Minecraft:Dimension

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The three dimensions in the game (left to right): The Nether, Minecraft:The End, and the Minecraft:Overworld

Dimensions are parallel worlds within a Minecraft Minecraft:world characterized by a way of generation, biomes and structures, and other things unique to one dimension. Each dimension is its own separate 3D space, not affecting other dimensions. Players can explore and discover various dimensions in Minecraft, typically through the use of Minecraft:portals. Content creators can also make Minecraft:custom dimensions to explore in Minecraft.

The Minecraft:daylight cycle and Minecraft:weather may work differently or not exist in different dimensions, as well as respawn points (such as Minecraft:beds and Minecraft:respawn anchors).

Overworld

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Different grassland biomes and water bodies in the Overworld

The Overworld is the primary dimension in Minecraft. It has a wide variety of unique Minecraft:biomes to explore, and is easily the most diverse of the dimensions. Players typically spend most of their time in this dimension.

Unique features of the Overworld include:

• Surface and underground Minecraft:biomes
• Minecraft:Oceans containing Minecraft:water
• The most amount of Minecraft:ores
• Many naturally Minecraft:generated structures
• The most types of Minecraft:mobs
• A Minecraft:daylight cycle
• Minecraft:Weather
  • Sleeping in a bed skips the night and sets spawn point (explodes when used in other dimensions)
• Minecraft:Sky features and Minecraft:atmospherics
• A larger vertical height of 384 blocks

The Nether

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A crimson forest and warped forest seperated by the Minecraft:lava sea in the Nether

The Nether is a hot dimension where Minecraft:lava flows equivalent to water's flow characteristics. It is so hot that Minecraft:water evaporates and Minecraft:wet sponges dry out the instant they are Template:Control. The ground mainly consists of Minecraft:netherrack, but Minecraft:soul sand covers the surface of Minecraft:soul sand valleys, and the Minecraft:basalt deltas consist of Minecraft:basalt and Minecraft:blackstone. A player can go to the Nether by entering a Minecraft:Nether portal in the Minecraft:Overworld. In most biomes, hostile mobs spawn and attack players, although in the Minecraft:warped forest only Minecraft:endermen spawn who don't attack players unless provoked.

Unique features of the Nether include:

• Using a respawn anchor sets spawn point and consumes a charge should death occur (explodes when used in other dimensions).
• Oceans containing lava
• 1 block pockets of lava
• Cave-like terrain
• Minecraft:Nether quartz ore, Minecraft:Nether gold ore, and Minecraft:ancient debris
• A ceiling and floor of Minecraft:bedrock
• Minecraft:Huge fungi in the Minecraft:crimson forests and Minecraft:warped forests
• Minecraft:Fog color shifts for certain biomes
• Minecraft:Piglins to Minecraft:barter with
• Minecraft:Bastion remnants guarded by Minecraft:piglin brutes
• Minecraft:Nether fortresses guarded by Minecraft:wither skeletons and Minecraft:blazes

The End

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The central island in the End

The End is a space-like dimension with floating Minecraft:End stone islands, accessible with an Minecraft:End portal in a Minecraft:stronghold. In its center, there is a large lone island on which the Minecraft:ender dragon fight takes place; the outer islands are about a thousand blocks of void away from it. The End is a barren environment, but it is the place where some of the most unique and useful items in the game can be obtained, such as the Minecraft:elytra or Minecraft:shulker boxes.

Unique features of the End include:

• Floating islands with access to the Minecraft:void
• Minecraft:End crystals igniting the block upon which they're placed on fire
• Minecraft:End flashes and a black pixel sky
• Minecraft:End cities guarded by Minecraft:shulkers
• Minecraft:End gateways to access the outer islands
• One of the main Minecraft:bosses in the game, the Minecraft:ender dragon

Custom dimensions

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An example of a custom dimension with modified colors and calcite instead of stone

Template:Main Using Minecraft:data packs, it is possible to create custom dimensions and Minecraft:dimension types that have different Minecraft:biomes, world generation and properties from the regular dimensions.Template:Only

Using Minecraft:add-ons, it is possible to create custom dimensions however, currently it is only possible to control scripts and there is no world generation. Each custom dimension is similar to an Overworld Minecraft:void world generation, with same height limit.

Unimplemented dimensions

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A view of the unimplemented Sky Dimension

Sky Dimension

Template:Main The sky dimension was a scrapped dimension that would have contained floating land masses and was planned to be added in the Minecraft:Adventure Update. Eventually, the code for the sky dimension was repurposed for Minecraft:The End instead.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Dream Dimension

Template:Main In a Twitch livestream, the developers briefly mentioned the idea of a "dream dimension" that would be exclusive to Minecraft:Pocket Edition.<ref>Template:Twl</ref>

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