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Jungle River

A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest.

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

As of 1.4.2 there are 12 main biome types and a number of technical biomes. Main biomes can 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). Biomes are pseudo-randomly generated using the map seed. Technical biomes provide smoother transitions between main biome types, or introduce extra custom features within a main biome, such as rivers, beaches, hills and border areas.

Name and Features Description and Sample Image
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, and ease of mobs to spawn.

1.8 Biomes MixedForest

Desert

Sand, Cacti, Dead Bushes, Sandstone, Sugar Cane

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 (however, if there is a river or a lake you can see rain falling just in this location). 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. Despite being deserts, they still generate with a lot of water.

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Plains

Tall Grass, Grass, Flowers

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.

1.8 Biomes Grassland

Swampland

Oak Trees, Grass, Vines, Lily Pads, Clay, Mushrooms

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 are commonly found at the bottom of these pools. 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. As of 1.4, witch huts spawn in swamps. Slimes will also spawn naturally during the night.

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Jungle

Jungle Trees, Grass, Ferns, Flowers, Vines, Ocelots, Cocoa Pods

A very dense, tropical biome. It features large jungle trees that can reach up to 31 blocks tall, with 2×2 trunks. 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 "bush trees" have single-blocks of jungle wood for trunks, surrounded by oak leaves for foliage. 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, Jungle Temples and Cocoa Plants spawn exclusively in this biome, the latter found on jungle trees.

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Ice Plains

Snow, Snowfall, Oak Trees, Ice

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.

TundraBiome

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 occurs in this biome, forming snow and ice. Hills are common, and wolves are found in this biome more frequently than in others.

Taiga.

Extreme Hills

Oak Trees, Grass, Flowers, Emerald Ore Silverfish Block

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. They are also the only true biome in which silverfish can be found naturally.

1.8 Biomes Mountain

Ocean

Water, Sand, Clay, Dirt

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. Friendly mobs do not spawn on these islands, but hostiles do. 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.

File:1.8 Biomes Ocean.png

Mushroom Island

Mushrooms, Huge Mushrooms, Mycelium, Mooshrooms

This rare biome consists of a mixture of flat landscape and steep 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 other than Mooshrooms spawn "naturally" in this biome, including the usual night-time monster spawns. This also applies to caves, abandoned mine shafts, etc. below mushroom biomes, meaning exploring underground is relatively safe. This includes player-made structures as well.

However, Monster Spawners will still spawn mobs, the player can still breed animals (brought in from other biomes), golems can still be built, and Spawn Eggs work as usual.

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. Mycelium cannot be tilled directly, but it can be dug away and replaced as dirt, then immediately tilled. Once created, farmland can resist takeover by mycelium.
File:MushroomBiome19pre.png

Hell (The Nether)

Netherrack, Glowstone, Soul Sand, Nether Brick, Gravel

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 31, while lava springs flow down from the bedrock ceiling (and occasionally from walls), making lava streams and lakes very common. Besides generating more often, lava also flows further and faster than it does in the Overworld. It is the only biome where ghasts, blazes, wither skeletons, magma cubes, and zombie pigmen, naturally spawn. Glowstone is also found beneath netherrack ceilings and outcrops, while gravel and soul sand appear in layers and outcrops. Many of the creatures and resources of the Nether can only appear in Nether fortresses (the dark structure in the picture).

Nether 'biome'

Sky (The End)

End Stone, Obsidian, Bedrock, Ender Crystals

This biome is 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. Using this biome in the Overworld (using external editors or superflat codes) will cause the sky to turn black.

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Technical biomes

Technical biomes are found alongside or within their larger counterparts. They are not considered true biomes but they are referred to as biomes in the code and the debug menu. 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 are also a reliable source of clay. Minecraft River
Frozen River This variant of the river only spawns in taiga and tundra biomes. The surface layer of water is frozen. Frozen River
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. Mushroom Island Shore
Frozen Ocean Found near snowy biomes, frozen oceans contain ice on the top layer of water. Frozen Ocean
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. Forest Hills BiomeFile:2012-05-20 08.54.26.png

Biome numbers

Each type of biome, including technical biomes, has its own biome number, shown in the following table. These biome numbers are used when creating a customized superflat world.

Number Biome
0 Ocean
1 Plains
2 Desert
3 Extreme Hills
4 Forest
5 Taiga
6 Swampland
7 River
8 Hell
9 Sky
10 FrozenOcean
11 FrozenRiver
12 Ice Plains
13 Ice Mountains
14 MushroomIsland
15 MushroomIslandShore
16 Beach
17 DesertHills
18 ForestHills
19 TaigaHills
20 Extreme Hills Edge
21 Jungle
22 JungleHills

History

Biome history

Main article: History of biomes and generated structures
Biomes Example

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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An '''echo shard''' is an item found in [[ancient cities]] which can be used to craft [[recovery compass]]es.

== Obtaining ==
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|echo-shard}}

== Usage ==
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage|Echo Shard}}

== History ==
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{{History||1.19|snap=22w14a|[[File:Echo Shard JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added echo shards.}}
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|Currently cannot be found inside [[ancient city]] chests due to outdated structures and loot chests.}}
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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Dye|Dye]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Dyes
| image = White Dye.png
| extratext = View [[#Gallery|all renders]]
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Dyes''' are a set of sixteen items used to change the color of [[wool]], [[carpet]]s, [[terracotta]], [[concrete powder]], [[glass]], [[shulker box]]es, [[bed]]s, [[candle]]s, the patterns on [[banner]]s, [[firework star]]s, certain mobs, and text on [[sign]]s and [[hanging sign]]s. {{IN|bedrock}} they can also be used to dye water in a [[cauldron]] (which is thereafter used to dye leather [[armor]]); {{in|java}} leather armor can be dyed directly. {{IN|education}} dyes can also be used to dye [[balloon]]s and [[glow stick]]s.

{{IN|bedrock|education}}, [[bone meal]], [[ink sac]]s, [[lapis lazuli]], and [[cocoa bean]]s can generally substitute for [[white dye]], [[black dye]], [[blue dye]], and [[brown dye]], respectively, in crafting recipes and for use in dyeing items or mobs. However, they have other important uses that aren't related to color, and are therefore not considered true dyes. They are mentioned in this article only in regard to their use as dyeing agents; see their individual articles for complete information about them.

