A river bisecting two jungle biomes.
Biomes are regions in a Minecraft world with varying geographical features, flora, heights, temperatures, humidity ratings, sky colours and foliage colours. Introduced in the Halloween Update, biomes separate every generated world into different environments, paralleling the real world; examples of biomes include the forest, jungle, desert and tundra. Prior to the Halloween Update, every world had only a single theme, either grassy or snowy.
In the Anvil file format, biomes are stored directly in the world data. This differs from the previous Region file format format, where biomes were dynamically calculated from the seed.
The term biome is analogous to its scientific usage: on Earth, a biome is climatically and geographically defined by distinctive communities of plants, animals and soil organisms supported by similar climatic conditions. They are often referred to as ecosystems.[1][2]
Biome types
There are 12 biomes as of Minecraft version 1.3.2. They can generally be distinguished by the grass and leaf colors in the biome, along with the types of blocks present (e.g. types of trees or other plants like cacti, sand coverage in deserts). The biomes are pseudo-randomly generated using the map seed.
| Name and Features | Description and Sample |
|---|---|
| Forest
Oak and Birch Trees, Tall Grass, Flowers, Grass, Wolves, Mushrooms |
A biome with a lot of trees, occasional hills and a fair amount of grass. Oak and birch trees grow in this biome. Mushrooms, tall grass, roses and flowers can occasionally be found. Forests can occasionally be generated as a technical biome in plains biomes. This is one of the best biomes to start out in, due to the abundance of wood. The frequency of trees makes it dangerous to navigate at night, due to obscured vision, difficulty in navigating and ease of mobs to spawn. |
| Desert | A barren biome consisting mostly of sand, large dunes, dead bushes and cacti. Sandstone is commonly found underneath the sand. Rain never falls in this biome. Sugar Cane can be found next to pools of water. The lack of visual obstruction makes mobs highly visible at night. Desert NPC Villages, desert wells and desert temples are found exclusively in this biome. |
| Plains | A relatively flat biome with rolling hills and much tall grass but with few trees. Gullies, water holes and NPC Villages are common. Passive mobs spawn here often. Cave openings and water or lava springs are easily identifiable due to its unobstructed terrain. |
| Swampland | A biome characterized by a mix of flat, dry areas (including lots of small islands) around the sea level and shallow pools of water with floating lily pads; clay, sand and dirt is commonly found at the bottom. Trees are often covered with vines and can be found growing out from the water. Mushrooms spawn abundantly in this biome. Stalks of sugar cane can be found along the shores. The colors of the water, grass, leaves and vines are much darker than in other biomes. |
| Jungle | A very dense, tropical biome. It features large jungle trees that can reach up to 31 blocks tall and 2 blocks in diameter. Oak trees are also common. The landscape is lush green and quite hilly, with many small lakes of water often nestled into deep valleys, sometimes above sea level. Leaves cover much of the forest floor—these are actually single-block oak trees with jungle wood trunks. When inside a jungle, the sky will become noticeably lighter. This is the only biome containing ferns and the aforementioned jungle trees. Vines are found alongside most blocks and may be found close to the surface in caves. Ocelots and Cocoa Plants spawn exclusively in this biome, the latter found on jungle trees. Jungle Temples spawn exclusively here. |
| Ice Plains | An expansive, flat biome with a huge amount of snow. It does not rain in this biome — it snows instead. Lakes and rivers are frozen over. Hills tend to be more mountainous. Sugar canes will spawn in this biome, but tend to become uprooted when chunks load as the water sources freeze to ice. There are very few natural oak trees in this biome. Due to the scarcity of wood, initial survival becomes difficult in comparison to other biomes. No above ground structures spawn here. |
| Taiga
Snow, Snowfall, Ice, Spruce Trees, Grass, Flowers, Wolves, Tall Grass |
A hilly biome densely filled with spruce trees. Grass is a dull gray-blue. Snowfall also occurs in this biome, forming snow and ice. Hills are common, and wolves are found in this biome more frequently than in others. |
| Extreme Hills | A highly mountainous biome (with some mountains reaching over y=100) with dull gray-blue grass and a few scattered oak trees. Cliffs, peaks, valleys, waterfalls, overhangs, floating islands, and many other structures exist, offering outstanding views. More underground cave systems are present here than in any other biome. Falling is a significant risk, as there are many ledges and sudden drops large enough to cause severe fall damage or even death. Extreme Hills and Extreme Hills Edge are the only biomes where Emerald Ores spawn. |
| Ocean | An extremely large, open biome made entirely of water, with underwater relief on the sea floor such as small mountains and plains which usually include dirt, sand, and clay. There is no maximum limit to the size of oceans.[3] Oceans typically extend under 25,000 blocks in any direction, reaching out to 100,000 in rare circumstances. Small islands with infrequent vegetation can be found in oceans. Epic caves are very common below sea level, and entrances to underground ravines can be found at the bottom of the ocean, as well as abandoned mine shafts. |
| Mushroom Island | This rare biome consists of flat landscape and hills and has mycelium instead of grass as its common surface block. It is always adjacent to an Ocean and it is often found isolated from other biomes. It is the only biome where huge mushrooms can spawn naturally, and where mushrooms can grow in full sunlight.
