TamTroll Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 so i know the world kind of exists in "strips" of environment. Cold, temperate, hot, temperate, cold, repeat, etc. and that you travel from one to the other by going north-south I'm not sure what environment i live in right now though, and I'd like to find some hot, desert-like environments, but i don't know whether going north or south would be faster. Currently i live in an environment with Bighorn sheep, Boars, Bears, Moose, Wolves, and Chickens. No Bees, no Termites, no Deer. I've got both a summer and a winter, but i feel like I'm in one of the "cold" regions, which i think implies I'd be near one of the "poles" of the planet if it were a sphere. The problem is i don't know if the "Artic" section of the world would be to my north or to my south. I travelled north recently and started encountering Goats and some variety of Deer. This was in the spring and early summer though, so I'm not sure if it gets colder up there or not. I haven't travelled too far south yet. Is there any surefire way to tell which way will get me to the hot climates faster?
Zane Mordien Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 If you started in the default settings, then about 40K blocks south is the topics. Around 20K south are the sub tropics where it is never winter.
TamTroll Posted April 22, 2025 Author Report Posted April 22, 2025 1 hour ago, Zane Mordien said: If you started in the default settings, then about 40K blocks south is the topics. Around 20K south are the sub tropics where it is never winter. And is there a way to know which way to go if i didn't use default settings?
StCatharines Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 1 hour ago, TamTroll said: And is there a way to know which way to go if i didn't use default settings? If you didn't change polar equator distance, world length, or world width, it should be the same.
TamTroll Posted April 22, 2025 Author Report Posted April 22, 2025 41 minutes ago, StCatharines said: If you didn't change polar equator distance, world length, or world width, it should be the same. So does everyone start in this general environment then? Bears, Bighorns, Wolves, Winter, etc? I was under the impression that people could spawn in any of the possible biome strips, that if i made a new world with a new set on the same settings, i could start the game in a desert by pure chance instead.
Thorfinn Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 Not pure chance. There are arid "high" deserts in temperate climates, but not the conditions for dry salt lake beds. I think you always start in the northern hemisphere, for what that's worth. If you decide to start a new world, just select a starting location in a warmer place. I forget what they are called, as I play almost exclusively default WS, other than permadeath and lightning and cave-ins.
StCatharines Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 3 minutes ago, Thorfinn said: I forget what they are called "Starting climate", and you can pick cold/cool/normal/warm/hot. 1
TamTroll Posted April 22, 2025 Author Report Posted April 22, 2025 20 minutes ago, Thorfinn said: I think you always start in the northern hemisphere, for what that's worth. And is going south faster then going north to get to warmer climates? I'm assuming if i kept going north i would have hit what, frozen tundra before desert? is that right?
Solution StCatharines Posted April 22, 2025 Solution Report Posted April 22, 2025 6 minutes ago, TamTroll said: I'm assuming if i kept going north i would have hit what, frozen tundra before desert? is that right? Correct. North means it gets colder before getting warmer, south means you immediately start getting warmer.
TamTroll Posted April 22, 2025 Author Report Posted April 22, 2025 (edited) 2 minutes ago, StCatharines said: Correct. North means it gets colder before getting warmer, south means you immediately start getting warmer. Gotcha. I'll head south next time i go on an adventure then, thanks! little strange as going north made me encounter things like Deer and Goats, which felt more warm-temprature then bighorn sheep, but maybe that was just a biome thing rather then a temprature thing. Edited April 22, 2025 by TamTroll
StCatharines Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 There are local variations, but over 10k blocks, south will be warmer from your start.
Thorfinn Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 From your default start location, you should find valleys warm enough for redwoods somewhere between around 12k and 15k. 1
Zane Mordien Posted April 22, 2025 Report Posted April 22, 2025 Keep in mind that if you want to do the story locations they are located on the map based on your starting spawn point. So if you plan on doing them then just start a new world with a hot start. 1
TamTroll Posted April 23, 2025 Author Report Posted April 23, 2025 nah, not aiming for story stuff. just in desperate need of Salt and Lime, neither of which exist anywhere near me in any capacity.
Zane Mordien Posted April 23, 2025 Report Posted April 23, 2025 17 hours ago, TamTroll said: nah, not aiming for story stuff. just in desperate need of Salt and Lime, neither of which exist anywhere near me in any capacity. You don't need to go south for lime or chalk. You just need to find a limestone or chalk rock area. My advise is to run 2k in every direction to start with all around your base and then if you don't find it go to 5k. I don't bother with salt so I can't help you there. You really don't need salt unless you are just doing it as a personal challenge.
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