Minecraft:Far Lands

Template:Needs update Template:Msgbox Template:Outdated feature Template:Infobox structure Template:Relevant tutorial The far lands,<ref name=":farlander0">Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Twon</ref> also spelled farlands<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> are a terrain generation bug and a hard world boundary that appear when Minecraft:noise generators responsible for terrain shape malfunction due to Template:W. It typically results in massive, spongy walls of terrain. They retain a legacy as one of the franchise's most famous Minecraft:glitches, and have been referenced in official games such as Template:MCSM and Minecraft:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

The insides of the Far Lands consist of long dark tunnels, with sharp edges and extreme landscapes. The top and corners of the Far Lands are mostly flat, filled with Minecraft:trees and other generated structures.

The Far Lands were fixed in Minecraft:Beta 1.8 Pre-release Template:In, and 1.17.30 Template:In. They no longer generate in the vanilla game without the use of mods or the ENABLE_FARLANDS Minecraft:debug propertyTemplate:Upcoming (except in the Minecraft:Overworld due to other terrain generation bugs caused by said debug property). An intentional Minecraft:world border was placed more than twice as far as the former boundary in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.8.

By edition

General information

What the Far Lands are not

Far Lands/What the Far Lands are not

Types of Far Lands

The Far Lands comprise a very wide array of terrain generation bugs. The effects vary depending on which noise generator breaks (for traditional Far Lands, "low noise" and "high noise" are jointly responsible), as well as the player's distance on each axis (the "Edge Far Lands" refer to when noise breaks on only one axis, the "Corner Far Lands" on two, and the "Vertex Far Lands" on three).

Other noise generators are capable of breaking down. Selector noise, a noise generator which determines whether low noise or high noise is used at a given position in the world, breaks down 80 times further than low and high noise by default, giving rise to what is known as the "Farther Lands".

A full list of Template:El noise generators known to break down and give rise to their own unique effects is as follows. Note that it assumes that the X and Z axes are identical, and ignores the Y axis; in many cases, the Y axis has a different value from the X and Z axes, whereas in other cases the noise generator is entirely 2D.

Noise generator	Breaks down at... (32-bit)	Version range		Notes
		First	Last
Low noise	12,550,824	inf-20100327	presentTemplate:Fn	Jointly responsible for the Far Lands
High noise
Selector noise	1,004,065,924	inf-20100327	presentTemplate:Fn	Responsible for the Farther Lands
Depth noise	42,949,672	Template:Info needed	presentTemplate:Fn	Causes the terrain to rise up several blocks. "Stretching effects" are rare. Impossible to see unless made to start before low and high noise overflow.
Scale noise	7,662,742,722	Template:Info needed	Beta 1.7.3	Superseded by biome-based terrain height in Beta 1.8.
Classic world noise	33,554,432	Template:Info needed	inf-20100325	Causes the famous "stone wall" of Infdev.
Island carver noise	933,688,542	Template:Info needed	in-20100223	Used to create Floating maps in Indev. Due to their limited world size, this breaks far beyond what can generate.
Soil depth	34,359,738,368	Template:Info needed	presentTemplate:Fn	Causes large regions of exposed stone in earlier versions, or gravel in later versions.
Sand beaches	68,719,476,736	Template:Info needed	Beta 1.7.3	Determines whether beaches use sand or not. In the Nether, this controls soul sand.
Gravel beaches	68,719,476,736	Template:Info needed	Beta 1.7.3	Determines whether beaches use gravel or not. Also exists in the Nether for gravel.

Walking to the Far Lands

Walking to the Far Lands is a time-consuming challenge involving a terrestrial journey Template:Abbr 12.5 million blocks out of the world spawn. The most common version used among players is Beta 1.7.3, as it is the last version to contain the Far Lands and has the conveniences such as Minecraft:beds that other previous versions do not have.

Over +120 journeys to the Far Lands have been tracked as of 2026,<ref name="the far lands walkers list">Template:Cite</ref> with approximately Template:Frac completed, Template:Frac currently in progress, and about Template:Frac inactive/abandoned (including one real life death, TinfoilChef).<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

The first player to complete the journey (without using Minecraft:the Nether as a means of shortcut) was KilloCrazyMan in June 2020.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> Minecraft:Notch awarded him $6,000 through two separate donations, as a result of the feat.<ref>Template:Ytl at 13m20s</ref> The most widely known example comes from KurtJMac's Template:W series, through which he helped raise over $530,000 USD for charity over the course of 14 years.<ref>Template:Cite Retrieved May 2, 2026.</ref> KurtJMac completed his journey to the Far Lands on October 4, 2025.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> In May 2, 2026, KurtJMac was featured in a short documentary video on MinecraftTemplate:'s Minecraft:YouTube channel.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

6 journeys to the Nether Far Lands have been tracked, with Xelanater being the first to complete in June 2022,<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> and Template:Frac completed, while Template:Frac are currently in progress.<ref name="the far lands walkers list"/>

Time-wise, the walking (not sprinting) speed is 4.3 blocks per second. Walking for 6 hours per day is equal to 21,600 seconds, giving a traveled distance of 92,880 blocks every day. Walking to the 12.5 million Far Lands would take just under 136 days at this rate.

