Latitude
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Latitude overhauls world generation so biomes follow realistic latitude bands—from equatorial jungles to polar tundras.
Latitude 1.5: A global view of deterministic climate banding, showing the natural transition from equatorial tropics to polar tundras across a single world seed. Generated with Latitude's internal Atlas Viewer tooling.
Latitude 1.5: Immersive mountains with a tree line and snow-capped peaks join native custom biome support! ✨
Travel north or south towards the poles and watch the landscape transition
Preserves immersion by hiding the ugly vanilla east/west world border with localized, atmospheric sandstorm bands. Works with shaders!
Works with or without shaders!
New analog compass option! You can choose a color theme for it, too!
Seamless transitions between biomes. Watch the landscape evolve naturally as you travel toward the poles—from vibrant greenery to the first signs of snow.
Larger, more consistent biomes make the world feel alive and the experience more immersive.
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Journey to the far reaches of the North and South Poles 🐻❄️ and experience a shifting climate.
Be careful when traversing far north or south into the polar caps...
Renew your wanderlust with a world based on geography
Description
A finite world with latitude-based geography and climate bands.
Latitude distributes Minecraft’s biomes according to latitude. Thick jungles and sprawling savannas stretch out from the equator, gradually giving way to cooler climates as you head north or south. Near the poles, snow blankets the landscape and water freezes.
I built Latitude to make Minecraft worlds feel finite and real, and to make the direction you travel matter.
⚠️ Latitude overhauls world generation and takes effect in new worlds. Existing Latitude worlds keep the generation they were created with.
🗺️ Latitude-based geography
Five climate bands extend from the equator at the center of the world toward the poles at its northern and southern edges:
| Zone | Character | Typical biomes |
|---|---|---|
| 🌴 Tropical | Hot, humid, and lush | Jungle, Bamboo Jungle, Mangrove Swamp, Savanna |
| ☀️ Subtropical | Warm and varied, drier toward the edges | Savanna, Desert, Badlands, Plains |
| 🌿 Temperate | Mild and forested | Forest, Birch Forest, Meadow |
| 🌨️ Subpolar | Cold, with increasingly sparse vegetation | Taiga, Snowy Plains, Grove |
| ❄️ Polar | Frozen and forbidding | Snowy Plains, Ice Spikes, Frozen Ocean |
The bands blend gradually, so the landscape changes as you travel without abrupt jumps between hot and cold climates.
⛰️ Snow-capped mountains and tree lines
Forests thin as you climb. Above the tree line, grass and sparse foliage give way to bare rock and snow on the highest peaks.
🥾 Wanderlust
Latitude’s geography affects what you encounter along the way:
- Freezing near the poles. The cold becomes a hazard as you approach either pole.
- Fog at the world’s edges. Gradually thickening fog obscures the vanilla world border.
- Climate and hemisphere titles. Cinematic titles announce your crossings between climate bands and hemispheres.
🌐 Finite by design
Pick a world size! Latitude worlds are finite, with six sizes to choose from.
| Size | Dimensions in blocks |
|---|---|
| Itty Bitty | 7,500 × 7,500 |
| Tiny | 10,000 × 10,000 |
| Small | 15,000 × 15,000 |
| Regular | 20,000 × 20,000 |
| Large | 30,000 × 30,000 |
| Ginormous | 40,000 × 40,000 |
World size scales the whole climate system, including band widths, borders, and latitude calculations. Smaller worlds bring the climate bands closer together while keeping the full range from equator to poles. With custom biome packs installed, though, smaller worlds may not have room for every biome.
You can also choose your spawn zone. Start near the equator for jungles and warm weather, pick a milder climate, or head straight for the polar snow! ⛄️ Now with more snowballs (probably)!!
🧭 Navigate with ease
Latitude ships a built-in navigation HUD, fully customizable:
- Compass — digital (cardinal, 8-way, or degrees) or analog with different color themes.
- Latitude readout — your live position in the world
- Biome & zone detail — see where you are, or not!
- Customizable — size, color, opacity, position
HUD Studio: press F9 in-game (rebindable) to open a live editing screen — drag the title, compass, and location readout wherever you want, snap-to-grid or free. A quick keybind toggles the compass on and off.
For server operators, release builds include a small /latitude command set (here, explainHere, probe, tpLat, tpBand) for inspecting and navigating the climate map.
🧩 Compatibility
Latitude works through Minecraft's biome-tag system. Pairs nicely with terrain-shaping mods like Tectonic, Geophilic, and William Wyther's Overhauled Overworld. Custom biome support places biomes into the right climate bands automatically. Currently supported packs include Biomes O' Plenty, Terralith, and CliffTree, with more to come.
ℹ️ A note on big biome-pack stacks: each climate band draws from a finite pool, so the more packs you stack, the smaller each biome's share becomes — you won't necessarily see every biome from every pack. The mix stays coherent and climate-appropriate. Vanilla biomes are given preference.
🔭 What's next — Latitude 2.0 🌏
Latitude 2.0 is in production. The larger overhaul being showcased publicly — with its more elaborate mechanics — is a separate line and still in development: expanded biome support, broader worlds, and more earthlike generation shaped by continents, oceans, climate, and exploration. And all the cats you could ever want!!! 🐈⬛🐈
1.5 is the final polish release of the 1.x line, and the best version of this idea to date. 
💛 About & Support + AI Disclaimer
If you've ever thought vanilla biome placement felt random and disconnected — this fixes that. Latitude is built for long-term survival worlds, exploration-focused playthroughs, and modpacks that want a world that feels like a real place without piling on new content.
🧭 Latitude is a solo passion project and my first mod. Thank you for playing -- I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! :D
👾 Latitude contains AI-generated code (I am still learning to code with Java!), but the project is designed, directed, planned, and tested by me. I use AI to help me realize my dream, not to churn out slop. If you see any wonky code that could use improvement, please feel free to open a pull request! :)
🐛 Found a bug, or want to follow development? → GitHub
⭐ Enjoying Latitude? Leave a ❤️ on Modrinth — it genuinely helps a solo dev!
➢ Follow my mod development: https://www.youtube.com/@peetsamods
video lag is unrelated to actual gameplay--it's just my computer COOKING 🍳
🌍 A development journal for Latitude
Curious about the bigger idea behind the project? Read the Latitude Field Guide for a look behind the scenes at real-time development. Updated by Codex, designed and overseen by me (totally human, promise!).
The Latitude Team
