Updated 23 October 2026. Facts on this page come from minecraft.wiki, minecraft.net and the live Artemis PvP server; sources are listed at the bottom.
Every Minecraft Biome
A biome is a region with its own terrain, plants, mobs, temperature and colours. minecraft.wiki counts 67 biome types in Java Edition: 56 in the Overworld, 5 in the Nether, 5 in the End and one for a superflat preset.
What is a biome?
A biome is a region of the world with its own features, plants, mobs, temperature, humidity and colours: forests, deserts, oceans and so on. The biome is fixed when the world generates, so reshaping the land does not change it. Find one with /locate biome; Java's /fillbiome can change it.
minecraft.wiki counts 67 Java biome types (56 Overworld, 5 Nether, 5 End, 1 superflat-only). Bedrock lists 89 types: 56 Overworld, 5 Nether, 1 End and 27 unused.
What biomes are in the Overworld?
| Group | Biomes |
|---|---|
| Ocean | Ocean, deep ocean, warm, lukewarm, deep lukewarm, cold, deep cold, frozen and deep frozen ocean, mushroom fields |
| Highland | Jagged peaks, frozen peaks, stony peaks, meadow, cherry grove, grove, snowy slopes, windswept hills, windswept gravelly hills, windswept forest |
| Woodland | Forest, flower forest, taiga, old growth pine and spruce taiga, snowy taiga, birch forest, old growth birch forest, dark forest, pale garden, jungle, sparse jungle, bamboo jungle, dappled forest |
| Wetland | River, frozen river, swamp, mangrove swamp, beach, snowy beach, stony shore |
| Flatland | Plains, sunflower plains, snowy plains, ice spikes |
| Arid | Desert, savanna, savanna plateau, windswept savanna, badlands, wooded badlands, eroded badlands |
| Cave | Deep dark, dripstone caves, lush caves, sulfur caves; ice caves are coming in 26.4 |
These groups are minecraft.wiki's own convenience categories, not official ones.
What biomes are in the Nether and the End?
- Nether: Nether wastes, soul sand valley, crimson forest, warped forest and basalt deltas.
- End: The End, plus small End islands, End midlands, End highlands and End barrens on Java (Bedrock counts the End as one biome).
- The Void: a Java-only biome used by the void superflat preset.
Which biomes are newest?
- Dappled forest (26.3, Wilderness Bound), with poplar trees.
- Sulfur caves (26.2, Chaos Cubed).
- Pale garden (1.21.4, The Garden Awakens).
- Cherry grove (1.20, Trails & Tales).
- Deep dark and mangrove swamp (1.19, The Wild Update).
- Ice caves are next, in 26.4.
Which biomes does ArtemisPvP use?
Frequently asked questions
How many biomes are in Minecraft?
minecraft.wiki counts 67 biome types in Java Edition: 56 Overworld, 5 Nether, 5 End and 1 superflat-only.
What is the newest biome?
The dappled forest, added in 26.3 (Wilderness Bound).
Sources
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