Sunsets, Villages, and Adventures in Minecraft

Minecraft is full of unique, endless worlds created out of simple blocks. Those who don't play it often disregard its beauty. Even though vanilla Minecraft is beautiful on its own, hundreds of mods can enhance the visuals of this game. They add dynamic lighting, shadows, new textures, animations and much more. I will share some of the shots that I took during the gameplay of my latest Minecraft world.

There are many naturally spawning structures in a Minecraft world. One of the most important ones is a village. The first village I found in this biome was a Savannah village. They have very unique-looking houses made out of the Acacia wood.

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The shaders I am using are from Complementary Reimagined. They enhance the lights and shadows so much that I love it every time the sun is close to the horizon.

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There are different biomes in the game, and many have their own styled villages. The little huts in these villages are made out of materials sourced from the same biome. So, they blend well with the surrounding forest and plains and don't look out of place.

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The next village I found was the plains village. It is one of my favourite biomes to set up a home.

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Sunsets here were even more dramatic. These plains are perfect to admire the beauty of the sky in this mod. You might have guessed we love exploring, finding new villages, looting them and taking shots as momentos. Can we be more evil than this? xD

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It feels like ocean and river generation have seen a lot of improvement over the years. I remember how the land was badly connected with large water bodies in the earlier Minecraft updates, but lately, all of my new world feels like the river system has improved a lot. This is good for the overall navigation. One of the fastest ways to navigate in the early game is through these boats.

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We found a sunflower biome as well. We both love these sunflower fields and always collect them for our base. We took almost all the sunflowers from this little patch.

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We were looking for all the different types of wild flowers so we could plant them at our base. We found a little natural garden. This is how our garden will be as well once we collect all the different flower types.

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I am proud of this next shot where Beril is running at full speed. Look at how her legs are in the air as if she is going really fast. Maybe she wants to reach home before the sun sets. It is never a good idea to race against time.

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I found an Ice biome as well. If I am not mistaken, this is called the Ice Spike biome. There are these spiky towers of ice generated naturally here. Some of these towers look like skyscrapers.

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The overworld looks so peaceful, but that's not all. There are other dimensions, one of which is much hotter than this one. The underworld is not a welcoming place, and you can see it from this shot.

Look at all the fire and lava in this place. Everything wants to kill you here. But the red hue looks good.

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I have been playing this game on and off for years now, and every time I come back, there are new things added to the game. Even without the new changes, every world feels fresh. Let me know if you liked these shots. Have you tried such visuals mods in Minecraft, or do you prefer the vanilla look? Let me know in the comments below.