== Obtaining ==
<!--[[File:Dye Chart.png|350px|thumb|A guide to crafting all the dyes.{{until|java 1.14}}]]-->

Dyes can be produced by crafting them from plants (mainly flowers), by crafting dyes of different colors together, by smelting plants, or by trading with a [[wandering trader]].

{{loadPage|Crafting/Dye|Crafting|h3}}

=== Smelting ===
{{smelting|head=1|Sea Pickle|Lime Dye|0,2}}
{{smelting|foot=1|Cactus|Green Dye|1|}}

=== Trading ===

[[Wandering trader]]s can sell 3 dyes for an [[emerald]]. {{IN|bedrock}}, they can also sell 3 lapis lazuli, bone meal, cocoa beans, or ink sacs for one emerald.

Apprentice-level cleric [[villager]]s sell one lapis lazuli per emerald.

=== Chest loot ===

{{#invoke:LootChest|base3|blue-dye,green-dye,orange-dye,light-blue-dye,yellow-dye,white-dye}}

=== Other ===

Ink sacs can also be created using 1 iron, 1 sulfur, and 4 oxygen in the [[compound creator]]. {{only|bedrock|education}}

== Usage ==

Similar to their use in crafting, [[bone meal]], [[ink sac]]s, [[lapis lazuli]], and [[cocoa beans]] can be substituted for the corresponding dye in any of the following usages unless otherwise specified.{{only|bedrock}} <!--- sections are ordered by craftable dyeable blocks, dyeable items, version exclusive sections, and non-crafting miscellaneous uses--->

=== Dyeing wool and mobs ===

Players can dye wool by placing [[wool]] and any dye in a crafting grid.

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|Any Wool
|Matching Dye
|Output=Any Wool
}}

Dyes can be {{control|use|text=used}} on sheep to change the color of the wool. Shearing a colored sheep drops the corresponding color of the wool, and the sheep retains the color when the wool regenerates. [[Breeding]] colored sheep produces a lamb colored as one of the parent sheep, or a color resulting from the combination of both parents' color. The color combining follows the same rules that dyes use – red and yellow sheep produce an orange lamb, but a blue and yellow sheep cannot create a green lamb. The unlimited reproduction of colored sheep makes dyeing and shearing sheep infinitely more efficient than just dyeing wool directly.
 
Dye can also be used on a tamed [[wolf]] or [[cat]] to change the color of its collar from the default red to the color of the dye.

=== Dyeing carpets ===

Carpets can be dyed.

{{Crafting
 |Any Carpet
 |Matching Dye
 |Output= Matching Carpet
 |type= Building block
}}

=== Dyeing terracotta ===

[[Terracotta]] can be dyed by placing 8 blocks around a dye on a crafting table.

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1=Terracotta |B1=Terracotta |C1=Terracotta
|A2=Terracotta |B2=Matching Dye  |C2=Terracotta
|A3=Terracotta |B3=Terracotta |C3=Terracotta
|Output=Matching Dyed Terracotta,8
}}

=== Creating concrete powder ===

Dyes can also be used to craft [[concrete powder]], which can then be set into their respective [[concrete]] blocks (they cannot be dyed directly).

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|Sand |Gravel |Sand
|Gravel |Matching Dye |Gravel
|Sand |Gravel |Sand
|Output=Matching Concrete Powder,8
}}

=== Staining glass ===

[[Stained glass]] can be stained by placing 8 blocks of glass around a dye on a [[crafting table]]. Just like regular glass, stained glass can be crafted into stained glass panes. The recipe for this is the same as with regular glass.

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1=Glass |B1=Glass        |C1=Glass
|A2=Glass |B2=Matching Dye |C2=Glass
|A3=Glass |B3=Glass        |C3=Glass
|Output=Matching Stained Glass,8
|head=1
}}
{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1= Glass Pane
|B1= Glass Pane
|C1= Glass Pane
|A2= Glass Pane
|B2= Matching Dye
|C2= Glass Pane
|A3= Glass Pane
|B3= Glass Pane
|C3= Glass Pane
|Output= Matching Stained Glass Pane,8
|type= Decoration block
|foot=1
}}

=== Dyeing shulker boxes ===

[[Shulker box]]es are generated in a light shade of purple (like the [[purpur block]]), but can be dyed any color. They can also be re-dyed as often as desired.

{{Crafting
  |ignoreusage=1
  |showname=1
  |Any Shulker Box
  |Matching Dye
  |Output=Matching Shulker Box
}}

=== Dyeing beds ===

Players can dye beds by placing a [[bed]] and any color dye in a crafting grid.

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|Any Bed
|Matching Dye
|Output=Matching Bed
}}

=== Dyeing candles ===

Players can dye [[candles]] by placing an undyed candle and any color dye in a crafting grid.

{{Crafting
|ignoreusage=1
|Candle
|Matching Dye
|Output=Matching Dyed Candle
}}

=== Banner patterns ===
{{main|Banner#Patterns}}

Dyes are used in most banner patterns to determine the pattern and color displayed.

=== Dyeing armor ===

[[File:DyeGraph2.png|200px|thumb|A graph showing all combinations of two dyes on a [[tunic]].]]

Leather [[armor]] can be dyed by:
* Crafting dyes with a piece of leather armor or leather [[horse armor]].{{Only|java}}
* Dousing the leather armor or leather [[horse armor]] in a [[cauldron]] to which dyes have been added.{{Only|bedrock}}

There are 5,713,438<ref>https://anrar4.github.io/DyeLeatherArmor/</ref> (34.1% of sRGB) colors leather armor can be, as it is possible to put more than one dye on the crafting bench alongside the leather armor. Armor can be dyed multiple times with previous colors affecting the final outcome. Colored armor can be reverted to their original color using a [[cauldron]] with undyed water.

