How far South?

[Thuban777]

Hi,

I generated a default size world and set Landcover = 30%, Landcover Scale - 100%.. The Sun at mid day is towards the bottom of the map so I presume that way is South. so I'm in the Northen Hemisphere I guess. I've gone about 8000 blocks south and it doesn't seem to be getting any warmer.

Does the world follow normal physics for temperature or does it do that stick random climates in random places thing that other block game does?

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[MKMoose]

8 minutes ago, Thuban777 said:

I've gone about 8000 blocks south and it doesn't seem to be getting any warmer.

At the default world configuration, the Polar-Equator distance is 100k blocks, which means that the average yearly temperature changes at a rate of 6 °C every 10k blocks. From the default spawn coordinates, you should usually start seeing appreciable climatic differences after travelling ~10-15k blocks south, as that is generally where the warmer climates ought to start, and where you might start seeing redwoods and bald cypress. Travelling ~30k blocks is usually around the minimum to start seeing proper tropical climates.

[Phillip Susi]

9 hours ago, MKMoose said:

From the default spawn coordinates, you should usually start seeing appreciable climatic differences after travelling ~10-15k blocks south, as that is generally where the warmer climates ought to start, and where you might start seeing redwoods and bald cypress. Travelling ~30k blocks is usually around the minimum to start seeing proper tropical climates.

Oh wow.  I wish I knew that when I started.  I have been trying to make my way south to find bees for 4 years now.  I think my south road is about 1200 blocks long now.  I'm only 5% of the way there?

[MKMoose]

24 minutes ago, Phillip Susi said:

Oh wow.  I wish I knew that when I started.  I have been trying to make my way south to find bees for 4 years now.  I think my south road is about 1200 blocks long now.  I'm only 5% of the way there?

If bees are your target, then you don't need to go far, if any distance at all - assuming you're on default world configuration and a temperate start, you should be able to find bees in your general vicinity quite fine. Temperate spawns start in the ~4-12 °C average yearly temperature range, whereas bees spawn at temperatures of 5-35 °C. You might want to go slightly south to ensure that local cold spots are less frequent, but you don't need to go all the way to the hot climates.

When it comes to finding bees, the more difficult part tends to be to actually hear or see them when nearby - plenty of stories in the community about only realizing a beehive was right under someone's nose after chopping down the tree it was in. A common piece of advice is to turn down music and increase ambient sound volume, or sometimes to just turn to mods for a little help.

Edited September 15 by MKMoose

[Thuban777]

On 9/15/2026 at 1:44 PM, MKMoose said:

At the default world configuration, the Polar-Equator distance is 100k blocks, which means that the average yearly temperature changes at a rate of 6 °C every 10k blocks. From the default spawn coordinates, you should usually start seeing appreciable climatic differences after travelling ~10-15k blocks south, as that is generally where the warmer climates ought to start, and where you might start seeing redwoods and bald cypress. Travelling ~30k blocks is usually around the minimum to start seeing proper tropical climates.

Thanks I'd better get my walking shoes on then :)

[Thuban777]

22 hours ago, MKMoose said:

If bees are your target, then you don't need to go far, if any distance at all - assuming you're on default world configuration and a temperate start, you should be able to find bees in your general vicinity quite fine. Temperate spawns start in the ~4-12 °C average yearly temperature range, whereas bees spawn at temperatures of 5-35 °C. You might want to go slightly south to ensure that local cold spots are less frequent, but you don't need to go all the way to the hot climates.

When it comes to finding bees, the more difficult part tends to be to actually hear or see them when nearby - plenty of stories in the community about only realizing a beehive was right under someone's nose after chopping down the tree it was in. A common piece of advice is to turn down music and increase ambient sound volume, or sometimes to just turn to mods for a little help.

I found my Bees by accident running from Wolves in a Forest not far from spawn.  I chopped a Tree down nearer spawn and was surprised to pick up some honeycomb!  If it's windy it can be quite difficult to hear their buzzy ways.  Still once you've got one nest and plenty of flowers it's easy just fence off the area to stop the pesky Racoons!

[Phillip Susi]

Oh boy, apparently the yearly average temperature at my home base is only 3.8.  At my new southern base it is 5.3.  So, yeah, I guess I'll be hunting for bees south of here.

[Phillip Susi]

What the... I kept going further south and made another little base next to a nice forest, but the average temperature here is back down to 3.8.

[Phillip Susi]

Do I need to be careful to inspect a tree for a beehive before chooping it down?  Will that destroy it or just leave it hanging there where it's easier to spot?

[MKMoose]

25 minutes ago, Phillip Susi said:

What the... I kept going further south and made another little base next to a nice forest, but the average temperature here is back down to 3.8.

The temperature can vary between different places and not just with latitude, so if you didn't move far then this is quite normal. Might be that this place is in a cold spot.

 

8 minutes ago, Phillip Susi said:

Do I need to be careful to inspect a tree for a beehive before chooping it down?  Will that destroy it or just leave it hanging there where it's easier to spot?

Chopping down a tree destroys all behives that might be in it.

[Maelstrom]

On 10/11/2026 at 1:20 PM, MKMoose said:

Chopping down a tree destroys all beehives that might be in it.

Yeah.  There's a story in the Humorous Stories thread about that.