Minecraft biomes
Every biome below has a dedicated page with a live map and seed tips.
Cherry Grove
Rare pink-petaled meadow on mountain slopes with cherry trees and pink petals.
Mushroom Island
Rare mushroom fields biome where hostile mobs cannot spawn — a classic base location.
Pale Garden
The Creaking’s home: eerie pale oak forest introduced in the Winter Drop.
Lush Cave
Underground cave biome packed with glow berries, azalea, and lush vegetation.
Deep Dark
Sculk-filled cavern that hosts the Ancient City — and the Warden.
Ice Spikes
Rare variant of snowy plains with tall, pointed pillars of packed ice.
Mangrove Swamp
Muddy swamp added in 1.19 with mangrove trees, mud blocks, and frogs.
Badlands
Mesas with terracotta bands — the only source of surface gold ore in quantity.
Jungle
Dense jungle with jungle temples, ocelots, cocoa, and towering jungle trees.
Savanna
Dry grassland with acacia trees — home to llamas and the shattered plateau variant.
Jagged Peaks
The highest mountain biome, capped with snow and often holding surface emerald ore and goats.
Bamboo Jungle
Dense jungle variant full of bamboo — the only place pandas spawn in numbers.
Warm Ocean
Shallow turquoise ocean with coral reefs — the best place to collect coral blocks.
Deep Ocean
The deep variant of ocean where ocean monuments generate — deep water over dark seabed.
Old Growth Taiga
Giant spruce forest with podzol and large ferns. Great for wood and podzol farms.
Eroded Badlands
The most dramatic badlands variant — spiky terracotta spires above orange clay.