The game has a specific formula for calculating the color of dyed armor: each color, in the RGB color model, has a red value, green value, and blue value. For each dye in the crafting grid, and the armor itself (if it is already dyed), the red, green, and blue values are added to running totals. In addition, a running total of the highest value (be it red, green, or blue) is also kept. After this, each total is divided by the number of colors used. This effectively produces the average red, green, blue, and maximum values. The maximum value of the average RGB values is also calculated. Finally, each average RGB value is multiplied by the average maximum value and divided by the maximum of the average RGB values. The modified average RGB values are then used as the final color. This procedure can be summed up with the following equations:
 for each color (all "total" variables start at 0 before counting):
  totalRed = totalRed + redValue
  totalGreen = totalGreen + greenValue
  totalBlue = totalBlue + blueValue
  totalMaximum = totalMaximum + max(redValue, greenValue, blueValue)
  numberOfColors = numberOfColors + 1
 
 averageRed = totalRed / numberOfColors
 averageGreen = totalGreen / numberOfColors
 averageBlue = totalBlue / numberOfColors
 averageMaximum = totalMaximum / numberOfColors
 
 maximumOfAverage = max(averageRed, averageGreen, averageBlue)
 gainFactor = averageMaximum / maximumOfAverage
 
 resultRed = averageRed * gainFactor
 resultGreen = averageGreen * gainFactor
 resultBlue = averageBlue * gainFactor

Due to the way this formula works, the resulting color can never be darker than the average of the input colors and is often lighter and more saturated. Of course, the resulting color can never be lighter or more saturated than the lightest or most saturated input color. In addition, this formula never creates an RGB value higher than 255 (which would be invalid in the 8-bit RGB color model).

If leather armor is renamed on an [[anvil]], it retains its name when dyed or undyed.

;Mixing Samples
: {{ItemSprite|Yellow Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|Yellow Dye}} = {{Tint|leather-chestplate| #{{CalcDye| yellow=2 }} | code=1}}
: {{ItemSprite|Red Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|Blue Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|White Dye}} = {{Tint|leather-chestplate| #{{CalcDye| red=1 | blue=1 | white=1}} | code=1}}
: {{ItemSprite|Green Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|Red Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|Pink Dye}} = {{Tint|leather-chestplate| #{{CalcDye| green=1 | red=1 | pink=1}} | code=1}}

=== Dyeing firework stars ===

A [[firework star]] can have a single color or a combination of up to eight colors when crafted with dyes. Adding one or more dyes to a crafted firework star adds a "fade to color" effect to it, overwriting any existing fade colors.

{{Crafting
  |head=1
  |ignoreusage=1
  |ingredients=[[Gunpowder]] +<br>Any Dye (1–8) +<br>Extra ingredient (optional)
  |Gunpowder
  |Matching Dye
  |Diamond;Glowstone Dust;Head;Gold Nugget;Feather;Fire Charge;
  |Output=Matching Firework Star
}}
{{Crafting
  |ignoreusage=1
  |Matching Firework Star
  |Any Dye
  |Output=Matching Firework Star
  |foot=1
}}

=== Creating balloons ===

Dye can be used to craft balloons.{{only|education}}

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1= Latex
|B1= Matching Dye
|C1= Latex
|A2= Latex
|B2= Helium
|C2= Latex
|A3= Latex
|B3= Lead
|C3= Latex
|Output= Matching Balloon
}}

=== Creating glow sticks ===

Dye can also be used to craft glow sticks.{{only|education}}

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1= Polyethylene
|B1= Hydrogen Peroxide
|C1= Polyethylene
|A2= Polyethylene
|B2= Matching Dye
|C2= Polyethylene
|A3= Polyethylene
|B3= Luminol
|C3= Polyethylene
|Output= Matching Glow Stick
}}

=== Dyeing water inside cauldrons ===
Water can be dyed in a cauldron by holding any dye in the hand and pressing {{Ctrl|use}} on a cauldron filled with water.{{only|bedrock}}

=== Signs ===
Dye can be {{control|used}} on a [[sign]] or a [[hanging sign]] to change the text color. {{IN|bedrock}}, [[ink sac]]s cannot be used for this purpose; black dye must be used to change the text to black.

=== Trading ===
Apprentice, journeyman and expert-level shepherd [[villager]]s buy any of the 12 dyes for an [[emerald]].

== Color values ==
The "color codes" are used to determine the color imparted on sheep, wolf and cat collars, firework stars, [[beacon]] beams, and dyed leather armor. The hex value is shown in the extended tooltips of dyed leather armor; however, to set the color using an NBT data tag in a [[command]], the decimal value must be used instead. The color values for firework stars are slightly different from the ones listed below, and use [[Item colors#Firework stars|these values]] instead.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:2px; border: 1px solid silver; text-align: left;" data-description="Data values"
! rowspan=2 | Description
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Color Code
|-
! Dec
! <abbr title="Hexadecimal color code">Hex</abbr>
|-
| style="text-align:center" | White || 16383998 || {{color|#F9FFFE}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Light gray || 10329495 || {{color|#9D9D97}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Gray || 4673362 || {{color|#474F52}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Black || 1908001|| {{color|#1D1D21}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Brown || 8606770 || {{color|#835432}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Red || 11546150 || {{color|#B02E26}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Orange || 16351261 || {{color|#F9801D}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Yellow || 16701501 || {{color|#FED83D}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Lime || 8439583 || {{color|#80C71F}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Green || 6192150 || {{color|#5E7C16}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Cyan || 1481884|| {{color|#169C9C}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Light blue || 3847130 || {{color|#3AB3DA}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Blue || 3949738 || {{color|#3C44AA}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Purple || 8991416 || {{color|#8932B8}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Magenta || 13061821 || {{color|#C74EBD}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Pink || 15961002 || {{color|#F38BAA}}
|}

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Dye.ogg
|subtitle=Dye stains
|source=block
|description=When dye is used on a [[sign]]
|id=item.dye.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.dye.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0/0.9/0.95/1.1
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Dye stains
|source=player
|description=When dye is used on a [[sheep]]
|id=item.dye.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.dye.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0/0.9/0.95/1.1
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Dye.ogg
|source=sound
|description=When dye is used on a sign
|id=sign.dye.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=3
|sound=Water Splash Old.ogg
|source=block
|description=When dye is added to a cauldron
|id=cauldron.adddye
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When armor is dyed using a cauldron
|id=cauldron.dyearmor
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When dye is removed from armor using a cauldron
|id=cauldron.cleanarmor
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Rainbow Collection;Tie dye outfit}}

