# Minecraft Seasons datapack<\/p>\n
This is a datapack that adds seasonal shifts to vanilla Minecraft, made by slicedlime.<\/p>\n
## Features<\/p>\n
– Trees turn golden and red in the fall
\n– Rain turns to snow in the winter
\n– Snow covering trees turns leaves white
\n– Snow can cover small plants and flowers
\n– Rivers and some oceans freeze in the winter
\n– Snow and ice melts when winter has passed
\n– Leaves turn green with patches of pink flowering leaves in spring
\n– Sky colors shift slightly with seasons
\n– Wet and dry seasons in the savanna – when the summer rain season hits, the savanna comes alive
\n in vibrant green
\n– Fully server-side – Multiplayer compatible and does not require a resource pack<\/p>\n
## Compatibility<\/p>\n
This datapack uses experimental world generation features to create seasonal variations of the
\nvanilla biomes. Because those features are experimental, the pack is expected to break with every
\nnew version of Minecraft. It currently works with Minecraft 1.21.5 (and no other known version).<\/p>\n
This also means that levels with the pack on will show a warning screen for of it using
\nexperimental features.<\/p>\n
Never try to upgrade a world using this pack without first checking for a new, compatible version
\nof the pack. This pack is currently in beta stage of development. Using it on worlds you care
\nabout happens on your own risk.<\/p>\n
**There is also no way to safely remove the pack**, so be sure you want to keep it when you install
\nit (or do so on a copy of the world). Removing the pack will replace all biomes where it has been
\nactive with Plains.<\/p>\n
### Performance<\/p>\n
To keep track of some things like plants buried in snow, the pack uses marker entities. This means
\nit currently requires a reasonably capable computer to run.<\/p>\n
The pack runs fully on the server side, so if you want to use it in Multiplayer, it will require a
\nstrong server rather than a strong client computer. In multiplayer it also adds some network traffic,
\nso if you’re playing in Multiplayer it will require a better network connection than the
\ncorresponding world would without it.<\/p>\n
Note that current versions of the pack are much more efficient than early versions were, both in
\nterms of CPU usage and network traffic.<\/p>\n
### Mods and Other Packs<\/p>\n
The pack should work with mods like shaders and optimization mods, but is unlikely to work together
\nwith any mods that change world generation or any other datapacks that use experimental world
\ngeneration features.<\/p>\n
### Commands<\/p>\n
Because the pack replaces biomes, it will also mess with commands like `locate biome`. It also uses
\nthe world time as the key for the season, so using commands like `time set