Updated 25 October 2026. Facts on this page come from minecraft.wiki, minecraft.net and the live Artemis PvP server; sources are listed at the bottom.
Wooded Badlands Biome in Minecraft: Where It Is and What's There
Wooded badlands are a badlands variant with plateaus topped by grass, coarse dirt and small oak trees. Below the plateaus they look like normal badlands, with red sand and colored terracotta. Striped wolves spawn only here.
Where does the wooded badlands generate?
They generate in very hot places with low erosion and high humidity, often next to deserts and badlands, and near jungles and forests where it gets cooler. Some peaks reach Y=256.
What is in a wooded badlands?
- Grass and coarse dirt on top above about Y=97
- Small oak trees on the plateaus
- Red sand, terracotta, dead bushes and cacti below
- Extra gold ore, as in other badlands
Mobs and structures
Armadillos and warm farm animal variants spawn on the plateaus, and striped wolves only here. It never rains. Abandoned camps sometimes generate.
How do you find one?
The fastest way to find one in a world with cheats is /locate biome minecraft:wooded_badlands, which works on Java and Bedrock (Bedrock uses its own IDs for some biomes, so let tab-complete fill it in). The F3 screen on Java shows the biome you stand in. The search covers a large area but can miss very narrow strips of a biome.
How biomes are placed
Overworld biomes are placed by a few hidden noise values: temperature, humidity, continentalness (how far inland), erosion (how flat) and weirdness. That is why the same neighbours keep showing up together, and why a biome you want is usually found next to its usual partners. Biomes look and work almost the same on Java and Bedrock, with small differences in mobs and structures noted on this page. See all biomes and terracotta.
Tip
Look for the mineshafts high in the badlands: they sit exposed to the air, and gold ore is more common in badlands.
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Frequently asked questions
Which wolf is unique to wooded badlands?
The striped wolf.
How do you find a wooded badlands?
Use /locate biome minecraft:wooded_badlands with cheats on. This is the Java ID; Bedrock uses different IDs for some biomes, so let tab-complete fill it in.
Sources
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