No mobs (including hostile mobs) other than Mooshrooms spawn naturally in this biome. This also applies to caves, abandoned mine shafts, etc. below mushroom biomes, meaning exploring underground is relatively safe. Player-made structures in this biome are not exempt from this rule: All terrain within the biome will not spawn any mobs (except for Mooshrooms), even by the player. However, Monster Spawners will still be able to spawn mobs, Golems can still be created by players and Spawn Eggs can still be used to spawn mobs. Trees can be grown from saplings in this biome, as well as other dirt or grass-based plants, as long as they are not directly adjacent to mycelium, which will take over the dirt square from the plant and uproot it. |
| Hell (The Nether) | This is the biome used to generate the Nether. Most of the terrain is composed entirely of expansive netherrack mountains, caves, and walls at all altitudes. Unlike other biomes it is enclosed by bedrock at layers 128 and 1. Lava oceans cover this biome at layer 29. Lava also generates more frequently, flows further and faster than on the overworld. It is the only biome where ghasts, blazes, magma cubes and zombie pigmen naturally spawn. |
| Sky (The End) | This is biome used to generate the End. Unlike other biomes it is composed almost entirely of a finite, floating landmass of End Stone, with the exception of obsidian towers and Ender Crystals. Only Endermen and a sole Ender Dragon can spawn in this biome. |
Technical biomes
Technical biomes are found alongside or within their larger counterparts. They are not considered true biomes, but more a part of the terrain itself. However, these technical biomes serve an important role in the Minecraft world in creating more realistic terrain.
There are seven known technical biomes.
| Name | Description | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| River | A biome that consists of water blocks that form in an elongated, curving shape similar to a river. Rivers cut through terrain or separate the main biomes. They attempt to join up with ocean on the other side, but will sometimes loop around to the same area of ocean. They have no current. Rivers have also been known to be a reliable source of clay. Although a technical biome, they are referred as biomes in the code. |
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| Frozen River | This variant of the river only spawns in taiga and tundra biomes. The surface layer of water is frozen. |
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| Beach | Generated on the shores of almost any body of water, beaches are composed of sand. Beaches penetrate the landscape, removing the original blocks and placing in sand blocks.
For the history of beaches, see the Beach page. |
File:Minecraft Beaches.png |
| Mushroom Island Shore | Mushroom shores represent the flat shore area of the mushroom biome. |
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| Frozen Ocean | Found near snowy biomes, frozen oceans contain ice on the top layer of water. |
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| Extreme Hills Edge | Acts as a fringe between mountains and most other biomes. | File:Extreme Hills Edge.png |
| Hills | Hills are generated within Forest, Taiga, Desert, Jungle, and Tundra biomes and are referred in the F3 menu as "ForestHills", "TaigaHills", etc. Forest hills seem to be generate more rarely than the other hills in their respective main biome. Tundra Hills are usually taller. In update 1.3 hills generated in forest and desert biomes are now taller. | File:2012-05-20 08.54.26.png
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History
Biome history
A very old image of biomes work-in-progress. "To the right of the player is a taiga, to the left is either a forest, or woods, I can’t remember. In the distance is probably tundra." -Notch
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1.2.0{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Flint|Flint]]<br/>{{Item
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| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
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'''Flint''' is a mineral obtained from [[gravel]].
== Obtaining ==
=== Mining ===
When a block of [[gravel]] is mined, there is a 10% chance for a single piece of flint to drop instead of the [[gravel]] block. When mined with a [[Fortune]]-enchanted tool, this chance increases to 16% at Fortune I, 25% at Fortune II, and 100% at Fortune III. Gravel mined using a tool with [[Silk Touch]] or gravel that fell on a non-solid block never produces flint.