== Video ==

{{Video note|These videos are outdated, as it does not include details of the [[Java Edition 1.7.2|1.7.2]] update's changes to the dyeing system/production chain.}}

<div style="text-align:center">
<span style="display:inline-block">{{yt|8YD7oauNZHE}}</span>
<span style="display:inline-block">{{yt|7tETaRt7STM}}</span>
</div>

== History ==
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||January 3, 2011|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2582321901/2011-here-we-go|Notch mentions adding a "paint" feature if he can figure out how.}}
{{History||January 10, 2011<ref group="n">Supposed time when fragment was filmed. Based on modified date of client.jar/gui/trap.png in [[Beta 1.2]].</ref>|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBF2ugTzXqQ&t=181s|[[File:Red Dye (pre-release).png|32px]] Shown rose red in development as part of [[Minecraft: The Story of Mojang]].}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dyes.
|[[File:Black Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye (pre-release).png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Brown Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Blue Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:White Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] Leftovers of old textures can be seen in [[items.png]] with 100% opacity. The white dye texture was reused for [[Sugar]].
| The colors were as follows:{{verify|Did the color codes remain the same between Beta 1.2 and Java 1.11.2?}}
{{:Color/Java Edition dye colors before 17w06a}}
}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.1|snap=11w49a|[[Sheep]] can now regrow their [[wool]] by eating [[grass block|grass]]. Dyed sheep regrow wool in their new color.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w19a|[[File:Cocoa Beans JE2.png|32px]] The texture of [[cocoa beans]] has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=1.3|[[File:bone meal changes.gif|32px]] The textures of [[bone meal]], [[cactus green]], cocoa beans and [[rose red]] have been changed. The textures have been lowered one pixel.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Added the ability to dye leather [[armor]] and [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||1.4.4|snap=1.4.3|Color codes have been changed. The colors of red, brown, blue, purple, cyan, pink, light blue, magenta and orange were adjusted a little vividly.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w19a|[[Stained clay]] can now be crafted using dyes.}}
{{history||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|With the addition of new [[flower]]s, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.}}
{{History|||snap=13w41a|[[Stained glass]] can now be crafted using dyes.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|As cleric [[villager]]s now sell lapis lazuli, all dyes have become fully renewable.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|Added [[banner]]s, which can be dyed.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w34a|Added [[shield]]s, which can be dyed indirectly by applying a matching [[banner]].}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39b|Dyes are now used to change the color of [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w06a|Dyes are now used to craft [[concrete powder]].
|Color codes have been changed. All colors are adjusted more vividly. The changes were as follows:
{{:Color/Java Edition dye color changes in 17w06a}}
|Light blue dye, stained glass, and stained glass panes, did not change colors in this update. This means that they still use old colors.<ref name="unchanged dyes">{{Bug|MC-214643}}<br>{{Bug|MC-214641}}</ref>
}}
{{History|||snap=17w15a|Dyes can now apply color to white [[bed]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>dye</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[Bone meal]], [[ink sac]]s, [[cocoa beans]] and [[lapis lazuli]] are no longer considered dyes.
|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added [[white dye|white]], [[black dye|black]], [[brown dye|brown]] and [[blue dye]]s.
|"Rose Red", "Dandelion Yellow" and "Cactus Green" have been renamed to "Red Dye", "Yellow Dye" and "Green Dye", respectively. 
|[[Glass pane]]s and [[carpet]]s can now be dyed.
|[[File:Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of light gray, gray, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, light blue, purple, magenta, and pink dyes, have been changed. The color texture for light blue dye was not changed to reflect the updated colors from 1.12.<ref name="unchanged dyes"></ref>}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|The color of the text on [[sign]]s can now be changed with dye.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Yellow dyes can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] mason houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Green dyes can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[desert]] [[village]] houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Added the [[wandering trader]], which can sell any type of dye.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|All 16 types of dyes can now be [[trading|bought]] by shepherd villagers.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=Pre-release 2|Reversed the order of dyes to match other colored items in the [[Creative inventory]].<ref name="reverse dye">{{Bug|MC-136553}}</ref>
|Regrouped dyes in the Creative inventory such that white, blue, brown, and black dyes are within and not [[cocoa beans]], [[ink sacs]], [[lapis lazuli]], and [[bone meal]].<ref name="regroup dye">{{Bug|MC-177684}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Added [[candle]]s, which can be dyed.}}
{{History|||snap=21w03a|Added a sound for applying dyes.}}
{{History|||snap=21w19a|Candles can no longer be dyed.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|Candles can now once again be dyed.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|The color of the text on [[hanging sign]]s can now be changed with dye.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|[[Torchflower]]s can now be crafted into orange dye.|[[Pink petals]] can now be crafted into pink dye.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|[[Pitcher plant]]s can now be crafted into cyan dye.|Blue, light blue, orange, white, and yellow dye can now be found in [[suspicious gravel]] and [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w14a|Pitcher plants can now craft two [[cyan dye]] instead of one.}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|Blue, light blue, orange, white, and yellow dye 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]]; blue, light blue, orange, white, and yellow dye now are in the common loot.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dyes. Only [[dandelion yellow]] and [[lapis lazuli]] are currently obtainable and have functionality.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|[[Cactus green]] is now obtainable by smelting [[cacti]].}}
