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Biomes, also unofficially called Ecosystems, are areas with specific height, light levels, vegetation, and types of BlocksMinecraft currently has 34 biomes.

Temperatures[]

Snowy[]

These biomes are known for their inclusion of Snow and Ice. Crops will grow slowly here.

  • Frozen River
  • Ice Plains
  • Ice Plains Spikes
  • Cold Beach
  • Cold Taiga
  • Cold Taiga (Mountainous)

Cold[]

These biomes are cold, but not cold enough to have snow everywhere. 

  • Extreme Hills
  • Extreme Hills M
  • Taiga
  • Taiga M
  • Mega Taiga
  • Mega Spruce Taiga
  • Extreme Hills+
  • Extreme Hills+ M
  • Stone Beach

Lush[]

Lush biomes are warm and often contain Flowers. They are great for crop cultivation.

  • Plains
  • Sunflower Plains
  • Forest
  • Flower Forest
  • Swamp
  • Swamp M
  • River
  • Beach
  • Jungle
  • Jungle M
  • Jungle Edge
  • Jungle Edge M
  • Birch Forest
  • Birch Forest M
  • Birch Forest Hills M
  • Roofed Forest
  • Roofed Forest M
  • Mushroom Island
  • Mushroom Island Shore

Dry[]

Dry Biomes are very hot, and rarely contain any moisture or any foliage. It does not Rain here either.

  • Desert
  • Desert M
  • Savannah
  • Savannah M
  • Mesa
  • Mesa (Bryce)
  • Plateau
  • Plateau M

Neutral[]

These biomes are either completely filled with Water, or have several variants that differ depending on their biome.

  • Ocean (Variants)
  • Hills (Variants)

Plains[]

Plains are the most common biomes. They are good for building due to the large available area and flat landscape.

Type[]

  • Lush

Features[]

Desert[]

Deserts are hot biomes with vast stretches of Sand and Cacti. They do not contain many resources.

Type[]

  • Hot and Dry

Features[]

Extreme Hills[]

The Extreme Hills is a massive, steep, mountain-like biome.

Type[]

  • Cold

Features[]

Forest[]

The Forest is a common biome featuring a large number of Trees.

Type[]

  • Lush

Features[]

  • Trees are in large quantities
  • Spiders spawn more commonly
  • Wolves can be found here

Taiga[]

The Taiga is a relatively cold biome. It contains quite a few resources and items that cannot be found in any other biome.

Type[]

  • Cold

Features[]

Swamp[]

The Swamp is an uncommon biome featuring murky water and an unpleasant atmosphere.

Type[]

  • Lush

Features[]

River[]

A long, winding stretch of water.

Type[]

  • Depends on the Biome it cuts through

Features[]

  • Can cut through a variety of biomes
  • Squid spawn frequently
  • Clay is easily found here

Ice Plains[]

A flat, snow-covered space. The world generation here is much like regular plains.

Type[]

  • Snowy

Features[]

  • Snow is found very commonly in the form of layers and blocks.
  • Endermen may create Snow Golems by accident here.
  • In Update 0.15.0, Strays have an 80% chance to spawn in place of a Skeleton.
  • In Update 1.0, Igloos have a chance of spawning here.
  • Villages that generate here will have the same source as taiga villages.

Mushroom Island[]

Mushroom Biomes are rare biomes that spawn in oceans. On rare occassions, they can spawn attached to a much larger mass of land. They feature mushroom-themed surroundings.

Type[]

  • Lush

Features[]

  • Mycelium, a purple, spreading block can be found in bountiful quantities
  • Trees are very rare
  • Giant Mushrooms spawn here in plentiful quantities.
  • Mushrooms are very common and can be found in any light level
  • Mooshrooms spawn exclusively here. 
  • Hostile Mobs do not spawn

Beach[]

The Beach features Sand, Gravel, and clumps of Clay. It is often found when a Desert Biome reaches an Ocean Biome.

Type[]

  • Lush

Features[]

  • Have few to no trees
  • Clay can be found easily

Jungle[]

The Jungle is a dense, lush biome filled with trees and lots of unique resources.

Type[]

  • Lush

Features[]

Birch Forest[]

A variant of the Forest biome that only has Birch Trees.

Type[]

  • Lush

Features[]

Roofed Forest[]

Also called the Dark Forest, the Roofed Forest features a thick foliage complete with giant mushrooms.

Type[]

  • Lush

Features[]

Cold Taiga[]

Cold Taigas are more cold, snowy versions of Taiga biomes.

Type[]

  • Snowy

Features[]

  • Features Snowy Leaves
  • Have all other Taiga features

Savannah[]

A warm, vast biome with Acacia Trees and large amounts of grass. They are almost always found near a Desert.

Type[]

  • Dry

Features[]

  • Villages are found most commonly here
  • Acacia Trees spawn in this biome exclusively, generating differently to normal trees
  • Features pale, yellow grass

Mesa[]

A Desert-like biome featuring Cactus, Dead Bushes, Red Sand, and Stained Clay of all kinds. These are also called 'Red Deserts' and ‘Canyons’.

Type[]

  • Dry

Features[]

Ice Spikes[]

The Ice Spikes biome is essentially the Ice Plains Biome, but with huge tree-like ice spikes that release water when destroyed. It also features steep cliffs.

Type[]

  • Snowy

Features[]

Mega Spruce Taiga[]

Mega Spruce Taiga is a large Taiga forest featuring large Spruce Trees.

Type[]

  • Cold

Features[]

Oceans[]

Oceans are vast, deep bodies of Water.

Type[]

  • Neutral

Features[]

Trivia[]

  • The world generator used for PC and Minecraft Pocket Edition generates almost the same biomes, thus making it possible to use Biome Finders for PC for locating Minecraft Pocket Edition biomes.
    • However, if the Minecraft Pocket Edition seed is negative the Player needs to add 4,294,967,296 to the seed number to make this process work. 
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