=== Trading ===
Novice-level [[Trading#Fletcher|fletcher]] [[villager]]s have a 50%{{only|bedrock}} or {{frac|2|3}}{{only|java}} chance to offer 10 pieces of flint for 10 blocks of gravel and an [[emerald]].
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|flint}}
== Usage ==
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}
=== Trading ===
Apprentice-level fletcher villagers buy 26 flint for an emerald.
Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have a {{frac|2|3}} chance to buy 26 flint for an emerald {{in|java}}, and always offer the trade {{in|bedrock}}.
Journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a {{frac|2|5}} chance to buy 30 flint for one emerald in ''Java Edition'', and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Journeyman-level weaponsmith villagers buy 24 flint for an emerald.
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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== History ==
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||20100219|[[File:Flint JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint.
|Flint is now used to craft [[flint and steel]].}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.14|Crafting [[arrow]]s now requires flint, rather than [[iron ingot]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 4–5 flint for 1 [[emerald]] and 10 [[gravel]].}}
{{History|||snap=1.3|[[File:Flint JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been slightly changed.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Fletcher [[villager]]s now sell 6–10 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 318.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Flint JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Flint can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] fletcher houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Fletcher, leatherworker, toolsmith and weaponsmith [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] flint.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w07a|Flint has a {{frac|10|109}} (~9.17%) chance of being given by the new [[piglin]]s when [[bartering]], in a stack size of 3–8, making it renewable.}}
{{History|||snap=20w09a|Flint can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins. However, they are still renewable as piglins offer [[gravel]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|Flint now generates in [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.3|[[File:Flint JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint.
|Flint can be used to craft [[arrow]]s.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Flint can now be used to make [[flint and steel]].}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Flint JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Fletcher [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 6–10 flint for 1 [[emerald]] and 10 [[gravel]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Flint JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Flint can now be found in [[village]] fletcher [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has been changed, fletcher [[villager]]s now have a 50% chance to [[trading|sell]] 10 flint for 10 [[gravel]] and one [[emerald]] as part of their first tier trade.
|Flint can now be [[trading|sold]] to toolsmith, weaponsmith, fletcher, and leatherworker villagers.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Flint JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Flint JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Flint JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of flint has been changed.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:GodPortal.png|A piece of flint found in a [[ruined portal]] chest, together with an [[enchanted golden apple]].
</gallery>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--flint Taking Inventory: Flint] – Minecraft.net on October 31, 2019
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[[zh:燧石]]</li><li>[[Pottery Sherd|Pottery Sherd]]<br/>{{Item
| image=Angler Pottery Sherd.png
| extratext = View [[#Items|all items]]
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
<!-- IT IS SHERD, NOT SHARD! DO NOT CHANGE TO SHARD, AS IT IS NAMED SHERD IN-GAME! -->
'''Pottery sherds'''<ref group="note">The word "[[wiktionary:sherd#English|sherd]]" or "[[wiktionary:potsherd#English|potsherd]]" is used by archaeologists to refer to fragments of pottery or other ceramics in order to differentiate them from "shards" of glass, metal, minerals and other materials.
</ref> are a set of twenty [[item]]s used to craft [[decorated pot]]s with ornamental designs. They can be obtained only by [[brush]]ing [[suspicious block]]s, with the variants of sherd obtainable being dependent on the structure.
== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
When a [[decorated pot]] is broken with a [[pickaxe]], [[axe]], [[shovel]], [[hoe]] or [[sword]] that is ''not'' enchanted with [[Silk Touch]], it drops all of the pottery sherds and [[brick]]s used to craft it.
=== Suspicious block loot ===
Pottery sherds can be found as [[suspicious block]] loot in [[trail ruins]], [[ocean ruins]], [[desert pyramids]] and [[desert well]]s, and can be extracted from these blocks using a [[brush]].