{{History||v0.3.3|[[Bone meal]] is now obtainable via [[crafting]].}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[Cyan dye]], [[light blue dye]], [[lime dye]], [[magenta dye]], [[orange dye]], [[pink dye]], and [[purple dye]] are now obtainable via crafting.
|[[Rose red]] is now obtainable by smelting red [[mushroom]]s.
|All available dyes, excluding bone meal, can now be used to craft their respective [[wool]] color.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Cocoa Beans JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of cocoa beans has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|[[Ink sac]]s, [[cocoa bean]]s, [[gray dye]], and [[light gray dye]] are now available in the [[creative]] [[inventory]].
|Rose red can now be obtained from [[beetroot]]s.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Cocoa beans can now be obtained from [[cocoa pod]]s.
|The [[rose]] has been removed and replaced with a new poppy [[flower]] that can be crafted into rose red.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|All new [[flower]]s can now be [[crafting|crafted]] into dyes. Because of this, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.
|[[Gray dye]] and [[light gray dye]] can now be obtained in [[survival]].}}
{{History|||snap=build 11|[[Terracotta|Stained clay]] can now be crafted using dyes.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|[[Ink sac]]s can now be obtained from [[squid]].
|Added the ability to dye [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Red [[mushroom]]s can no longer be smelted to obtain [[rose red]].}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[Cauldron]]s now used for leather dyeing, by applying a dye to a [[water]]-filled cauldron.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 1|[[Cocoa bean]]s can no longer be crafted.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Added a ''Dye'' button for [[sheep]].
|Added [[shulker]]s, which can be dyed.
|Added [[stained glass]]. Stain glass cannot be [[crafting|crafted]], but purple glass generates in [[end city|end cities]].}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Dyes can now apply color to a white [[bed]]s.
|Dyes are now used to craft [[concrete powder]].
|The color palette has been changed.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Dyes can now be used for [[banner]] crafting.
|Dyes can now be used to craft [[firework star]]s.
|[[Stained glass]] is now [[crafting|craftable]], using dyes.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[Lime dye]] can now be obtained from smelting [[sea pickle]]s.
|Dyes can now used to craft [[glow stick]]s and [[balloon]]s.}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Dyes can now be used to dye [[cat]] collars.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.8.0.10|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added [[white dye|white]], [[brown dye|brown]], [[black dye|black]] and [[blue dye]]s, which can be crafted from [[lapis lazuli]], [[bone meal]], [[cocoa beans]] and [[ink sac]]s. This, however, the later four still use as dyes.<ref>{{Bug|MCPE-42473}}</ref>
|"Rose Red", "Dandelion Yellow" and "Cactus Green" have been renamed to "Red Dye", "Yellow Dye" and "Green Dye", respectively.}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.0|Blue and white dye can now be obtained from [[cornflower]]s and [[lily of the valley]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[Glass pane]]s and [[carpet]]s can now be dyed.
|Only a single dye is now required to apply a banner pattern in a [[loom]].
|Various dyes except black dye, white dye, brown dye and blue dye are now [[trading|sold]] by [[wandering trader]]s.
|[[File:Bone Meal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE4 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE3 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of bone meal, light gray, gray, ink sac, cocoa beans, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, light blue, lapis lazuli, purple, magenta, and pink dyes have been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Dye can now be [[trading|sold]] to shepherd [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.210|snap=beta 1.16.210.59|The color of the text on [[sign]]s can now be changed with dye.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.210.60|The ability to dye the color of the text on [[sign]]s was temporarily removed.}}
{{History||1.16.220|snap=beta 1.16.220.50|The color of the text on [[sign]]s can now be changed with dye again.}}
{{History||1.17.10|snap=beta 1.17.10.22|Added [[candles]], which can be dyed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dyes.}}
{{History||xbox=TU9|[[File:Cocoa Beans JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of cocoa beans has been changed.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.83|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added [[white dye|white]], [[black dye|black]], [[brown dye|brown]], and [[blue dye|blue]] dyes, which can crafted from [[bone meal]], [[ink sac]], [[cocoa beans]], and [[lapis lazuli]].
|"Rose Red", "Dandelion Yellow" and "Cactus Green" have been renamed to "Red Dye", "Yellow Dye" and "Green Dye", respectively.}}
{{History||ps=1.90|[[File:Bone Meal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE4 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of bone meal, light gray, gray, ink sac, cocoa beans, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, light blue, lapis lazuli, purple, magenta, and pink dyes have been changed.}}
{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dyes from [[Pocket Edition v0.15.4 alpha]].}}
{{History|foot}}
<gallery>
Pre-release dyes.png|Pre-release dye textures hidden within [[Items.png]].
</gallery>
;Notes
{{reflist|group=n}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
White Dye.png|White Dye
Light Gray Dye.png|Light Gray Dye
Gray Dye.png|Gray Dye
Black Dye.png|Black Dye
Brown Dye.png|Brown Dye
Red Dye.png|Red Dye
Orange Dye.png|Orange Dye
Yellow Dye.png|Yellow Dye
Lime Dye.png|Lime Dye
Green Dye.png|Green Dye
Cyan Dye.png|Cyan Dye
Light Blue Dye.png|Light Blue Dye
Blue Dye.png|Blue Dye
Purple Dye.png|Purple Dye
Magenta Dye.png|Magenta Dye
Pink Dye.png|Pink Dye
</gallery>

