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Seasons for most biomes

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At least the medium/lush biomes could have four seasons (spring, summer, fall and winter). The cold (snowy) or hot (desert, jungle) biomes could be excluded from this. 

What do seasons change? The most visible change is the vegetation, for example colored tree foliage in autumn or blossoms in spring time. In winter the precipitation would be snow and not rain. And it could also have some impact on crop growth, like slow growth in winter. This would add some difficulty to the game. Mob spawning could be affected by this too.

There are already moon phases in Minecraft. Maybe the seasons could be tied to this. One entire moon circle could be one season. I think it would make the game more diverse and enjoyable. 

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    So which biomes WOULD be affected? Just plains and forests? The grass should also slightly change color. Like in winter the grass would look like the grass in taigas.

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    Along with other peaceful aspects of gameplay such as farming and fishing

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    I think this is a great idea! Mojang could even introduce new variants of animals with this! For example, when it is in winter, cows could grow brown hair so it can be warm. Bears could be also added into the game with this!

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    I like that update idea. However, I think there should be more time than just one moon cycle between seasons. :)

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    Le mieux serait de rajouter un biome pour chaques saisons plutot que de voir le monde changer tout le temps ce qui peut etre embêtant. Un biome automne, un biome printemps ( avec les cerisiers japonais) en plus des biome deja existanciel, sa pourrais etre extrêmement stylé par expamle, lez arbres du biome automne pourrait avoir les feuilles rouges, jaunes et oranges selon le type d'arbres (chêne, bouleau...)

     

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    Leaves would appear to be falling and they would change colors every season.PLEASE consider it! :)

     

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    I would like to have the season added so if I build a base in like the plains or something it could go from summer to winter I would love that a lot

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    Make cat drop nothing and 0 XP

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    This is an awesome idea! Maybe make it happen around the system clock? If it’s winter here, it’s winter in game, etc.

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    I think that would be so fun and add a new challenge when it’s winter plus maybe add new plants or food

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    Some feedback regarding this suggestion, based on my personal experiences with a modded form of seasons:

    - Make the seasons toggleable, as well as the crop growth. The look of a biome post-building can detract some players from certain locations in a later season like autumn.
    - If toggleable, it should be possible to configure season duration, and make it function for multiple players who use Multisleep.
    - If crop growth will be affected by seasons, there has to be a workaround (such as building a greenhouse)
    - Tropical biomes can have a 'wet/dry' cycle rather than summer/winter cycle.
    - If seasons affect biome temperature and weather, that should also be toggleable. A border between cold/moderate biomes can appear really harsh with snow and rain as you jump borders (worse if you actually built there before knowing any of this..)
    - If a biome's temperature drops for winter, snow should form in the biome and water should freeze.
    - If weather becomes dependent on season, it should rain more in the spring/autumn, and thunderstorms should be more common in the spring/summer.

    Because seasons would affect more than looks in a world, I feel it should be tied to an update to both weather, and potentially crops and farming as a whole. An outlier to this outfit would be the coloration of trees dependent on biomes (I was pretty awed by Terralith and wish elements of it were vanilla)

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    I like all of this. Hope they either consider adding it in 1.19 with the wildlife update. Or a seasonal update on its own. They could give the plains or forest biomes a rework with it too.

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    I’ve Ben wanting this ever since I started playing

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    they could just add this to the wild update :)

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    I think that it would make the game more immersive and give it a natural aspect.

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    This is going to be awesome

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    I actually thought of this and came on here to make the same post, you beat me to it! hope they do it one day!

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    I like the idea of this update. Developing servers would be much more interesting if this were to be added to the game. It would also make the game itself more fun. Maybe the season could change every week, and during winter, mobs that normally spawn in the cold could spawn in. For example: Strays could spawn in winter. 

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    I like the idea of this update. Developing servers would be much more interesting if this were to be added to the game. It would also make the game itself more fun. Maybe the season could change every week, and during winter, mobs that normally spawn in the cold could spawn in. For example: Strays could spawn in winter. 

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    I would love to see particle effects based on the season. Heatwave lines in the summer, orange pixle leaves in the autumn/fall, we have snow but how about forsted leaves, pollen in the spring and extra flower spawns.

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    Maybe add new Banner patterns to match the seasons, and maybe the possibility to put them on your head armor slot!

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    I have been wanting seasons in Minecraft for a long time but I do think summer should be a little longer than the other seasons because the green grass and trees are signature to Minecraft's style

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    I know it doesn't seem realistic but I'm on bedrock Minecraft and the best way to make a sniper without a gun is adding a bow and telescope I think Mojang's next crafting recipe should be bows and telescopes. also you should add katanas they can only be made in iron, diamond and Netherite iron has 4.5 damage diamond has 5.5 damage Netherite has 6.5 damage basically all of them have 1.5 less damage usually katanas are cursed so you could make new specifically made enchantments for the katanas like poison hunger or a rare enchant that's gives you a 5% chance to instant kill and finally my final idea not really but you should add a new boss mob I know we failed the kraken and got the dum phantom instead in the mob vote but its because people thought it was gonna be big and people were 50IQ so you should add it like a specific item to spawn it like the heart of the sea and it give you the kraken gear when it dies at low durability also has a chance to give you an item to upgrade the tridents into a techno trident not the YouTube an upgrade honestly the kraken would make it so that there's more point to the ocean and one of the hardest battles like you would have to come out of the water for air a little bit if you don't have water breathing potions and yeah hopefully this is read and replied to good luck Mojang.         ye forgot to add that the reason I want the sniper aka bow and telescope is because I have 40 telescopes in my chest don't know what to with it.

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    I would <3 A  Seasonal Update

     

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    Je pense qu'il faudrait plutôt ajouter un biome "automne" et un biome "primtemps"

     

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    Je pense qu’il faudrait plutôt ajouter un biome « automne » et un biome « primtemps »

     

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    If they have a fall season the trees would lose the leaves and they would fall and make leaf piles which you could use for armor or for furnaces

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    You could have animals hibernate and come out only In summer,winter,autum and spring also different vegetation so in spring and early summer it has a really nice atmosphere with loads of blossoms and flowers

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    Hay personas que votaron por árboles frutales, quizás esto podría relacionarse con eso y hacer que den frutos en primavera y tengas que esperar para poder recolectar las frutas

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    I think that if Mojang adds different seasonal colors for leaves, they should only be natural leaves that have grown on trees (then leaves the player placed directly won't change). They already have differentiated between them, because natural leaves decay when the logs are removed. Maybe they'll implement something similar to the snowstorm snowy trees in Bedrock?