{{#invoke:LootChest|base3|angler-pottery-sherd,archer-pottery-sherd,arms-up-pottery-sherd,blade-pottery-sherd,brewer-pottery-sherd,burn-pottery-sherd,danger-pottery-sherd,explorer-pottery-sherd,friend-pottery-sherd,heart-pottery-sherd,heartbreak-pottery-sherd,howl-pottery-sherd,miner-pottery-sherd,mourner-pottery-sherd,plenty-pottery-sherd,prize-pottery-sherd,sheaf-pottery-sherd,shelter-pottery-sherd,skull-pottery-sherd,snort-pottery-sherd}}
== Usage ==
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{Crafting
|ingredients=Any Pottery Sherd or [[Brick]]
|B1= Any Pottery Sherd
|A2= Any Pottery Sherd |C2= Any Pottery Sherd
|B3= Any Pottery Sherd
|Output= Decorated Pot
|type= Decoration block
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== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
|displayname=Friend Pottery Sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Heart Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=heart_pottery_sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Heartbreak Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=heartbreak_pottery_sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Howl Pottery Sherd
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
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{{ID table
|displayname=Skull Pottery Sherd
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|nameid=skull_pottery_sherd
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{{ID table
|displayname=Snort Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
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{{ID table
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|spritetype=item
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{{ID table
|displayname=Arms Up Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
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|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Blade Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=blade_pottery_sherd
|id=667
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Brewer Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=brewer_pottery_sherd
|id=668
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Burn Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=burn_pottery_sherd
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|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Danger Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
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|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Explorer Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=explorer_pottery_sherd
|id=671
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Friend Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=friend_pottery_sherd
|id=672
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Heart Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=heart_pottery_sherd
|id=673
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Heartbreak Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=heartbreak_pottery_sherd
|id=674
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Howl Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=howl_pottery_sherd
|id=675
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Miner Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=miner_pottery_sherd
|id=676
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Mourner Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=mourner_pottery_sherd
|id=677
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Plenty Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=plenty_pottery_sherd
|id=678
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Prize Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=prize_pottery_sherd
|id=679
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Sheaf Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=sheaf_pottery_sherd
|id=680
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Shelter Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=shelter_pottery_sherd
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|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Skull Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=skull_pottery_sherd
|id=682
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Snort Pottery Sherd
|spritetype=item
|nameid=snort_pottery_sherd
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|form=item
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== Achievements ==
{{Load achievements|Careful restoration}}
== Advancements ==
{{Load advancements|Respecting the Remnants;Careful Restoration}}
== History ==
{{History||October 3, 2020|[[File:Blue Ceramic Shard.png|32px]][[File:Orange Ceramic Shard.png|32px]][[File:Ceramic Shard 1.png|32px]][[File:Ceramic Shard 2.png|32px]][[File:Ceramic Shard 3.png|32px]][[File:Ceramic Shard 4.png|32px]] Ceramic shards were announced at [[Minecraft Live 2020]].|link=https://youtu.be/DBvZ2Iqmm3M?t=2216}}
{{History||February 10, 2023|[[Sofia Dankis]] posted an article about upcoming archaeology features, including pottery shards.|link=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/archeology-coming-minecraft-120}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|[[File:Archer Pottery Sherd JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arms Up Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Prize Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Skull Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added pottery shards behind the [[Java Edition 1.20|Update 1.20 experimental datapack]].}}
{{History|||snap=1.19.4 Pre-release 3|[[File:Archer Pottery Sherd JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Changed the texture of archer pottery shard.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Pottery shards are now out of the 1.20 experimental data pack.|[[File:Angler Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blade Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brewer Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Burn Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Danger Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Explorer Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Friend Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Heart Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Heartbreak Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Howl Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Miner Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Mourner Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Plenty Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sheaf Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Shelter Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Snort Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added another sixteen pottery shards.
|The probability for the archer, prize, and skull pottery shards to generate in the [[suspicious sand]] in [[desert temple]] and in [[desert well]] has been changed from 1/7 to 1/8, for the arms up pottery sherd to generate in the suspicious sand in [[desert well]] has been changed from 3/7 to 1/4.}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|Renamed "Pottery Shard" to "Pottery Sherd".|Burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl and sheaf pottery sherds no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the [[trail ruins]]; burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl and sheaf pottery sherds now are in the rare loot.}}
{{History|||snap=23w17a|The probability of the burn, danger, friend, heart, heartbreak, howl, and sheaf pottery sherds to generate in [[suspicious gravel]] in [[trail ruins]] has been changed from 1/11 to 1/12.{{verify}}|The player now gets the [[advancement]] "Respecting the remnants" when they brush a [[suspicious sand]] or a [[suspicious gravel]] to obtain a pottery sherd, "Careful restoration" when they craft a decorated pot using 4 pottery sherds.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.19.70|snap=beta 1.19.70.23|[[File:Archer Pottery Sherd BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arms Up Pottery Sherd BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Prize Pottery Sherd BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Skull Pottery Sherd BE1.png|32px]] Added pottery shards behind the "[[Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|Next Major Update]]" [[experimental]] toggle.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.19.80.20|[[File:Archer Pottery Sherd JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Changed the texture of archer pottery shard.}}
{{h|||snap=beta 1.19.80.22|[[File:Angler Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blade Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brewer Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Burn Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Danger Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Explorer Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Friend Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Heart Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Heartbreak Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Howl Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Miner Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Mourner Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Plenty Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sheaf Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Shelter Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Snort Pottery Sherd JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added another sixteen pottery shards.
