DatapacksJava
Tidal Lock
Java data pack listed for Minecraft 26.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on Modrinth
A data pack that turns the Overworld into a tidally-locked planet.
Features:
- Only a 3000-block-wide sliver of land along the Z axis is habitable
- The time of day never changes
- At 0 blocks on the X axis, biomes are temperate; towards positive X they get warmer, and towards negative X they get colder
- At 1500 blocks on the X axis, the Fiery Wastes biome is the only biome that will generate
- Here, it's always noon, the ground is made of Magma Blocks, water evaporates, there are no oceans, and you'll take fire damage over time
- At -1500 blocks on the X axis, the Frozen Wastes biome is the only biome that will generate
- Here, it's always midnight, the ground is made of Blue Ice, water freezes, oceans are made of Packed Ice, and you'll take freeze damage over time
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.3
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
File checked by MCModsHub
- Downloads as Tidal Lock.zip
- Download size: 88 KB
- Download link checked 18 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.