How deep exacly are the oceans ?

Well, it really depends on how the devs make the terrain generator.
There will be a maximum depth that the system will ever create. The only question is, how deep will the devs implement?

 

Exactly 3,437 blocks deep, no more, no less.

 

I guess about fifteen minutes of swimming, at the deepest.

 

Deeper than Twilight's story line, so, pretty shallow

 

Hopefully deep enough so I can do this

 

Or this

 

Enough deep to use a submarine (or something similar) i hope ! :O

 

that was super legit.

 

I've encountered that so called World of Warcraft sea monster, never heard of any rumors until now though. I just assumed it was a glitch. Swimming in the ocean just north of the blood elf starter area, it is rather shallow. I honestly was bored and swimming out there for hours until my character was thrown from the water strait up with a loud noise like an explosion or roar. There was no 'monster' that I could see...but I do know I died for no reason. Though this gives me a wonderful...horrible...idea, a leviatain like boss somewhere...in some ocean... now I might just avoid swimming too deep without friends. Also...balrog...that is all.

 

See: Magnathorax.


Also, I think a 10-minute straight free-float down with no user interaction and no armor or anything equipped sounds good.

 

balroooooooooooog

i think i got the wrong one, but who cares

 

I'd sink to the bottom without armor...but gills apparently are only cosmetic.

 

Cthulu is friggin massive ._.

 

Awww really?

 

lol exactly what ive wanted in a game

 

you can swim

 

How long is a piece of string?

 

If it's huge, terrifying sea monsters you guys want, you might like this. Glassiam from /r/starbound made it - this is the original post. He said it might feature in a mod when the game's released, so here's hoping!



Oh, and here's a larger image of the submarine:



(and the submarine's original post)