A biome is a type of area in a Minecraft world, like a desert, a jungle or a snowy mountain. Each biome has its own blocks, plants, animals, weather and structures. Knowing them helps you find exactly what you need.
How many biomes are there?
Java Edition has more than 60 biomes: about 53 in the Overworld, 5 in the Nether and 5 in the End. Bedrock has the same playable biomes, plus some extra technical ones that do not appear in normal worlds. The exact number changes as updates add new ones, like the Pale Garden.
Overworld: warm biomes
- Desert: sand, cacti, desert temples, desert wells and villages. Rabbits and husks live here.
- Badlands (Mesa): colorful terracotta and extra gold. Mineshafts sometimes show up on the surface.
- Savanna: acacia trees, horses, llamas and villages.
- Jungle: huge trees, cocoa beans, melons, parrots, ocelots, pandas in bamboo jungles, and jungle temples.
Overworld: temperate biomes
- Plains and Sunflower Plains: flat and open, with villages and horses. Great for your first base.
- Forest, Birch Forest, Flower Forest: wood, flowers and wolves.
- Dark Forest: thick trees and woodland mansions.
- Pale Garden: a ghostly forest where the creaking appears at night.
- Cherry Grove: pink cherry trees, often on mountain sides.
- Swamp and Mangrove Swamp: slimes, witch huts, frogs and mangrove trees.
- Meadow: flowers and bees high in the mountains.
Overworld: cold biomes
- Taiga and Old Growth Taiga: spruce trees, foxes, wolves and sweet berries.
- Snowy Plains, Ice Spikes: snow, ice and igloos.
- Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks: tall mountains with goats and powder snow.
Oceans and water
- Warm, lukewarm, cold and frozen oceans: coral reefs, shipwrecks, ocean ruins and ocean monuments.
- Mushroom Fields: a rare island with mooshrooms where hostile mobs do not spawn.
- Rivers and Beaches.
Underground biomes
- Lush Caves: glow berries, moss, axolotls and azalea trees above them.
- Dripstone Caves: pointed dripstone and lots of copper.
- Deep Dark: sculk, ancient cities and the Warden. See boss mobs.
The Nether
- Nether Wastes: the classic red Nether, with nether fortresses.
- Crimson Forest: piglins and hoglins.
- Warped Forest: blue fungus and lots of endermen, the safest Nether biome.
- Soul Sand Valley: skeletons, ghasts and fossils.
- Basalt Deltas: rough terrain with magma cubes.
The End
The main island where the Ender Dragon lives, plus the outer islands: End Highlands, End Midlands, End Barrens and Small End Islands. End cities with shulkers and elytra are found in the outer islands.
Tips
- Turn on coordinates to remember where biomes are. See how to show coordinates.
- Want even more variety? Terrain and biome add-ons can make worlds look very different.