|[[File:Arms Up Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Prize Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Skull Pottery Sherd JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Changed the texture of arms up, prize and skull pottery shards.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-167202}}</ref>}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.20|Miner pottery shard can generate in desert pyramids.}}
{{History||1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.21|Pottery shards are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.20.0.22|Renamed "Pottery Shard" to "Pottery Sherd".}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Trivia ==
* Many pottery sherds are based on another in-game mob or item:
** The angler pottery sherd depicts a [[fishing rod]].
** The archer pottery sherd depicts a [[bow]] and [[arrow]].
** The blade pottery sherd depicts a [[sword]].
** The brewer pottery sherd depicts a [[potion]].
** The burn pottery sherd depicts [[fire]].
** The danger pottery sherd depicts a [[creeper]].
** The explorer pottery sherd depicts a [[map]].
** The friend pottery sherd depicts the unibrow and nose of a [[villager]] or [[iron golem]].
** The howl pottery sherd depicts a [[wolf]].
** The miner pottery sherd depicts a [[pickaxe]].
** The mourner pottery sherd depicts an early design for the [[warden]].
** The plenty pottery sherd depicts a [[chest]].
** The sheaf pottery sherd depicts [[wheat]].
** The skull pottery sherd depicts a [[skeleton]].
** The snort pottery sherd depicts a [[sniffer]].
**The prize pottery sherd depicts a diamond cut [[diamond]]
***It could depict a [[MCE:Ruby|ruby]] from ''Minecraft Earth'', as well.
**The arms up pottery sherd depicts a [[character]] with their arms up.
**The heart and heartbreak pottery sherds depict a [[Health|heart]] and broken heart respectively.
**The shelter pottery sherd depicts a [[tree]].
==Gallery==
=== Items ===
<gallery>
Angler Pottery Sherd.png|Angler Pottery Sherd
Archer Pottery Sherd.png|Archer Pottery Sherd
Arms Up Pottery Sherd.png|Arms Up Pottery Sherd
Blade Pottery Sherd.png|Blade Pottery Sherd
Brewer Pottery Sherd.png|Brewer Pottery Sherd
Burn Pottery Sherd.png|Burn Pottery Sherd
Danger Pottery Sherd.png|Danger Pottery Sherd
Explorer Pottery Sherd.png|Explorer Pottery Sherd
Friend Pottery Sherd.png|Friend Pottery Sherd
Heart Pottery Sherd.png|Heart Pottery Sherd
Heartbreak Pottery Sherd.png|Heartbreak Pottery Sherd
Howl Pottery Sherd.png|Howl Pottery Sherd
Miner Pottery Sherd.png|Miner Pottery Sherd
Mourner Pottery Sherd.png|Mourner Pottery Sherd
Plenty Pottery Sherd.png|Plenty Pottery Sherd
Prize Pottery Sherd.png|Prize Pottery Sherd
Sheaf Pottery Sherd.png|Sheaf Pottery Sherd
Shelter Pottery Sherd.png|Shelter Pottery Sherd
Skull Pottery Sherd.png|Skull Pottery Sherd
Snort Pottery Sherd.png|Snort Pottery Sherd
</gallery>
=== Development images ===
<gallery>
JE 1.17 Development Archeology.jpg|Blue ceramic shard.
JE 1.17 Development Archeology 2.jpg|Ceramic shards.
</gallery>
=== Official artwork ===
<gallery>
Pottery Sherd Pixel Art.png|Pixel artwork of [[Ari]] holding a skull pottery sherd.
File:T&T Thumbnail.jpg|Ari holding up a different sherd.
