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_**A world generation mod built around *geography* instead of randomness.**_<\/p>\n
Latitude reorganizes Minecraft’s biomes by latitude \u2014 jungles near the equator, tundra at the poles, and everything in between laid out the way it would actually be on a planet. The world has a center (the equator) and edges (the poles), and biomes shift as you move between them.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t add new biomes or terrain. It takes vanilla biomes and puts them where they’d geographically make sense. You get a world that feels like it has real geography instead of random noise.<\/p>\n
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\u26a0\ufe0f *Latitude overhauls world generation and requires a **new world** to take effect.*<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f Climate Zones<\/p>\n
Five climate bands radiate outward from the equator at the center of the world toward the poles at the edges (revised from 6 bands pre v.1.3.0):<\/p>\n
| Zone | Character | Typical Biomes |
\n|—|—|—|
\n| \ud83c\udf34 **Tropical** | Hot, humid, lush | Jungle, Mangrove Swamp, Bamboo Jungle |
\n| \u2600\ufe0f **Subtropical** | Warm and varied, drier toward the edges | Savanna, Badlands, Plains |
\n| \ud83c\udf3f **Temperate** | Mild, forested, familiar | Forest, Birch Forest, Meadow, Swamp |
\n| \ud83c\udf28\ufe0f **Subpolar** | Cold, stark, increasingly sparse | Taiga, Snowy Plains, Grove |
\n| \u2744\ufe0f **Polar** | Frozen and forbidding | Ice Spikes, Frozen Ocean, Snowy Slopes |<\/p>\n
Zones blend into each other gradually \u2014 no hard lines where jungle suddenly becomes tundra. You’ll also get edge warnings as you push toward the poles and east\/west boundaries. Some biome tuning ongoing to balance biome diversity and smooth transitions. Latitude is very much a living project!<\/p>\n
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## \ud83c\udf10 World Sizes<\/p>\n
You pick a world size when you create the world. This controls how far the equator-to-pole journey is:<\/p>\n
| Size | Diameter | Feel |
\n|—|—|—|
\n| Itty Bitty | 7,500 \u00d7 7,500 | Equator to pole in an afternoon |
\n| Tiny | 10,000 \u00d7 10,000 | Small but varied |
\n| Small | 15,000 \u00d7 15,000 | Compact with room to breathe |
\n| **Regular** | **20,000 \u00d7 20,000** | **Recommended** |
\n| Large | 30,000 \u00d7 30,000 | Long-haul survival |
\n| Ginormous | 40,000 \u00d7 40,000 | Continental-scale trek |<\/p>\n
_Everything scales with the size you pick \u2014 biome band widths, border behavior, latitude math. A “Tiny” world doesn’t just cut off a “Regular” world; it compresses the whole climate system proportionally. Tuning is ongoing to make sure smaller world sizes still balance biome diversity._<\/p>\n
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## \ud83c\udf10 World Creation<\/p>\n
Latitude hooks into the world creation screen directly. It’s **on by default** \u2014 you’ll see the size picker and climate toggle right there when you make a new world. You can turn it off if you want a vanilla world.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83e\udded Compass & HUD<\/p>\n
Latitude comes with a built-in navigation HUD:<\/p>\n
– **Compass** \u2014 digital (cardinal, 8-way, or degrees) or analog with color themes
\n– **Latitude readout** \u2014 your current latitude, updating live
\n– **Climate zone indicator** \u2014 shows on zone crossing, or keep it on all the time
\n– Everything is customizable \u2014 size, color, opacity, position, background<\/p>\n
### \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f **HUD Studio:** Press **F9** to open it (rebindable). Drag elements around on screen, snap to grid if you want. Press **`,`** to toggle the compass on\/off.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83e\udde9 Compatibility<\/p>\n
Latitude works through biome tags, so it plays well with other worldgen mods like **Tectonic**, **Geophilic**, and **William Wyther’s Overhauled Overworld**. Modded biomes can be slotted into climate bands without hard dependencies. Only **Fabric API** is required.
\nI plan on expanding default compatibility with modded biome packs in future updates.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udc65 Who this is for<\/p>\n
If you’ve ever thought vanilla biome placement felt random and disconnected \u2014 a mushroom island next to a desert next to a taiga \u2014 this fixes that. It’s good for long-term survival worlds, exploration-focused playthroughs, and modpacks that want geographic coherence without adding a ton of new content.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udc1b Found a Bug?<\/p>\n
Report issues or follow development on GitHub: https:\/\/github.com\/joolbits\/latitude<\/p>\n
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Thank you for playing with Latitude. It’s a solo passion-project and my first mod, so I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
If you’re enjoying Latitude, consider leaving a \u2764\ufe0f on Modrinth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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