==Issues==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Players can obtain each one of every color with 1 cocoa bean, 2 yellow dye, 2 ink sac, 3 green dye, 4 lapis lazuli, 4 red dye, and 6 bone meal (2 bones).
* The dyed sheep breeding behavior mirrors [[wikipedia:Lamarckism|Lamarck's theory]], in which the organisms evolve inheriting the external changes and adaptations of the previous generation, transmitting them to their offspring.
* In ''Bedrock Edition'', tertiary colors, along with their regular crafting recipes, can be crafted with primary colors. E.g.: Magenta can be crafted with one rose red and two bone meals.
* The colors of the dyes match the chat colors in [[color codes]] except for brown (dye only), light aqua, and gold (color codes only).
* The texture for light blue dye still uses the color from prior to the 1.12 World of Color update.<ref name="unchanged dyes"></ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
* Tools for calculating leather dye combination: [https://minecraft.tools/en/armor.php minecraft.tools] (webapp); [https://github.com/pudquick/pyMCdyes/ pyMCDyes] (open-source Python script, outdated); [https://anrar4.github.io/DyeLeatherArmor/ DyeLeatherArmor]: a tool for calculating an exact crafting recipe for any sRGB color

{{Items}}

[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Barvivo]]
[[de:Farbstoff]]
[[es:Tinte]]
[[fr:Teinture]]
[[hu:Színezés]]
[[it:Colorante]]
[[ja:染料]]
[[ko:염료]]
[[nl:Kleurstof]]
[[pl:Barwniki]]
[[pt:Corante]]
[[ru:Красители]]
[[th:สีย้อม]]
[[uk:Барвники]]
[[zh:染料]]</li><li>[[Item Frame|Item Frame]]<br/>{{redirect|Frame}}
{{ItemEntity
| group = Item Frame
| 1-1 = Item Frame.png
| 1-2 = Item Frame (item).png
| group2 = Glow Item Frame
| 2-1 = Glow Item Frame.png
| 2-2 = Glow Item Frame (item).png
| extratext = [[#Renders|View all renders]]
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| drops = {{ItemLink|Item Frame}} (1)<br> 
or
{{ItemLink|Glow Item Frame}} (1)<br>{{EnvSprite|items}} The item it contains.
}}

An '''item frame''' is an [[entity]]{{only|java|short=y}} or [[block entity]]{{only|bedrock|short=y}} that displays the item or block that is inside it.

A '''glow item frame''' keeps itself and the item inside it illuminated, even in the dark.

== Obtaining ==

=== Breaking ===

{{IN|je}}, an empty item frame can be broken simply by punching it. If the item frame contains an item, punching it drops the item, leaving the frame on the wall.

Because item frames are [[entities]] {{in|java}}, they can be broken in [[Adventure]] mode. They will also be targeted by commands using the @e selector.{{only|java}}

=== Natural generation ===

An item frame containing a pair of [[elytra]] generates in each [[end ship]].
[[File:BoatElytra.png|thumb|An item frame naturally generating in an end ship.]]

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|head=1
|A1= Stick |B1= Stick   |C1= Stick
|A2= Stick |B2= Leather |C2= Stick
|A3= Stick |B3= Stick   |C3= Stick
|Output= Item Frame
|type= Decoration block
}}
{{Crafting
|foot=1
|Glow Ink Sac
|Item Frame
|Output= Glow Item Frame
|type= Decoration block
}}

=== Trading ===
Expert-level [[Trading#Cartographer|cartographer]] [[villager]]s have a chance to sell an item frame for 7 [[emerald]]s.

== Usage ==

=== Item display ===

[[File:Item Frame (map filled partial).png|thumb|150px|Item frame with partially filled map]]
Item frames can be placed on the sides of [[cactus]] blocks, [[pressure plate]]s, [[fence]]s, [[tree]]s, [[slab]]s, [[cobblestone wall]]s, [[chest]]s, [[door]]s, and all [[solid block]]s. They can also be placed on the top and bottom of these blocks. To place on chests and doors, the player needs to be [[sneaking]]. As item frames are an entity, multiple item frames can occupy the same block, although on different faces. It also allows non-solid blocks to occupy the same space.{{only|java}}

Players can place items in the frame by {{control|using}} the item. If a [[map]] is placed in an item frame, it enlarges to show the map in the size of a full block, with the item frame's location displayed as a green pointer on the map, pointing in the direction the item frame is facing. If this is done in the Nether, the green cursor spins around similar to the white cursor (players). If an item in an item frame has been renamed using an [[anvil]], it displays its custom name when the cursor is over the item frame. If the player places a block inside the frame, it is displayed in miniature half in, half out of the block. This can be most notably seen on stairs or slabs.

{{control|Pick block}} may be used on item frames by players in creative mode only, the control has no effect for players in Survival or Adventure mode. When the item frame is displaying an item, {{control|pick block}} picks the displayed item instead of the item frame.

Item frames can be placed on the lid of a [[shulker box]] that is positioned horizontally, but pop off when the lid is opened.{{only|java}}

=== Rotation ===
The displayed item can then be rotated by right-clicking the frame. Items displayed in the item frame can turn 45° diagonally, with a total of 8 possibilities (90° and 4 possibilities if it is a map), and the frame outputs a [[Mechanics/Redstone/Circuit#Power level|redstone signal]] depending on the rotation phase that can be interpreted by a [[redstone comparator]] (note that this rotation value is separate from the clock or compass rotation). As long as the frame remains placed, it remembers the orientation of the last item it held, and uses it for the next item it holds.{{only|java}}

=== Glow item frames ===
[[File:Item Frames Comparison.png|thumb|260px|Comparison between ordinary item frame and glow item frame in the dark.]]

When an item is placed inside a glow item frame, it appears to glow, even though it does not emit any [[light level]].

