Jungle

A jungle is a lush warm biome full of dense vegetation. Jungles are somewhat uncommon biomes, usually are expansive in size, and generate in areas with high humidity values, usually next to regular forests. It has a total of three variants.

Description
Jungles are mostly heavily forested, rivaling the dark forests in tree density. Unlike the short and thick trees of the dark forest, jungle trees can grow tall, and are the tallest trees in the game, with the tallest of them being well over 30 blocks in height. Large and balloon oak trees may also grow within the tall jungle trees, and "bushes" made of oak leaves or jungle leaves and a single log grow on the floor of the jungle, which frequently obstruct view of the bright green grass below. Many of the leaves and logs of both types are covered in vines. Jungles contain varying terrain, from the typical dense foliage of the main jungle biomes to the grassy meadows that form in jungle edge biomes.

Cocoa pods and melons generate on jungle logs and in patches on the ground, respectively. Melon patches generate somewhat more often than pumpkin patches do in other biomes. Single shoots of bamboo may generate in the jungle as well. Additionally, the parrot, ocelot, and panda mobs exclusively spawn in jungle biomes, and chickens spawn at higher rates compared to other biomes. Occasionally, a jungle pyramid may generate within the foliage; as they are partially made of mossy cobblestone and also covered in vines, they can prove hard to spot from a distance due to the density of the trees. Jungles can generate in most terrain types, from flat areas near sea level to elevated slopes beneath stony peaks.

Survival in jungles can be difficult. While running out of logs is unlikely, obtaining logs can present a challenge due to the heights of jungle trees. Additionally, jungle trees are significantly less sustainable compared to other trees, as their leaves drop saplings only 2.5% of the time, compared to 5% for all other trees; this means large jungle trees often drop only enough saplings to regrow them and not plant any new trees, while small jungle trees may not even drop a single sapling. The dense, maze-like foliage can easily get a player lost without some sort of trail marker, such as torches, and clearing the foliage for shelter is no easy task, due to both the heights it can reach and the sheer amount of it. However, parrots can make for useful pets when tamed; ocelots cannot be tamed, but can gain trust. They can repel creepers, while parrots can alert players of nearby hostile mobs. Cocoa beans and melons can also be farmed for dye, food, trading, and other such purposes.

Jungle biomes are significantly more resource-demanding to load and render compared to other biomes. Thus, players exploring in jungles may wish to turn down their graphics settings to avoid lag and FPS drops. The frequency of large jungle trees generated in Bedrock Edition is lower than in Java Edition.

Fishing
In jungles, only cod and salmon may be caught during fishing $$. Otherwise, bamboo and cocoa beans can also be collected as junk.

Variants
There are three jungle biome variants.

Jungle
The standard biome variant in the jungle family, jungle biomes feature the distinctive large jungle trees and dense foliage across the ground. Jungle pyramids can generate in this biome, and ocelots, parrots, and pandas spawn here.

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Sparse jungle
The jungle edge or sparse jungle biome is a sparser variation of the jungle. Trees still generate here, though at significantly lower rates than the main jungle, roughly comparable to the rate of trees in the savanna biome, additionally only small jungle trees generate in this biome. The grass still takes on a bright green color, though slightly less vibrant than the main jungle. Ocelots, parrots, and pandas may spawn in this biome, but jungle pyramids do not generate here.

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Bamboo jungle
The bamboo jungle variant generates in large patches within regular jungles. Trees are much less dense in this variant than in the main jungle, comparable to the sparse jungle, but boasts countless amounts of bamboo across its landscape. Some swaths of grass blocks are replaced with podzol, similarly to old growth taigas. Additionally, all naturally-generated trees are large variants; only 2×2 jungle trees and large, branching oak trees may generate, though many of the oaks are simply small "balloon" oaks. Trees planted and grown by the player can be any size. All jungle-exclusive mobs, including pandas, may spawn here. Pandas have a higher spawn rate in bamboo jungle than in regular jungle. Jungle pyramids may spawn here $$, whereas $$, there are no jungle pyramids.

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