Feature

This article is about generated features in the world. For generated structures, see Generated structures.

For custom features in data pack, see Custom feature.

Features (also known as features) are features generated in each minecraft world. This page lists Minecraft.

Overworld

Aboveground

Feature	Description
Forest rock	Boulder made entirely of mossy cobblestone found in old growth taiga.
Iceberg	Small island-like ice features made out of blue ice or packed ice, and snow found in frozen ocean and deep frozen ocean.
Blue ice	Small blobs of blue ice adjacent to packed ice blocks, generating at or below the ocean surface.
Freeze top layer	Ice on water and snow on blocks. In Bedrock Edition, technically it is not a feature.
Ice spike	Tall spires made of packed ice found in the ice spikes biome.
Ice patch	Disk-like feature of packed ice.
Lava lake	A small, widespread feature that contains a volume of lava.
Disk	Small circular patches of clay, sandstone, dirt, and gravel found underwater.
Bonus Chest	Chest generated near the player's spawn if the "Bonus chest" option is toggled on.
Void start platform	A 33 by 33 platform of stone centered on a block of cobblestone. Only generates in the Void biome or the Void superflat preset at coordinates 8, 3, 8.
Desert Well	A structure-like built of sandstone blocks and slabs with a water source inside.
Spring	A water or lava source block that generates on the side of a hill, cave or ravine.
Pile	A pile of blocks that can only generate in villages. There are 5 variants of pile: Hay, Ice, Melon, Pumpkin and Snow.

Underground

Feature	Description
Lava lake	A small, widespread feature that contains a volume of lava.
Monster Room	A structure-like feature that contains a monster spawner.
Fossil	A rarely-occurring skeletal feature composed of bone blocks, coal ore, or diamond ore.
Dripstone cluster	Some pointed dripstone blocks generates hanging from the ceiling.
Large dripstone	Stalagnate composed entirely of dripstone blocks.
Pointed dripstone	A single stalagmite or stalactite composed of pointed dripstone blocks.
Underwater magma	Magmas found underwater.
Amethyst geode	Geodes of amethyst also consist of calcite and smooth basalt as outer layer found underground.
Ore	A feature consisting of a natural deposit of ores or other blocks.

The Nether

Feature	Description
Delta	One-block-deep sheets of constrained lava.
Basalt column	Vertical clusters of basalt blocks found within basalt delta biomes
Basalt pillar	A tall features made up of basalt block.
Glowstone blob	Piles of glowstone.
Ore	A feature consisting of a natural deposit of ores or other blocks.
Blob‌	A feature consisting of a natural deposit of basalts or blackstones.
Spring	A single lava source block that generates inside blocks or open to air.
Fire patch	A patch of fires or soul fires.

The End

Feature	Description
End podium	The exit portal in the End.
End spike	Tall spikes made of obsidian.
End gateway	End gateway block with bedrocks.
End island	Hemispherical clusters of end stone blocks.

Plant-like

Feature	Description
Vines	A single vines block found in jungle biomes and lush cave biome.
Bamboo	Bamboo plant with optional podzols found in jungle biomes.
Glow lichen	A single glow lichen block found underground.
Huge mushroom	Tree-like features that consist of mushroom blocks.
Tree	A feature consisting of logs and appropriate leaves.
Coral reef	Coral reefs are features that consist of corals, coral fans, coral blocks and sea pickles. In Bedrock Edition, the coral reefs can also consist of dead corals, dead coral fans and dead coral blocks.
Chorus plant	A plant-like feature of chorus flower in the End. In Bedrock Edition, technically it is not a feature.
Vegetation	Patched vegetations like flowers and grass.

Composed features

The following features are composed of multiple plant-like features mentioned above.

Java Edition:

Configured feature ID	Included configured features
bamboo_vegetation	patch_grass_jungle fancy_oak jungle_bush mega_jungle_tree
dark_forest_vegetation	oak huge_brown_mushroom huge_red_mushroom dark_oak birch fancy_oak

Bedrock Edition:

Feature ID	Included features
legacy:flower_forest_foliage_feature legacy:forest_foliage_feature legacy:roofed_forest_foliage_feature	huge_mushroom_feature scatter_tall_grass_around_forest_foliage_feature double_plant_feature select_roofed_tree_feature select_birch_tree_feature fancy_oak_tree_feature select_oak_tree_feature
legacy:swamp_foliage_feature	seagrass_feature scatter_tall_grass_around_tree_feature huge_mushroom_feature swamp_tree_feature

Technical details

Features are generated for a given chunk after the terrain has been formed. When features are generated, they can spill over into neighboring chunks that have been previously generated. Thus, a tree at the edge of the generated world may be overwritten by a village before the player reaches it. It is also theoretically possible for two worlds generated with the same seed, from the same version of Minecraft, to differ slightly depending on the players' travel routes, because the chunk generation order may determine which of two conflicting features overwrite or suppress the other.

History

Java Edition Infdev
20100616-1					Added springs.
20100625-2					Added dungeons.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		preview			Added the Nether, which contains ceiling springs and glowstone blobs.
v1.2.6					Added water and lava lakes.
Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Added disks.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Added the exit portal and end spikes along with the End.
1.2.1		12w04a			Added desert wells.
1.3.1		12w16a			Added bonus chests.
1.5		13w02a			Added hidden lava spring in the Nether.
1.7.2		13w36a			Added forest rocks, ice spikes and ice patches.
1.9		15w31a			Added end gateways.
		15w37a			Added void start platforms.
1.10		16w20a			Added fossils.
1.13		18w15a			Added icebergs.
1.16		20w06a			Added basalt pillars.
		20w15a			Added deltas and basalt columns.
					Added basalt blobs and blackstone blobs.
1.17		20w45a			Added amethyst geodes.
		20w49a			Added dripstone features.
		21w06a			Added underwater magma.
1.18		21w41a			Freeze top layer now becomes a feature technically.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					Added springs.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added dungeons, forest rocks, ice spikes, ice patches, water and lava lakes, disks, and desert wells.
v0.12.1		build 1			Added the Nether, which contains glowstone blobs, ceiling springs and hidden lava.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Added the exit portal, end gateways, and end spikes.
1.1.3		alpha 1.1.3.0			Added fossils.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added bonus chests.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Added icebergs.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added basalt pillars.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Added deltas and basalt columns.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			Added the dripstone clusters. They don't naturally generate yet and are only accessible through add-ons.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.50			Dripstone clusters now generate throughout caves in the Overworld.
					Added amethyst geodes.
1.18.0		beta 1.18.0.22			Added underwater magma.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added dungeons.
TU5					Added bonus chests.
TU9					Added the exit portal, end gateways, and end spikes.
TU12					Added desert wells.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Added fossils.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added dungeons.
1.7.10					Added exit portal and end gateways.
1.9.19					Added fossils.
Education Edition
1.0.21					Added bonus chests.

References

Generated structures, features and terrain features 

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Environment 

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