</gallery>
== References ==
<references />
== Notes ==
<references group="note"/>
{{Items}}
[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[de:Töpferscherbe]]
[[es:Fragmento de cerámica]]
[[fr:Tesson de poterie]]
[[ja:壺の欠片]]
[[pt:Óstraco]]
[[zh:陶片]]</li></ul> | Added biomes. | ||||
| beta | |||||
1.8{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Minecart with Hopper|Minecart with Hopper]]<br/>{{ItemEntity
|image=Minecart with Hopper.png
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=No
|size=Height: 0.7 Blocks<br>Width: 0.98 Blocks
|networkid='''[[JE]]''': 10
|drops=1 {{ItemLink|Minecart with Hopper}}<br>plus contents
|health={{hp|6}}
}}
A '''minecart with hopper''' is a [[minecart]] with a [[hopper]] inside. Unlike a normal hopper, it pulls items from containers much more quickly, cannot push items into containers, can collect [[Item (entity)|item entities]] through a single layer of [[solid block]]s and is locked and unlocked via [[Activator Rail|activator rails]].
== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|Output= Minecart with Hopper
|type= Transportation
|Hopper|Minecart}}
Minecarts with hoppers can be retrieved by attacking them. By doing so it drop as an [[item (entity)|item]] and any other contents of the hopper are dropped as well.
== Usage ==
[[File:Minecart with Hopper GUI.png|thumb|176px|The GUI of a minecart with hopper.]]
Minecarts with hoppers are placed similarly to other [[minecart]]s.
A minecart with hopper pulls in items lying nearby (within a range slightly larger than the cart itself), or inside a container directly above the minecart, at a rate of 1 item every [[game tick]] (20 items per second), eight times as fast as a normal hopper. It also picks up items that are lying on a block directly above the track. It does not push items into containers, but a hopper underneath the track can remove items from a minecart with hopper on the track. Ordinary hoppers can also drop items into a minecart with hopper like other containers, at the normal speed of 2.5 items per second. In Bedrock Edition, a minecart with hopper on curved rail pulls in items in a hopper lying in front of its moving direction and 1 block above if hopper's output funnel is pointed downward and no block is below that hopper.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-94293}}</ref>
The hopper can be disabled by passing over a powered [[activator rail]], and can be reenabled by an inactive activator rail.
An empty minecart with hopper can travel more than 85 blocks without stopping (as opposed to a normal cart going less than 12 blocks) from a dead stop using a 2 powered track starter even with another cart in front of them. However, the distance traveled by a minecart with hopper depends on the hopper's load. Using a 1 powered rail starter track, a minecart with an empty hopper travels 64 blocks until it stops (as opposed to an empty normal minecart going 8 blocks). The distance traveled diminishes non-linearly with increased hopper load; a minecart with a full hopper can travel only 16 blocks in this setup.
{{See also|Tutorials/Storage minecarts}}
== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Minecarts with hoppers use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.<ref group=sound name=rollsource>{{bug|MC-42132}}</ref>
{{Sound table
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|subtitle=Minecart rolls
|source=Friendly Creatures <ref group=sound name=rollsource/>
|overridesource=1
|description=While a minecart with hopper is moving
|id=entity.minecart.riding
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.minecart.riding
|volume=0.0-0.35 <ref group=sound>Relates linearly with horizontal velocity (max 0.5)</ref>
|pitch=0.0-1.0 <ref group=sound>Will increase by 0.0025 per tick if the minecart's horizontal velocity is more than 0.01</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}
{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=While a minecart with hopper is moving
|id=minecart.base
|foot=1}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
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|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
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{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
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{{ID table
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|spritetype=entity
|nameid=hopper_minecart
|id=96
|foot=1}}
=== Entity data ===
Minecarts with hoppers have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity.
{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}
{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].
