Minecraft:Deep Ocean

A deep ocean is a variant of regular Minecraft:oceans with the seafloor twice as deep.

Generation

Deep oceans generate adjacent to oceans when the Minecraft:continentalness drops even lower. This means that they cannot border land biomes, except Minecraft:mushroom fields. The seafloor is twice as deep as in regular oceans, usually around Y=30, and islands are much rarer, yet not impossible.

Deep oceans generate in the medium temperature zones, bordering Minecraft:deep lukewarm oceans and Minecraft:deep cold oceans.

Description

Like in any deep ocean, Minecraft:ocean monuments generate in deep oceans, meaning Minecraft:guardians and Minecraft:elder guardians can spawn there. Tall seagrass also generates more frequently in deep oceans compared to shallower oceans. In any other aspect, deep oceans are the same as regular oceans, with a Minecraft:gravel seabed and common Minecraft:fish spawning.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

Sounds

Music

Normal Overworld tracks play in deep oceans, in addition to the following tracks when the player is underwater.

Filename in Minecraft	Minecraft:Gameplay	Soundtrack title	Soundtrack	Artist	Length	Track preview
axolotl.ogg	Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers	"Axolotl"	Template:Sort	C418	5:03	File:Axolotl.ogg
dragon_fish.ogg	Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers	"Minecraft:Dragon Fish"	Template:Sort	C418	6:13	File:Dragon Fish.ogg
shuniji.ogg	Underwater in Minecraft:oceans or Minecraft:rivers	"Minecraft:Shuniji"	Template:Sort	C418	4:04	File:Shuniji.ogg

Data values

ID

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History

Trivia

• Before Minecraft:1.18, the Minecraft:plains and Minecraft:forest biomes generated in patches within regular deep ocean biomes, similar to how "hills" biomes generated within their respective base biomes, creating islands.
  • Although normal deep ocean biome could generate standalone, normal deep ocean biomes also generated in patches within normal ocean biomes.

Gallery

Screenshots

• A deep ocean, with an Minecraft:ocean monument
  A deep ocean, with an Minecraft:ocean monument
• Looking down into a deep ocean
  Looking down into a deep ocean
• The Ocean Monument Ahead seed template thumbnail
  The Ocean Monument Ahead seed template thumbnail
• A deep ocean single biome world
  A deep ocean single biome world

Historical screenshots

• A deep ocean
  A deep ocean
• A deep ocean Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18
  A deep ocean Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18
• A deep ocean with Minecraft:ray tracing
  A deep ocean with Minecraft:ray tracing

See also

• Minecraft:Tutorial:Island survival
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