Biome
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| Biomes are the different environments that can be found in the worlds of Minecraft. Main Page includes some biomes from the base game, but most biomes and their mechanics have been revamped or added. |  |
Default Biomes Edit
Forest Edit
| A common biome which generates with oak trees and about a 20% chance of birch trees.
Occasionally generates pumpkins. Fully affected by the seasons. |
 minecraft:overworld.forest |
Seasonal Forest Edit
| Has about a 80% chance of generating cherry trees, instead of oak and birch trees.
Often generates mixed in with regular forests. Fully affected by the seasons. |
 minecraft:overworld.seasonal_forest |
Rainforest Edit
| Temperate biome that generates with a dense canopy of oak trees, some shrubs and a lot of ferns.
Sugarcane generated in the rainforest will be significantly taller than in other biomes. Will occasionally generate pumpkins. It will not snow in the rainforest. |
 minecraft:overworld.rainforest |
Birch Forest Edit
| Has a 100% chance of generating birch trees that are significantly taller than normal.
Fully affected by the seasons. |
 minecraft:overworld.birch_forest |
Plains Edit
| A flat biome with lots of grass and flowers.
Pumpkins can occasionally spawn here. Trees are rare, often generates tall grassy hills with a lot of relatively flat surfaces. Fully affected by the seasons. |
 minecraft:overworld.plains |
Meadow Edit
| Similar to plains, with a much greater abundance of flowers. |
Desert Edit
| It's a normal desert from Beta 1.7.3, generates with cactus and dead bush.
It will not rain or snow in the desert. |
 minecraft:overworld.desert |
Grasslands Edit
| Barren landscapes that generate without trees, flowers or tall grass. |  minecraft:overworld.grasslands |
Shrubland Edit
| Often generates flat grassy hills with a few shrubs scattered in. |  minecraft:overworld.shrubland |
Swampland Edit
| Wet biome that often generates near large bodies of water.
Trees that are generated or grown inside the biome turn into moss trees. Swamplands also generate with mud and pumpkins, and are fully affected by the seasons, in addition the only biome that generates with algae. |
 minecraft:overworld.swampland |
Outback Edit
| A red wasteland with scorched dirt, spinifex and occasional oak trees. A rare variant of scorched dirt called rich scorched dirt can also generate in patches.
Often generates near deserts and grassy outbacks. It will not rain or snow in the outback. |
 minecraft:overworld.outback |
Grassy Outback Edit
| An outback variant that generates groves of eucalyptus trees.
Often generates near deserts and outbacks. It will not rain or snow in the grassy outback. |
 minecraft:overworld.outback.grassy |
Boreal Forest Edit
| A cold biome containing pine trees. | minecraft:overworld. |
Taiga Edit
| A snowy biome containing a plethora of pine trees and usually covered in snow. | minecraft:overworld. |
Tundra Edit
| Barren terrain similar to the grasslands, except much colder and covered in snow. | minecraft:overworld. |
Glacier Edit
| The coldest biome, with permafrost and thick layers of snow, and a lack of trees anywhere. |
Special World Types Edit
| World types can be selected when creating a world.
Or edited retroactively using a 3rd party NBT Editor. |
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Classic Edit
| Terrain generation similar to Classic, but infinite.
This world type has "No Season" and only one biome. |
 minecraft:overworld.retro |
Retro Edit
| Terrain generation as close as possible to Minecraft Alpha 1.1.2_01.
This world type has "No Season" and only one biome, the world generation was ported from Minecraft Alpha, complete with neon green retro grass and retro leaves. |
 minecraft:overworld.retro |
Hell Edit
| This world ended long ago - survive it.
An inhospitable wasteland of nothing but dirt, darkness, and lava oceans. Rain has also been affected by this hellscape; it's now blood red and rains upward. |
 minecraft:overworld.hell |
History Edit
| History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minecraft Beta 1.7.6 | ||
| Prerelease 1 | ||
| Added outback. | ||
| Added meadow. | ||
| Added boreal forest. | ||
| Added hell. | ||
| Added retro. | ||
| Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0 | ||
| Pre-1 | ||
| Added birch forest. | ||
| Added glacier. | ||
| Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0 | ||
| Added mud to swamps. | ||