5F / 9.722222c
    • The End - High Island: 0.5 game code / 49.5F / 9.722222c
    • The End - Barren Island: 0.5 game code / 49.5F / 9.722222c
    • Birch Forest: 0.6 game code / 54.5F / 12.5c
    • Forest: 0.7 game code / 59.5F / 15.27778c
    • Flower Forest: 0.7 game code / 59.5F / 15.27778c
    • Roofed Forest: 0.7 game code / 59.5F / 15.27778c
    • Swampland: 0.8 game code / 64.5F / 18.05556c
    • Beach: 0.8 game code / 64.5F / 18.05556c
    • Plains: 0.8 game code / 64.5F / 18.05556c
    • Sunflower Plains: 0.8 game code / 64.5F / 18.05556c
    • Mushroom Island: 0.9 game code / 69.5F / 20.83333c
    • Mushroom Island Shore: 0.9 game code / 69.5F / 20.83333c
    • Jungle: 0.95 game code / 72F / 22.2222c
    • Jungle Edge: 0.95 game code / 72F / 22.2222c
    • Savanna M: 1.1 game code / 79.5F / 26.38889c
    • Savanna (NOT counting Savanna M): 1.2 game code / 84.5F / 28.05556c
    • Desert: 2.0 game code / 124.5F / 51.38889c
    • Mesa: 2.0 game code / 124.5F / 51.38889c
    • Mesa Bryce: 2.0 game code / 124.5F / 51.38889c
    • Hell (The Nether): 2.0 game code / 124.5F / 51.38889c
    • Warm Ocean: ?
    • Lukewarm Ocean: ?
    • Cold Ocean: ?
    Remember, this is a silly calculation rather than a scientific study, plus averages can be misleading. So please take this with a grain of salt (or should I say redstone?), but still. Except, the snowy biomes don't sound extreme enough, and Desert/Mesa sound too extreme (in my opinion anyways).

    Hills, M, and Plateau variations (as well as Deep Ocean variations) are the same unless stated otherwise. However, flower biomes are listed separately.

    Also, this is the SEA LEVEL temperature (temperature doesn't decrease below sea level), as going up 32 blocks decreases the temperature value by approximately 0.05 in the Minecraft code (which is why Extreme Hills' mountains get snow on top). Less than or equal to 0.15 in the Minecraft code results in snow, and greater than 0.95 in the Minecraft code results in a rainless climate which will make snow golems take fire damage from heatstroke. Except with swamps, roofed forests, and mesa, grass color is also temperature-dependent.

    Also, I still do not know the temperatures of the new Ocean variants that will be added in the future, nor of the four separate End biomes to be added, so I'll only add those once I know the temperature value.

    EDIT: Frozen Ocean and the new End biomes have their temperatures revealed now too! However, I still do not have info on the other new ocean biomes as of April 8, 2018.
  2. I like it! And some seem decently accurate!
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  3. Thanks! I did this because I saw someone on a subreddit who did something like this, but they left some biomes out, got some of the code temperatures wrong, and no biomes (not even Cold Taiga) were 32F/oC or below with their calculations... Plus, weather/climate are things I enjoy studying IRL.
  4. Bump! Temperatures for the new End biomes and Frozen Ocean now revealed!
  5. This is the best forecast ever! Now I can find a new home. ( The Top Layer of the Far Lands is pretty cold (at about Y=235 at my current home)!)
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  6. Seems to be on the right track, though I cannot say that with 100% certainty. I've heard about the biome temperature values back before 1.7 came out and I was very intrigued by them. It truly does add to how the game functions.

    It would be nice to see Mojang implement some more interactiveness with the biomes based on these values. Maybe some deserts are hotter than others and have no water at all, or some forests have a special type of tree that changes with the seasons or something? (I'm not the only one thinking this, others have said this back in 2013/2012...)

    Other than that, those numbers look like that they are in the vicinity to what the developers (probably) expect them to be.
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