# 🌍 Latitude v1.2.5 — Minecraft 1.21.1
This release brings critical world-generation fixes and long-standing climate correctness improvements to **Minecraft 1.21.1**, stabilizing Latitude’s behavior across warm and cold zones and resolving several vanilla edge cases.
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## ❄️ Warm-Band Snow Issues — Fixed
Snow appearing in warm climate bands (equator, jungle, tropical regions) has been fully resolved.
### What was happening
Vanilla Minecraft could still place snow via internal generation systems (such as top-layer freezing and biome legacy behavior) based on *base* biomes, even after Latitude reassigned the *final* biome to a warm climate.
### What’s fixed
- **Snow blocks** no longer generate in warm bands.
- **Powder snow** (including dangerous cave-mouth sink traps) is blocked in warm climates.
- **Snow layers** are prevented in warm zones.
- Fix applies reliably to:
- cave entrances
- hillsides
- partially exposed terrain
- edge-case chunk generation paths
### Implementation notes
- Snow placement is intercepted at the **final world-generation write stage**, ensuring no upstream vanilla logic can bypass Latitude’s climate rules.
- Replacements are handled safely:
- powder snow / snow layers → AIR
- snow blocks → DIRT above sea level, STONE below
- Debug logging is disabled by default and available only via explicit JVM flags.
Result: **Warm climates now stay warm, without exceptions.**
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## 🌴 Mangrove Terrain Improvements
- Fixed incorrect mangrove placement on steep or unsuitable terrain.
- Mangroves now respect terrain suitability and patch logic more consistently.
- Prevents unnatural mangrove growth on hillsides and non-coastal areas.
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## 🧹 Debug & Stability Cleanup
- Reduced verbose biome debug output by default.
- Snow-guard diagnostics and HUD overlays are opt-in only.
- Improves performance and log clarity during normal gameplay.
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## ✅ Summary
Latitude 1.2.5 for Minecraft 1.21.1 delivers:
- Strict enforcement of climate bands
- Removal of rare but immersion-breaking snow anomalies
- More consistent terrain and biome visuals
- A stable foundation for future Latitude updates
This build is intended as a **stable release** for Minecraft 1.21.1 users.
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