== Sounds ==
Item frames and glow item frames share the same sounds.
=== Generic ===
{{Edition|Bedrock}}:<!--Item frames are blocks in BE, so they get the generic section.-->
{{Sound table/Block/Item frame/BE}}
=== Unique ===
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Item Frame add item1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame add item2.ogg
|soumd3=Item Frame add item3.ogg
|sound4=Item Frame add item4.ogg
|subtitle=Item Frame fills
|source=neutral
|description=When an item is placed in an item frame
|id=entity.item_frame.add_item
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item_frame.add_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Glow Item Frame fills
|source=neutral
|description=When an item is placed in a glow item frame
|id=entity.glow_item_frame.add_item
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.glow_item_frame.add_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Item Frame break1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame break2.ogg
|sound3=Item Frame break3.ogg
|subtitle=Item Frame breaks<ref group=sound name=breaks>{{bug|MC-194948}}</ref>
|source=neutral
|description=When an item frame is broken or pops off
|id=entity.item_frame.break
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item_frame.break
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Glow Item Frame breaks<ref group=sound name=breaks/>
|source=neutral
|description=When a glow item frame is broken or pops off
|id=entity.glow_item_frame.break
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.glow_item_frame.break
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Item Frame place1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame place2.ogg
|sound3=Item Frame place3.ogg
|sound4=Item Frame place4.ogg
|subtitle=Item Frame placed
|source=neutral
|description=When an item frame is placed
|id=entity.item_frame.place
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item_frame.place
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Glow Item Frame placed
|source=neutral
|description=When a glow item frame is placed
|id=entity.glow_item_frame.place
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.glow_item_frame.place
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Item Frame remove item1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame remove item2.ogg
|sound3=Item Frame remove item3.ogg
|sound4=Item Frame remove item4.ogg
|subtitle=Item Frame empties
|source=neutral
|description=When an item is removed from an item frame
|id=entity.item_frame.remove_item
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item_frame.remove_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Glow Item Frame empties
|source=neutral
|description=When an item is removed from a glow item frame
|id=entity.glow_item_frame.remove_item
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.glow_item_frame.remove_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Item Frame rotate item1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame rotate item2.ogg
|sound3=Item Frame rotate item3.ogg
|sound4=Item Frame rotate item4.ogg
|subtitle=Item Frame clicks
|source=neutral
|description=When an item is rotated in an item frame
|id=entity.item_frame.rotate_item
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item_frame.rotate_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Glow Item Frame clicks
|source=neutral
|description=When an item is rotated in an item frame
|id=entity.glow_item_frame.rotate_item
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.glow_item_frame.rotate_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Item Frame add item1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame add item2.ogg
|soumd3=Item Frame add item3.ogg
|sound4=Item Frame add item4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When an item is placed in an item frame
|id=block.itemframe.add_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Item Frame remove item1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame remove item2.ogg
|sound3=Item Frame remove item3.ogg
|sound4=Item Frame remove item4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When an item is removed from an item frame
|id=block.itemframe.remove_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Item Frame rotate item1.ogg
|sound2=Item Frame rotate item2.ogg
|sound3=Item Frame rotate item3.ogg
|sound4=Item Frame rotate item4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When an item is rotated in an item frame
|id=block.itemframe.rotate_item
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Map room}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Item
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Item Frame
|spritetype=item
|nameid=item_frame
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Glow Item Frame
|spritetype=item
|nameid=glow_item_frame
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Entity
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Item Frame
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=item_frame}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Glow Item Frame
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=glow_item_frame
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Item Frame
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Item
|spritename=item-frame
|spritetype=item
|nameid=frame
|id=513
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block
|spritename=item-frame
|spritetype=block
|nameid=frame
|id=199
|form=block
|translationkey=-
|itemform=item.frame}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Item
|spritename=glow-item-frame
|spritetype=item
|nameid=glow_frame
|id=623
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block
|spritename=glow-item-frame
|spritetype=block
|nameid=glow_frame
|form=block
|id=594
|itemform=item.glow_frame
|translationkey=-
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=item-frame
|spritetype=block
|nameid=ItemFrame}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=glow-item-frame
|spritetype=block
|nameid=GlowItemFrame
|foot=1}}

=== Block states===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/BS}}<br />
===Item data===
{{el|java}}:{{main|Player.dat format}}<div class="treeview">
*{{nbt|compound|tag}}'''<span data-ve-ignore="true" class="nowrap"> tag</span>''': The item's '''tag''' tag.
{{:Player.dat_format/Entity Spawners}}Unlike spawn eggs, cannot change the type of entity created using the <code>id</code> tag. Data that item frames do not normally use (see below) has no effect. 
</div>
===Entity data===
{{main|Entity format}}

{{IN|java}}, item frames have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

{{/ED}}

===Block data===

{{IN|bedrock}}, an item frame has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format]].

== Video==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|rJLj95DBb-w}}</div>

