Minecraft has a wonderfully complex code that procedurally generates each world, but this code can go a little wrong and cause issues, such as a world in Minecraft that won’t stop raining.
This is often caused by the game having some commands in effect, a small glitch, or sometimes it’s just the way the game is supposed to function.
Let’s take a look at some of the most common reasons for constant rain in Minecraft and how to fix them.
Wait Out The Storm
Minecraft rain is coded to have an average time of only half a day but can also last a lot longer. The actual range for how long a rainstorm can last is from 0.5 days all the way up to 7.5 days. This means if you’re experiencing a seemingly never-ending rainstorm, it may just be that you have been a bit unlucky and ended up with the longer variety.
The best thing to do is wait it out and see what happens after the 7.5-day point. If the rain is still coming down, it may be time to consider some of our other suggestions.
Sleeping Solo
When playing solo on Minecraft, there is a simple way to ensure the rain stops. Whilst awake, the rain will usually stop after a predestined period of time as mentioned in the previous point. Whilst playing solo it is also possible to stop the rain by going to bed. The game stops any rain at sunrise and starts every day with clear weather.
This mechanic has a problem running in multiplayer games due to multiple players on the same server, all with different sleeping times and separate beds. The studio still hasn’t patched this issue. However, activation console commands can solve this, which we will cover in the section below.
Enable Cheats
Although it seems like cheating, many admins for public servers will enable cheats to ensure the games run smoothly with a lot of players. Cheats give admins the option to change the time of day, switch between creative and survival mode, and, among other things, change the weather.
Cheats have to be enabled before the game is created unless you are playing the Java edition, so if you intend to continue with your current seed, this won’t work. Let’s take a look at the step-by-step instructions on how to change the weather with cheats.
- Ensure you have checked the cheats on option when creating your world
- Wait for the world to load in
- Open the chat window with enter, / button, or the T key
- Type the command /weather clear and press enter
If you are playing on the Java edition and there is constant rain in the Minecraft world without cheats enabled, you can temporarily enable them. Let’s run through the steps here.
- Enter the game pause menu
- Click on Open to LAN
- Select Allow Cheats: on
- Click Start LAN World
You should now have a perfectly functioning game with cheats enabled. When you log out of the game and close it will reset this status and revert to a game without cheats.
If this still hasn’t solved your issue, read on.
Permanently Lock The Weather
It is also possible to lock the weather cycle permanently to clear skies with some simple changes to settings. With cheats enabled, you can go into settings and select the option to have constantly clear skies.
- Make sure cheats are active
- From the pause menu, navigate to the settings
- Select world settings
- Ensure to select the creative mode
- Scroll to cheats and turn them on
- Locate the weather cycle toggle and turn it off
This will permanently lock your weather cycle to clear skies weather.
Bugged Game
If none of these previous attempts are successful at solving your issue of when Minecraft won’t stop raining, it may be an idea just to open a new word and see if the issue persists. It may just be, due to the randomly generated worlds, that you have been unlucky with the generation and ended up with a bug. With such a vast range of options, the game has to make it work together, sometimes something can go wrong.
As a last resort, a fresh install of the game is always an option. This would flush out any issues there may be with the files or possible corrupted updates. Thankfully it is a small game and shouldn’t take too long.