Rainbeau's Water World (Overworld Replacement Version)

A World of Deep Oceans and a Multitude of Small Islands

(A Data Pack for Minecraft 1.19, 1.19.1 & 1.19.2)


Admit it. You've always wanted to play "Minecraft" on a world that's mostly water.

Well, now you can!

This data pack completely redoes terrain generation, such that the world is primarily ocean. As you explore, you'll find archipelagos of small islands of various types, and also larger islands with rugged hills or even mountains at their centers. Occasionally, you'll even find a dormant volcano, complete with nether-like terrain inside its crater. But you won't find any continents. And no matter where you go, you'll never be far from water.

Though sea level isn't actually changed, oceans are now larger and deeper, and thus more difficult to explore. In addition to the regular and deep oceans you're used to, you'll also find vast ocean trenches. These trenches wind around and between islands everywhere, such that it will be rare for you to find two distinct islands that aren't separated by a deep ocean trench. And while the floors of these trenches -- the only places where you can find ocean monuments, by the way -- are technically only about 50 blocks below sea level, they're criss-crossed by deep ravines and chasms that can lower the "effective" seabed significantly.

Oh, and do be careful when exploring, or even just swimming or sailing across, ocean trenches. In addition to the drowned that can be found in any ocean, guardians can be found in deep ocean trenches even when not in the vicinity of a monument.

Special note: When you create a new world, the game will make a valiant effort to spawn you on dry land. But due to the nature of the world, that won't always be possible. You might find yourself plopped directly into the ocean. And even if you do spawn on dry land, it might be on a tiny little island with no trees, and nothing but water as far as your eyes can see. So you might want to start your game with a bonus chest, just in case you need the supplies.

I'd also suggest using this data pack together with my "Ships On Seas (SOS)," "Ocean Villages," and "Undersea Villages" data packs, just because they all fit the ocean theme of "Water World."

This data pack should be compatible with any data pack or mod that adds custom dimensions or alters world generation of the Nether or the End. However, it won't be compatible with anything else that alters the Overworld or its biomes, since it completely replaces the vanilla Overworld. My own data packs are, of course, exceptions to that rule, as I've specifically made this pack compatible with them.

ACCESSING THE "WATER WORLD" REALM: Simply load and enable this data pack as you're creating a new world, and you'll find yourself spawning into the "Water World" realm. Don't try adding "Water World" to a game world that already exists, though, as you'll get rather bizarre results if in fact your game even loads at all.

CREDITS (Concepts): The idea for the prismarine forest biome and the "petrified" coral trees therein came from the prismarine cliffs and petrified forest biomes in MC_DA's "Many More Biomes" data pack, and my crystal forest biome draws from that pack's frozen and crystallized forest biomes.

CREDITS (World Generation): I'd never have been able to create this data pack without the "Snowcapped" dimension layout editor designed by Jacobsjo and StardustGear

-- Rainbeau Flambe (Darryl Burgdorf)