Java Edition guides/The Update that Changed the World

This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in The Update that Changed the World ( 1.7.x releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with the Horse Update (Java Edition 1.6.x releases).

Changed

 * Each biome now has a "temperature" value. Biomes with similar temperature values are more likely to generate next to each other.
 * Biomes can be divided roughly into 4 categories based on how their temperature affects precipitation:
 * In hot biomes, it never rains.
 * In warm biomes, it rains at all altitudes.
 * In cool biomes, it rains at low altitudes and snows at high altitudes.
 * In snowy biomes, it snows at all altitudes.
 * Many existing biomes have been updated, and some have received slightly different variants where some key aspect of the generation is different:

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