diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/biome/overworld/BiomeGenSteppe.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/biome/overworld/BiomeGenSteppe.java
index ebe618c63..a066044ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/biome/overworld/BiomeGenSteppe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/biome/overworld/BiomeGenSteppe.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class BiomeGenSteppe extends BOPBiome
         this.terrainSettings.avgHeight(70).heightVariation(6, 20).octaves(0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0).sidewaysNoise(0.1D); 
         
         this.setColor(13413215);
-        this.setTemperatureRainfall(0.9F, 0.1F);
+        this.setTemperatureRainfall(0.75F, 0.1F);
         
         this.canSpawnInBiome = false;
         this.canGenerateVillages = true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBiomes.java b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBiomes.java
index 318fd5f82..581558f47 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBiomes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biomesoplenty/common/init/ModBiomes.java
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ public class ModBiomes implements BOPBiomes.IBiomeRegistry
         registerBiomeToDictionary(BOPBiomes.shrubland, Type.PLAINS, Type.DRY, Type.SPARSE);
         registerBiomeToDictionary(BOPBiomes.snowy_coniferous_forest, Type.FOREST, Type.CONIFEROUS, Type.SNOWY, Type.COLD, Type.DENSE);
         registerBiomeToDictionary(BOPBiomes.snowy_forest, Type.SNOWY, Type.FOREST, Type.COLD, Type.WET, Type.SPARSE);
-        registerBiomeToDictionary(BOPBiomes.steppe, Type.PLAINS, Type.SANDY, Type.HOT, Type.DRY);
+        registerBiomeToDictionary(BOPBiomes.steppe, Type.PLAINS, Type.SANDY, Type.DRY);
         registerBiomeToDictionary(BOPBiomes.temperate_rainforest, Type.FOREST, Type.LUSH, Type.WET, Type.DENSE);
         registerBiomeToDictionary(BOPBiomes.tropical_rainforest, Type.JUNGLE, Type.LUSH, Type.HOT, Type.WET, Type.DENSE);
         registerBiomeToDictionary(BOPBiomes.tundra, Type.COLD, Type.WASTELAND, Type.DEAD, Type.DRY, Type.SPARSE);