All Minecraft Biomes: Complete List by Dimension (26.3)
Every Minecraft biome in 26.3 — 56 Overworld, 5 Nether, and 5 End biomes on Java, what each group contains, and how to find any biome fast.
FAQ
How many biomes are in Minecraft?
What does a biome actually control?
What is the rarest Minecraft biome?
How many biomes are in Minecraft?
Java Edition has 67 biome types: 56 Overworld, 5 Nether, 5 End, and one extra that only appears in a superflat preset. Bedrock Edition lists 89, but 27 of those are legacy entries that no longer generate — the playable set is the same collection as Java’s.
A biome is decided at world generation and is independent of the blocks on the surface — it controls grass and water color, weather type, mob spawns, and which structures are allowed to generate.
What are the Overworld biomes?
The 56 Overworld biomes group into a few families:
| Family | Biomes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Forests & woods | forest, flower forest, birch forest, old growth birch forest, dark forest, taiga, old growth pine/spruce taiga, snowy taiga, dappled forest, cherry grove, jungle, sparse jungle, bamboo jungle, pale garden | Wood types and mob rosters differ per biome |
| Plains & flats | plains, sunflower plains, snowy plains, ice spikes, meadow | Villages and horses common |
| Mountains | windswept hills/forest/gravelly hills, stony peaks, jagged peaks, frozen peaks, snowy slopes, grove, windswept savanna | Emerald ore and goats |
| Wetlands | swamp, mangrove swamp, river, frozen river, beach, snowy beach, stony shore | Frogs in swamps; buried treasure on beaches |
| Arid lands | desert, savanna, savanna plateau, badlands, wooded badlands, eroded badlands | No rain ever falls here |
| Oceans | ocean, deep ocean, cold/deep cold, frozen/deep frozen, lukewarm/deep lukewarm, warm ocean | Deep variants can hold ocean monuments |
| Caves | lush caves, dripstone caves, deep dark | Generate underground at any point on the map |
| Islands | mushroom fields, mushroom field shore | The only no-hostile-mob surface biome |
The 67th Java biome is the void, used only by a superflat preset.
What are the Nether and End biomes?
| Dimension | Biomes |
|---|---|
| Nether (5) | nether wastes, crimson forest, warped forest, soul sand valley, basalt deltas |
| End (5) | the end, small end islands, end midlands, end highlands, end barrens |
Nether biomes control which mobs spawn — hoglin and piglin density varies per biome. In the End, only the end highlands can grow chorus trees and generate end cities.
How do you find a specific biome fast?
/locate biome <name>— returns the nearest coordinates on both editions; pair with the teleport command to jump straight there- Chunkbase-style seed maps — enter your seed to preview the biome layout (see our best seeds for strong starting layouts)
- Climate logic — cold biomes cluster with cold, warm with warm; badlands only appear near deserts and savannas, mushroom fields only as ocean islands
What’s coming next?
An ice caves biome is confirmed for the Ice Caves drop expected December 2026 — it will join the cave-biome family alongside lush caves and dripstone caves once the fourth drop of 2026 ships.
What to read next
- Rarest Minecraft Biomes — the hardest biomes to find and how to reach them
- Dappled Forest Biome — the newest Overworld biome, added in Wilderness Bound
- Minecraft Structures — which structures generate in which biomes
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