I have always been a sucker for ambience in Minecraft, but almost every weather mod I find is more focused on the survival aspect of it so, for the longest time I’ve thought about what a more ambient form of weather mod would be like.

Minecraft currently only has like four weather conditions (clear, rain, thunder, and snow).

new weather effects would be:

Sunny (the regular clouds disappear and the sun takes on a more fiery shape. Water can evaporate out of cauldrons and fire spreads and snow/ice melts twice as fast)

Overcast (similar to the way rain loots in hot biomes, but anywhere. The clouds become more frequent and mobs burn in daylight much Slower (but still do))

Windy (mostly affects particles. Chooses a random cardinal direction each day for winds to blow. Speed of Wind can change. I’d imagine a lot of new stuff could be done with Wind as a feature in earnest though)

Fog (reduces visibility. New mobs potentially, real creepypasta vibes? Would only affect blocks exposed to the sky, kinda like a rain effect. Not the same as simply reducing render distance, so it’s not annoying - things in the distance simply lose detail as they become Gray Silhouettes)

Sandstorm (thunderstorm level rare but reduces visibility. Camel Husk Jockeys will be made either exclusive or spawn more rarely unless here. imo they’re too common in deserts right now so they’ll go here. Exclusive to Deserts and Badlands)

currently the way weather works in Mc is that there are two random cycles, “rain” and “thunder”

when neither Rain or Thunder is true, it is clear when Rain is true but thunder is false, it is raining when thunder is true but rain is false, it is clear only when both rain and thunder are happening is there a thunderstorm, making them so rare

now, I want to update that to be four separate metrics calculating weather: “Sunniness”, “Cloudiness”, “Raininess”, and “Windiness”, which can carry a number between -1 and +1, denoting whether that weather stat is high or low.

When no other weather is happening, the weather is Clear. When Sunniness is set to above 0.5, it is Sunny. when Cloudiness is set to above 0.5, it is Cloudy. when Raininess is set to above 0.5, it is Rainy. when Windiness is set to above 0.5, it is Windy. when Sunniness and Raininess are both above 0.5, a Rainbow will occur. when Raininess is above 0.5, Cloudiness is above 0.5, and Windiness is above 0.75, then a Thunderstorm will occur. when Cloudiness is above 0.5, Windiness is below -0.5, and Raininess is below zero, then it will be Fog. when Raininess is set to above 0.5, and Sunniness is below -0.5, it will Snow. when Sunniness is above 0.75, Cloudiness is below -0.5, and Windiness is above 0.75, then a Sandstorm will occur.

Different types of biomes can add static “points” to the weather system, making certain weather more or less likely to occur inside them:

“Warm” biomes (deserts, savannas & badlands) add +0.2 to Sunniness and -0.2 to Raininess. ”Humid” biomes (jungles & swamps) add a +0.2 to Raininess and a +0.1 to Cloudiness ”Mountain” biomes (windswept hills, cherry groves, and mountain peaks) add a +0.2 to Windiness and a -0.1 to Sunniness ”Cold” biomes (taigas and dappled forests) add a +0.2 to Cloudiness and +0.1 to Windiness and Raininess ”Snowy” biomes (snowy plains, frozen oceans, etc) add a -0.2 to Sunniness and +0.1 to Windiness all other “Temperate” biomes do not add or subtract anything.

Vee's End Update Pt. 29 - Galactic Rain & Purpur Pitcher

A new Weather event for the End! Occasionally, while exploring the End, droplets of Galactic Acid will rain all across the dimension - not falling from the sky, but falling up from the void! During Galactic Rain, the sky will become more staticy, and End Flashes will not occur.

Much like swimming in Galactic Acid, being caught in the rain is no picnic. Players in contact with Galactic Acid rain will be continously damaged for half a heart, until being teleported to an area of safety. Luckily, since it hits the bottom of blocks first, anywhere on the End Islands is safe from being hit by this rain. I guess this explains where those pools of Galactic Acid come from?

In practice, you cannot fly across End Islands during this Galactic Rain. While the weather does not last as long as regular Overworld rain, lasting about 2 minutes on average, it can still be an impediment to Elytra users, people using the Slugker's levitating bullets to cross over chasms, as well as anyone trying to bridge over the void - as they'll have to move over the edge of the block to place more.

On the bright side, if you get caught over the void during Rain, it'll just teleport you back down no problem, so it's not the hugest danger for a random event.

So what do you do? Well, you make like the Endermen and teleport, of course! Throw ender pearls across the gaps and hope you can make it, adding an element of risk and strategy during your end exploration both pre- and post- Elytra. If you can't get a good angle, maybe build up or try some Kaleido Stars to get some height on it!