CurseForge · Minecraft mod
Ocean’s Descent
Ocean’s Descent transforms Minecraft’s oceans with new biomes, creatures, ruins, resources, and dangers waiting in the depths.
Quick answer
Which Ocean’s Descent release should I use?
Ocean’s Descent Ocean's descent reimagined targets 1.20.1 with Forge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.
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Is Ocean’s Descent required on the client, server, or both?
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.
What else does Ocean’s Descent Ocean's descent reimagined need?
Ocean's descent reimagined. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
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About this project
What does Ocean’s Descent add?
Ocean’s Descent

The ocean is no longer an empty boundary it is an entire world waiting beneath the surface.
Ocean’s Descent transforms underwater exploration into a journey through beauty, mystery, and danger. Begin among the bright waters near the surface, then descend through unfamiliar environments, forgotten ruins, and vast trenches where sunlight can no longer reach. The deeper you travel, the stranger the ocean becomes.
Prepare for the journey by crafting specialized scuba equipment, protective masks, and other underwater gear designed to help you survive and explore. Navigate the depths, search for rare materials, uncover hidden locations, and discover what lies inside the darkest regions of the sea.
Beyond the normal ocean awaits an entirely new aquatic dimension a massive, submerged realm shaped by crushing depths, ancient secrets, and creatures adapted to a world without light. Every descent offers new places to explore, resources to collect, and mysteries to solve.
The surface is only the beginning.
**Highly Recommend shaders.
Descend. Explore. Discover what waits below.
But travler, be careful dont go to deep, or you'll be consumed by the Hadal.
Recommended for this mod.
planned Features.
Future Updates**
Recommended Experience
Ocean’s Descent is best experienced alongside shaders and other compatible mods that expand or improve Minecraft’s oceans.
Build your own underwater adventure, explore slowly, and prepare before descending into the depths.
Planned Features
Ocean’s Descent will continue expanding with new systems, environments, and creatures lurking throughout the depths.
Pressure and Depth System — Greater depths will require stronger equipment to survive the crushing pressure.
Leviathans and Sea Monsters — Enormous creatures will inhabit the open ocean, deep trenches, and Hadal Zone.
Ocean Depth Layers — Descend through unique zones, each with different environments, resources, and dangers.
Progressive Diving Equipment — Craft improved suits, masks, oxygen equipment, and pressure-resistant upgrades.
New Aquatic Creatures — Discover wildlife ranging from peaceful animals to dangerous deep-sea predators.
Underwater Structures — Explore ruins, abandoned stations, forgotten temples, and other submerged locations.
Rare Deep-Sea Materials — Find exclusive ores, crystals, plants, and creature resources.
Environmental Hazards — Face darkness, limited oxygen, powerful currents, and extreme pressure.
Expanded Aquatic Dimension — New biomes, structures, creatures, materials, and mysteries will be added over time.
The Hadal Zone — Enter the deepest region, where the greatest dangers and most valuable discoveries await.
All planned features are subject to change during development.
Future Updates
Ocean’s Descent will grow through major updates, with each one opening another layer of the ocean.
The Pressure Update
Introduces ocean depth detection, dangerous pressure levels, reinforced diving equipment, and new reasons to prepare before descending.
The Living Depths Update
Expands the ocean with new creatures, including the water-walking Depth Strider, deep-sea predators, and unusual wildlife.
The Sunken World Update
Adds underwater ruins, abandoned structures, hidden chambers, lost technology, and environmental storytelling.
The Hadal Update
Opens the darkest and most dangerous regions of the ocean, containing extreme pressure, rare resources, unknown creatures, and secrets that should have remained buried.
Every update will take players deeper. Return after each descent something new may be waiting below.
The Frozen Depths Update
A frozen expansion focused on towering icebergs hanging over the bottomless abyss.
Planned features:
- Massive iceberg fields
- Freezing-water zones
- Body-temperature system
- Thermal diving suit
- Frostbite and Hypothermia effects
- Blue Ice Crystals
- Frozen ruins beneath the ice
- Ice-adapted sea creatures
- Cracking and unstable ice
- A giant frozen leviathan trapped inside an iceberg
Tagline:
Beneath the ice, the ocean is still alive.
Project description from CurseForge.
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Ocean’s Descent by Minecraft version and loader
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Recent files
Ocean’s Descent versions and loaders
Ocean's descent reimagined
oceans_descent-1.0.jar
21 Sept 2026
basic oceans remix
deep_oceans 2.0.jar
25 Nov 2024
basic oceans
deep_oceans-1.0.0-forge-1.20.1.jar
3 Oct 2024
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