Trivia

• Because of the debates over renaming Minecraft:endermen to "Far Landers", Minecraft:Notch jokingly suggested to rename the Far Lands to The End instead.<ref name=":farlander" /> This then became the name for the dimension where the Minecraft:ender dragon resides.
• One of the random Minecraft:splashes reads: "Check out the far lands!". Ironically, the splash was added to the game after the Far Lands were fixed.

Publicity

• In the fourth episode of Template:MCSM, Template:MCSM and their group visit the Template:MCSM, in which a Template:MCSM is located. Template:MCSM describes the Far Lands as "a happy accident", and "nature's way of keeping life interesting". The bizarre terrain is featured and observed by the characters, although understandably, the glitches associated with it are not present.
• A reference to the Far Lands is featured in the title for Minecraft:Steve's Classic Mode in Minecraft:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, called "Journey to the Far Lands".
• In Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie DLC, a painting can be found in the Mansion Stealth minigame depicting the Far Lands.
• Within the Minecraft:skin packs Campfire Tales and Minecraft:Strangers - Biome Settlers 3, several skins hailing from the Far Lands appear, depicted as misshapen and unstable.
• Within Minecraft:vivid/stasis, the main character Saturday makes reference to the “Far Place” in a game called Mineblast, a reference to the Far Lands in Minecraft.
• During an installment of Minecraft:Minecraft Now, the Minecraft:YouTube creator AntVenom hosts a segment all about the Far Lands.
• During Minecraft:Minecraft Celebrates the Community! (Yes, that means you!), the Far Lands can be seen in the distance of a Minecraft:beach.

Gallery

Screenshots

• The isometric view of the Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.0.15
  The isometric view of the Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.0.15
• The Far Lands seen in Winter type world in Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.0.4
  The Far Lands seen in Winter type world in Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.0.4
• The Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.7.3
  The Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.7.3
• The Far Lands' edge in Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev
  The Far Lands' edge in Minecraft:Java Edition Infdev
• The Far Lands on mesa biome in Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha
  The Far Lands on mesa biome in Minecraft:Pocket Edition Alpha
• The corner Far Lands in Infdev-20100327. The vertical noise scale was equal to the horizontal noise scale.
  The corner Far Lands in Infdev-20100327. The vertical noise scale was equal to the horizontal noise scale.
• A view of the Far Lands
  A view of the Far Lands
• When near the Far Lands, the game starts to get laggy
  When near the Far Lands, the game starts to get laggy
• Edge Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.20.1 at 1.8 septillion blocks
  Edge Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.20.1 at 1.8 septillion blocks
• Corner Farlands at 1.8 septillion blocks
  Corner Farlands at 1.8 septillion blocks
• Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.8 using ultimate scaler Minecraft:mod
  Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.8 using ultimate scaler Minecraft:mod
• The Nether roof Far Lands in 1.21.8
  The Nether roof Far Lands in 1.21.8
• The Nether Far Lands in 1.21.8
  The Nether Far Lands in 1.21.8
• The End Far Lands at 1.8 septillion blocks (End ring glitch is present).
  The End Far Lands at 1.8 septillion blocks (End ring glitch is present).
• End Far Lands in 1.21.8
  End Far Lands in 1.21.8
• Endless Minecraft:ocean at extreme large distances
  Endless Minecraft:ocean at extreme large distances
• Minecraft:Bedrockless water/lava ocean at extreme large distances
  Minecraft:Bedrockless water/lava ocean at extreme large distances

Recreations

These screenshots are made using Minecraft:mods or any other means that would not be possible in the vanilla game.

• What the Far Lands would look like in Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.1.2_01, recreated in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.5 using a Minecraft:mod and Minecraft:resource pack.
  What the Far Lands would look like in Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.1.2_01, recreated in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.5 using a Minecraft:mod and Minecraft:resource pack.
• The Far Lands in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3, recreated using mods.
  The Far Lands in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3, recreated using mods.
• The Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.17, enabled using mods.
  The Far Lands in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.17, enabled using mods.
• The Sky and Edge Far Lands colliding, discovered using mods. The terrain changes because there are now 2 axises overflowing.
  The Sky and Edge Far Lands colliding, discovered using mods. The terrain changes because there are now 2 axises overflowing.

In other media

• The Farlander in what appears to be the Far Lands
  The Farlander in what appears to be the Far Lands
• Template:MCSM looking at the Template:MCSM in Template:MCSM
  Template:MCSM looking at the Template:MCSM in Template:MCSM
• The entrance to Template:MCSM and Template:MCSM in the Far Lands
  The entrance to Template:MCSM and Template:MCSM in the Far Lands
• The Far Lands as depicted in the official Minecraft 1 trillion views celebration video.
  The Far Lands as depicted in the official Minecraft 1 trillion views celebration video.