==History==
{{History|java}}
{{History||August 15, 2012|link={{tweet|Dinnerbone|235724805196877824}}|[[File:Item Frame (pre-release).png|32px]] [[Dinnerbone]] showed the first image of item frames.}}
{{History||August 15, 2012|link={{tweet|Dinnerbone|235742974271700993}}|[[File:Item Frame (item) (pre-release).png|32px]] Dinnerbone showed item frame in item form.}}
{{History||August 15, 2012|link={{tweet|jeb_|235746335368814592}}|[[File:Item Frame (pre-release 2).png|32px]] [[Jeb]] showed the item frames with new model.}}
{{History||August 16, 2012|link={{tweet|Dinnerbone|236062188555624448}}|[[File:Item Frame (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Dinnerbone showed the item frame in item form with new texture.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|[[File:Item Frame JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added item frames. 
|There is currently a bug where attempting to place an item frame in [[multiplayer]] causes an internal server error, as well as other bugs.}}
{{History|||snap=12w34b|The multiplayer item frame bug has been fixed.}}
{{History|||snap=12w38a|Item frames no longer despawn when the [[player]] moves 20 [[block]]s away.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Items renamed using an [[anvil]] now display their name when looked at up close.}}
{{History|||snap=13w38a|[[Map]]s placed in an item frame now cover the whole block face, allowing seamless tiling of adjacent maps. This makes undiscovered areas of maps invisible.}}
{{History|||snap=13w43a|[[File:Item Frame (map) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Incomplete maps placed in item frames now display the item frame texture underneath.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w04a|[[Item]]s and [[block]]s displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a [[comparator]] outputs a [[redstone]] signal depending on the rotation phase.}}
{{History|||snap=14w10a|Multiple item frames can no longer be placed on the same block face.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w41a|An item frame now generates in the treasure room of [[end ship]]s, above the [[shulker]] that guards the treasure. It holds [[elytra]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w49a|Item frames are no longer destroyed by [[lightning]] bolts.}}
{{History|||snap=15w50a|Added [[sound]]s to item frames: <code>entity.itemframe.add_item</code>, <code>entity.itemframe.break</code>, <code>entity.itemframe.place</code>, <code>entity.itemframe.remove_item</code>, and <code>entity.itemframe.rotate_item</code>.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID of item frames has been changed from <code>ItemFrame</code> to <code>item_frame</code>.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 389.}}
{{History|||snap=17w50a|Item frames can now be put on floors and ceilings.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Item Frame JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (map) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of item frames have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Item frames are now [[trading|sold]] by cartographer [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w38a|[[File:Item Frame 19w38a.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame Map 19w38a.png|32px]] Item frames now appear dark, same as suffocating [[mob]]s.<ref>{{bug|mc-161283|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=19w39a|Item frames are now colored correctly.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w10a|The NBT <code>Invisible</code> and <code>Fixed</code> have been added to item frames.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w03a|[[File:Glow Item Frame JE1 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Glow Item Frame (map) JE1 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Glow Item Frame (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added glow item frames.}}
{{History|||snap=21w10a|Added new [[subtitles]] for glow item frames.}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w41a|[[File:Item Frame (item) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Glow Item Frame (item) JE2.png|32px]] The textures of item frames and glow item frames as item have been changed.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w15a|Item frames now adjusts its hitbox to account for the larger size of a framed [[map]].}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 3|Reverted the change in 22w15a.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Item Frame JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (map) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added item frames.
|Item frames are considered as a [[block entity]] instead of an [[entity]].<ref>{{tweet|_tomcc|690127591525728257|Let's create some drama: ItemFrames in MCPE will behave like signs and won't be placeable in blocks, and can't put many in the same block.|21 Jan 2016}}</ref>}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|An item frame containing [[elytra]] now generates in [[end city]] ships.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Item Frame JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (map) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of item frames have been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Item frames can now be [[trading|bought]] from cartographer [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.13.0|snap=beta 1.13.0.9|Item frames can now be placed on the top and bottom of [[block]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Trading has been changed, item frames are now offered by expert-level cartographer villager.}}
{{History||Caves & Cliffs (experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.17.0|snap=beta 1.16.210.59|[[File:Item Frame.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (map) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Glow Item Frame (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added glow item frames.
|Has the default item frame block texture.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.210.60|Temporarily removed glow item frames due to a crash.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.220.50|[[File:Item Frame JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (map) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Glow Item Frame (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Re-added glow item frames.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.220.52|[[File:Glow Item Frame BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Glow Item Frame (map) BE2.png|32px]] Glow Item Frame block texture uses update block texture due to a bug.}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.16.230.52|[[File:Item Frame.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (map) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The glow item frame block textures have been reverted back to the previous one.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.17.0.50|[[File:Glow Item Frame JE1 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Glow Item Frame (map) JE1 BE3.png|32px]] The textures of glow item frames have been changed to match Java Edition.
|Now produces [[redstone]] signals.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.17.0.52|Maps now glow in glow item frames.
|Glow Item Frames are no longer available only through [[Experimental Gameplay]].}}
{{History||1.18.10|snap=beta 1.18.10.20|[[File:Item Frame (item) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Glow Item Frame (item) JE2.png|32px]] The textures of item frames and glow item frames as item have been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU9|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Item Frame LCE1.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added item frames.}}
{{History||xbox=TU11|The limit for item frames in a world has been increased. A message is now displayed when the maximum number of item frames are reached.}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|[[File:Item Frame JE1 BE1.png|32px]] The entity texture of item frames has been changed.}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|[[Item]]s and [[block]]s displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a [[redstone comparator|comparator]] now outputs a [[redstone]] signal depending on the rotation phase.}}
{{History||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|Added [[sound]]s for item frames.}}
{{History||xbox=TU56|xbone=CU47|ps=1.55|wiiu=Patch 26|switch=1.0.6|If the [[item]] in the item frame has a name (from an [[anvil]]) it now shows as if there is a name tag on the item frame.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Item Frame JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (map) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of item frames have been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Item Frame JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (map) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Item Frame (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added item frames.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues==

{{issue list}}

== Trivia==

*The item frame is based upon a suggestion on [[wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]], like the [[ender chest]] and [[flower pot]].<ref>{{Tweet|dinnerbone|235747041286975488}}</ref>
*The item frame is the only entity to reference a block [[model]].{{only|java|short=1}} Because of this, the texture of the frame border is the same as the birch planks texture.
*Item frame is the '''only''' placeable item that can interfere with other non-full block entities.
*Due to the way layer textures are displayed in Minecraft, maps float on item frames, similar to how icons float on the map itself.

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
Item Frame.png | Item Frame
Item Frame (map).png | Map Item Frame
Glow Item Frame.png | Glow Item Frame
Glow Item Frame (map).png | Map Glow Item Frame
Item Frame with Item.png | With item
Item Frame with rotated Item.png | With rotated item
Item Frame with Block.png | With block
Item Frame with rotated Block.png | With rotated block
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Slab Frame.png|An item frame on the side of a slab.
ItemFrameBoxed.png|Four item frames in a one-block space.{{only|java}} 
Item Frames Woodbase.png|The frame itself uses the texture of birch planks.
Item Frame rotation.gif|The rotation of an item in an item frame.
Front-back-itemframe.png|The front and back of an item frame are the same.
Big skills right there.png|A glow item frame inside a glow item frame.
Frame fireplace.png|An image of a fireplace retweeted by Dinnerbone.
11 Framed.png|[[11]] in an item frame.
</gallery>

=== Development images ===
<gallery>
Suggestion for itemframes.png|Original Reddit image suggesting item frames and flower pots.
Item frame2.png|Dinnerbone's first screenshot showing armor and weapons.
Item frame3.png|Dinnerbone's second screenshot showing a map, a compass, and two diamond swords.
Item frame4.png|Dinnerbone's third screenshot showing a golden sword in all directions, the item frame item itself, and a working clock.
Item frame1.png|Jeb's screenshot of the item frame.
FlowerPot.png|Snapshot showing plant pots and item frames.
Item frame5.png|Snapshot image of an ender pearl in an item frame.
SOATPC.png|An image tweeted by Dinnerbone showing how hovering over an item frame containing a renamed item shows a name tag.
Pocket Edition Item Frames.jpg|First image of item frames in ''Bedrock Edition''.
</gallery>

== See also ==

*{{ItemLink|Painting}}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

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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.

In contrast, spawning near a Mushroom Island biome grants the player a very large sanctuary from monsters, where they can build and mine with little fear. Of course, they will need to travel to other biomes for wood and other supplies, but once they have a bowl, their food supply is assured.

Bugs

  • Sometimes, an "ocean" biome may generate with absolutely no connection to the real ocean.
    • Example: (It doesn't just occur with this seed; there's also one in the seed "C99", coordinates unknown. Just keep going north and you might find it.)
      • Seed "Cylays99", X=-507, Z=-120

Gallery

References

  1. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, "Biome", accessed 20 April 2012
  2. Dictionary.com Unabridged, "biome", accessed 20 April 2012
  3. http://i.imgur.com/X3NJf.png

See also

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