== Video ==
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|I5etC7LeCac}}</div>
== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w03a|[[File:Minecart with Hopper JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Hopper (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added minecart with hopper.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w43a|Loot tables are added; minecarts with hopper now can use loot tables.}}
{{History||1.9.1|snap=pre2|The title of the [[inventory]] is changed from 'Hopper minecart' to 'Minecart with Hopper'.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The entity ID of the minecart with hopper has now been changed from <code>MinecartHopper</code> to <code>hopper_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 408.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Minecart with Hopper JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Hopper (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of the minecart with hopper have now been changed.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w38a|[[File:Minecart with Hopper 19w38a.png|32px]] The hopper now appears dark, same as suffocating mobs.}}
{{History|||snap=19w39a|The hopper now renders correctly.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=Pre-release 1|Opening or destroying a minecart with hopper now angers nearby [[piglin]]s.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w13a|The crafting recipe for a minecart with hopper is now shapeless.|Breaking a minecart with hopper will now drop the item instead of the minecart and hopper separately, though the contents of the hopper are still dropped.<ref>{{bug|MC-249493|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.19.4|snap=23w06a|Minecart with hopper now no longer aggravates [[piglin]]s when opened.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Minecart with Hopper JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Hopper (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added minecart with hopper.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|The entity ID of the minecart with hopper has now been changed from <code>minecarthopper</code> to <code>hopper_minecart</code>.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Minecart with Hopper JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Hopper (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of the minecart with hopper have now been changed.}}
{{History||1.19.0|snap=beta 1.19.0.30|Breaking a minecart with hopper will now drop the item instead of the minecart and hopper separately, though the contents of the hopper are still dropped.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Minecart with Hopper JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Hopper (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added minecart with hopper.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Minecart with Hopper JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Hopper (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of the minecart with hopper have now been changed.}}
{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Minecart with Hopper JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Hopper (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added minecart with hopper.
|Minecarts with hopper emit smoke [[particles]] when destroyed.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:First hopper Minecart Image.png|The first image of hopper carts released by Dinnerbone.<ref>{{Tweet|Dinnerbone|291215700213772289|Well you guys got that quick. The letters in the hotbar were for <nowiki>[imgur link]|January 15, 2013}}</ref>
File:13w03a Banner.png|The 13w03a banner showing a minecart with hopper and a [[dropper]].
</gallery>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{items}}
{{entities}}
[[Category:Mechanics]]
[[Category:Storage]]
[[cs:Vozík s násypkou]]
[[de:Trichterlore]]
[[es:Vagoneta con tolva]]
[[fr:Wagonnet à entonnoir]]
[[hu:Tölcsér csille]]
[[it:Carrello da miniera]]
[[ja:ホッパー付きのトロッコ]]
[[ko:호퍼가 실린 광산 수레]]
[[nl:Mijnkar met trechter]]
[[pl:Wagonik z lejem]]
[[pt:Carrinho de mina com funil]]
[[ru:Вагонетка с воронкой]]
[[uk:Вагонетка з лійкою]]
[[zh:漏斗矿车]]</li><li>[[Minecart with Command Block|Minecart with Command Block]]<br/>{{ItemEntity
|renewable=No
|stackable=No
|size=Height: 0.7 Blocks<br>Width: 0.98 Blocks
|image=Minecart with Command Block.gif
|image2=Minecart with Command Block BE.gif
|invimage1=Minecart with Command Block
|networkid=10
|drops={{drop|Item|Minecart|1}}
|health={{hp|6}}
|rarity=Epic
}}
A '''minecart with command block''' is an impulse{{only|java|short=y}} or repeating{{only|bedrock|education|short=y}} [[command block]] inside a [[minecart]].
== Obtaining ==
The minecart with command block is obtainable only using the [[command]] {{cmd|give @s command_block_minecart}}, as it does not appear in the creative inventory{{only|BE}} and has no [[crafting]] recipe. It can also be summoned using the command {{cmd|summon command_block_minecart}}. It can be broken like any other minecart, but only the minecart is retained, while the command block is lost.
== Usage ==
{{main|Command Block}}
The minecart with command block combines the functionalities of both minecarts and command blocks. Although the minecart visually contains an impulse command block, it functions more similarly to a repeating command block, and runs its command once every four game [[tick]]s when on an active [[activator rail]]. When it passes over a [[detector rail]] with a [[comparator]] connected next to it, it outputs the command block's result.
== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Minecarts with command blocks use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.<ref group="sound" name="rollsource">{{bug|MC-42132}}</ref>
{{Sound table
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|subtitle=Minecart rolls
|source=Friendly Creatures <ref group=sound name=rollsource/>
|overridesource=1
|description=While a minecart with command block is moving
|id=entity.minecart.riding
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.minecart.riding
|volume=0.0-0.35 <ref group=sound>Relates linearly with horizontal velocity (max 0.5)</ref>
|pitch=0.0-1.0 <ref group=sound>Will increase by 0.0025 per tick if the minecart's horizontal velocity is more than 0.01</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}
{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Minecart rolling.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=While a minecart with command block is moving
|id=minecart.base
|foot=1}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Item
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritetype=item
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Item
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|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
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|id=563
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Minecart with Command Block
|spritename=minecart-with-repeating-command-block
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=command_block_minecart
|id=100
|foot=1}}
=== Entity data ===
Minecarts with command blocks have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity.
