Poll: Minecraft 1.8 Endless Ocean

[literallyanythingelse]

I recently got back into Minecraft with the 1.8 update, thought I'd have a look around at the new features. Opened a new world and spawned on an island in an ocean biome. I thought this was pretty cool as I could have an island fortress, so I got to mining and crafting, as you do, and built myself a nice little house (so glad clay is more abundant now). Eventually I realised that passive mobs don't spawn in ocean biomes and decided to go look for a mainland.

This ocean is huge.

Travelled for a day in one direction and didn't find an end. Went to the nether, wore out 3 iron picks digging a straight tunnel, and when I resurfaced there was still ocean as far as the eye could see.

Has anyone else been in this situation? Can you get out of the ocean or is it endless? I really can't be bothered to reseed, I've got a sick lighthouse going at the moment. Although perhaps this could be the impetus I need to stop playing Minecraft and get on with some work, haha.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

I have no idea about the ocean, but you need to cheat in a pumpkin and rename it 'Wilson!' in the text file.

Do it now!

 

[Reynaerdinjo]

While my biggest ocean was not endless, it was huuuge and I travelled for a few ingame days by boat to find some land. Was quite happy when I finally bumped my boat in the shore.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

They're cocking huge, I've never had the patience to travel one further than half a Minecraft day.

Fairly certain they aren't endless.

 

[Westaway]

No, can't say it has. Very strange. Maybe just keep on going in your boat in a straight line and you'll find america with a little village for you to conquer and then build yourown better town and cut down all the trees and kill all the animals an-
Nevermind.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Em you could just go on to Minecraft wiki. If you had of you would have seen that they say that ocean biomes can have water up to 10k blocks.

 

[Viral_Lola]

One of my maps had a huge ocean. I put my character in a boat and sailed him away.

 

[Magicmad5511]

I don't think that the ocean is endless but I have heard that with 1.8 biomes are now larger.
Also when doing the Nether thing you may have gone past land.

 

[Cipher1]

The worst biome I spawned in was a vast tundra back in 1.7.3 while using the larger biome mod took me 7 days to find my way to Taiga and I wasn't even using the largest biome setting.

 

[literallyanythingelse]

Em you could just go on to Minecraft wiki. If you had of you would have seen that they say that ocean biomes can have water up to 10k blocks.

Yeah I saw that but really hoped someone would have been in this situation and found the shore. The alternative is that I have to go 1250 blocks in the nether to get out of the ocean, which is 40 stacks of netherack... I guess that's doable.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Em you could just go on to Minecraft wiki. If you had of you would have seen that they say that ocean biomes can have water up to 10k blocks.

Yeah I saw that but really hoped someone would have been in this situation and found the shore. The alternative is that I have to go 1250 blocks in the nether to get out of the ocean, which is 40 stacks of netherack... I guess that's doable.

Well that is a max but if you really want a shortcut I am sure you could find a program that generates a map of your world. I know people do it for search for diamonds I don't see why you can't do it for finding main land.

 

[gigastrike]

The world isn't endless, so no.

 

[anthony87]

Well I've taken the adventuring part of the Adventure update quite seriously. No permanent establishments or dwellings, carry a furnace and workbench everywhere with me and so on and done a lot of sailing to get around/stay safe from mobs at night.

Can't say I've been in an ocean that big though.

 

[Fiad]

They aren't endless, but they are HUGE, and I mean huge, you can spend a few days in game without seeing another bit of land.

 

[Bobbity]

Crossed one in creative mode that covered four entire maps - even flying over it took ages.

They're not actually endless though, they just seem like it.`

 

[Continuity]

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Seed please!

I like the idea of large oceans, I'd actually like to see minecraft spawn actual worlds, with oceans and continents rather than randomly stitched together "biomes".

 

[literallyanythingelse]

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Seed please!

I like the idea of large oceans, I'd actually like to see minecraft spawn actual worlds, with oceans and continents rather than randomly stitched together "biomes".

I typed 'mostly' into the seed box, dunno the number. I wouldn't expect continents or anything though. It's just... well. Ocean.

 

[literallyanythingelse]

Em you could just go on to Minecraft wiki. If you had of you would have seen that they say that ocean biomes can have water up to 10k blocks.

Yeah I saw that but really hoped someone would have been in this situation and found the shore. The alternative is that I have to go 1250 blocks in the nether to get out of the ocean, which is 40 stacks of netherack... I guess that's doable.

Well that is a max but if you really want a shortcut I am sure you could find a program that generates a map of your world. I know people do it for search for diamonds I don't see why you can't do it for finding main land.

Thanks, it completely worked. I actually shouted in joy when I stepped out of the portal and saw a cow. So there you have it. The ocean is not endless. Thread closed I guess.