Rivers and Rapids

I think with all of the new push for exploration, I think having rivers be overhauled would be amazing.
Imagine: The rivers now flow, and to get upstream you have to fight, or you could plant your base downstream, so that if you need to return quickly, boating along the rapids will give it a boost. It would have rocks on the sides, maybe some rock shelves in the middle to add some hazard with whitewater/faster flowing water. New sub biomes with reeds and bushes, could be added, and swamps and oceans could be where the river spits the player out. Salmon now have the urge to go upstream to the sulfur springs that now form at the top of mountains. Lush caves and dripstone caves now also reside under/ near these rivers as the water soaks down to make the biomes what they are. (drowned would also be immune to flow that works against them, but don't mind hitching a ride downstream to catch unsuspecting players. It would be a large update for sure, but would be completely worth the time and would make exploration far more interesting as well!

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September 04, 2026 05:38
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I love this idea! I might even add on top of that that waterfalls would be really cool, since in real life, much of a rivers water pressure comes from elevation change. The more rapidly water falls, the more it creates water pressure. Plus, since usually waterfalls carve out basins underneath them in real life, you could have the minecraft terrain generation make plunge pools underneath them that look cool, and you might even have some waterfalls that trickle down a cliff wall while others fall off of a hanging ledge, creating cool terrain that encourages you to build there because its too cool not to build near

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