{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}
{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].
== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w39a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added minecart with command block.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w34a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE2.png|32px]] The texture of the [[command block]] in the [[minecart]] has been removed due to the new texture and types for the command block.}}
{{History|||snap=15w35a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the command block has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID has been changed from <code>MinecartCommandBlock</code> to <code>commandblock_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 422.}}
{{History|||snap=pre5|The entity ID has been changed to <code>command_block_minecart</code>.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Minecart with Command Block JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE2 BE3.png|32px]] The textures of the minecart with command block has been changed.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w20a|Minecart with command block [[Rarity|rarity color]] was changed from common to epic.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w44a|Minecart with command block is now available in the creative inventory, but only if cheats are enabled.}}
{{History|||snap=22w45a|Moved the minecart with command block behind the Operator Utilities tab in the creative inventory. The tab is only available if cheats are enabled and the "Operator Items Tab" option in the controls menu is turned on.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.5|snap=alpha 1.0.5.0|[[File:Minecart with Command Block BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added minecart with command block. The [[minecart]] has a [[repeating command block]] in it, instead of an impulse command block.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|The entity ID has been changed from <code>minecartcommandblock</code> to <code>command_block_minecart</code>.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Minecart with Command Block BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Minecart with Command Block (item) JE2 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of the minecart with command block has been changed. Also the item texture has been changed to match {{el|je}}'s.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-42990}}</ref>}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=?|xbone=?|ps=?|wiiu=?|switch=?|Added minecart with command blocks. This only exists as an item, as placing it will result in a normal minecart being placed. The command block in the minecart cannot be modified via NBT editing and it has an unused tooltip stating "Used to execute commands on the move!".}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Minecart with command block 13w39b.png|A minecart with command block in [[1.16.4]].
File:A minecart command block testing the block in the red bucket with air.png|A minecart command block testing the block in the red area with [[air]].
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Items}}
{{Entities}}
[[de:Befehlsblocklore]]
[[fr:Wagonnet à bloc de commande]]
[[it:Carrello da miniera]]
[[ja:コマンドブロック付きのトロッコ]]
[[nl:Mijnkar met opdrachtblok]]
[[pl:Wagonik z blokiem poleceń]]
[[pt:Carrinho de mina com bloco de comando]]
[[ru:Вагонетка с командным блоком]]
[[uk:Вагонетка з командним блоком]]
[[zh:命令方块矿车]]</li></ul></nowiki> | Biomes got an overhaul, removing some biomes, such as the tundra and the taiga, and others replaced with nine fractal-based biomes that were a mix of the previous biomes and new biomes. | ||||
Anvil file format
The Anvil file format allows for biomes to be stored in the world data. In contrast, the Region file format relies on the seed to dynamically calculate biome placement. This would cause biome placement in older worlds to change when the biome generation code was changed. With the current Anvil format, the biome data is stored along with the rest of the world data, meaning it will not change after the world is generated and can be edited by third-party map-editing tools. Furthermore, "edge" biomes allow for biomes to continue extend beyond the edge chunks of an old world. This allows for smooth transitions in world generation after the generation code changes in an update.
Effect on gameplay
It can be difficult to play and gather sufficient resources if the player starts in the middle of a biome with no trees, such as deserts, tundras, and especially oceans.
There have been several reports of players spawning on tiny islands in the middle of a vast ocean with no trees for several Minecraft days in any direction. It appears that these desert islands generate in the Ocean biome, where animals cannot spawn (on the water); sometimes, the island spawns with no trees, forcing players to delete the world and start again, swim great distances to a landmass, or search for nearby underwater openings into abandoned mineshafts to acquire wood. Of course, this is not a problem if the player uses Creative Mode.
Gallery
- Biomes1.2.5.png
This is the biome colors template for 1.2.5
References
See also
- The Overworld
- Generated structures
- Seed (Level Generation)
- Weather
- History of biomes and generated structures
- Large Biomes






















