A plains biome. A pillager outpost can be seen close to a village.
Plains are temperate grasslands biomes. They are among the first biomes added to the game. There are two plains biome variants in the biome family. They are the second most common biome, with Forest being slightly more common.
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Description[]
Plains are grassy and mostly flat. Many of the grass blocks are covered in grass or tall grass. Oak trees generate sometimes; 1⁄3 are large. Rarely, these trees have bees and bee nests.
Some patches of plains grow various colors of tulips and these patches, along with flower forests, are the only places where tulips generate. Oxeye daisies, cornflower, and azure bluets flowers sporadically generate within the plains. Sunflowers are found in the sunflower variation.
Villages from plains use oak planks and logs. Pillager outposts generate as well, but are even rarer.
Horses spawn in plains biomes. In Bedrock Edition, this is the only biome where donkeys can spawn.
Despite the calmness, survival in plains biomes can be a little hard due to the relative sparseness of the biome, though villages can serve as a temporary refuge if they are found. Oak trees sparsely generate, making wood scarce should one not want to tear down village houses or battle pillagers in outpost for wood. Additionally, the amounts of grass can prove to be a nuisance when building a shelter or combating. However, tamed horses can serve as a method of travel, allowing players to more efficiently explore their surroundings for more resources.
There are some unique features concerning the plains biome in the game's world generation: small forest biomes often generate in patches within large plains, and small plains generate in patches within large dark forest or deep oceans as glades.
Variants[]
There are two plains biome variants.
Plains[]
| Type |
Temperate/Lush |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Common |
| Temperature |
0.8 |
| Structures | |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
| Grass color |
|
| Foliage color |
|
| Water color |
The plains biome is the most abundant variant. Plains biomes are common in a Minecraft world, generating in both temperate and dry biome clusters. It also generates as a separation when a swamp biome generates alongside a desert.
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Passive category | ||
| Sheep | 12⁄46 | 4 |
| Pig | 10⁄46 | 4 |
| Chicken | 10⁄46 | 4 |
| Cow | 8⁄46 | 4 |
| Horse | 5⁄46 | 2–6 |
| Donkey | 1⁄46 | 1–3 |
| Hostile category | ||
| Spider | 100⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Zombie | 95⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄516.25 | 1 |
| Skeleton | 100⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Creeper | 100⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100⁄516.25 | 4 |
| Enderman | 10⁄516.25 | 1–4 |
| Witch | 5⁄516.25 | 1 |
| Spider Jockey | 1⁄516.25 | 1 |
| Chicken Jockey | 0.25⁄516.25 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 10⁄10 | 8 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Passive category | ||
| Sheep | 12⁄45 | 2–3 |
| Pig | 10⁄45 | 1–3 |
| Chicken | 10⁄45 | 2–4 |
| Cow | 8⁄45 | 2–3 |
| Horse | 4⁄45 | 2–6 |
| Donkey | 1⁄45 | 2–6 |
| Hostile category | ||
| Spider | 100⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Zombie | 95⁄496.25 | 2–4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄496.25 | 2–4 |
| Skeleton | 80⁄496.25 | 1–2 |
| Creeper | 100⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Enderman | 10⁄496.25 | 1–2 |
| Witch | 5⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Spider Jockey | 1⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Chicken Jockey | 0.25⁄496.25 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 10⁄10 | 2 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
Sunflower plains[]
| Type |
Temperate/Lush |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Uncommon |
| Temperature |
0.8 |
| Structures |
Villages[BE only] |
| Blocks |
Grass Block |
| Grass color |
|
| Foliage color |
|
| Water color |
Typically found in large patches within regular plains, the sunflower plains features large numbers of sunflowers across its landscape, and is the only place where sunflowers may generate. The sunflowers make for a good source of yellow dye and a makeshift compass, as they always face east. The terrain and mob spawning is otherwise no different from the regular plains.
In Bedrock Edition, Villages and outposts still generate here.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Resource location | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Plains | plains | biome.minecraft.plains |
| Sunflower Plains | sunflower_plains | biome.minecraft.sunflower_plains |
| Name | Resource location | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | plains | 1 |
| [No displayed name] | sunflower_plains | 129 |
History[]
Before alpha 1.2.0, flatter areas similar to plains existed within "plains" landforms which were randomly generated across the world as true biomes did not exist yet.
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.2.0 | preview | Added true biomes, including plains. | |||
| Plains were defined by having a rainfall value of over 45% and a temperature value over 97%. | |||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.6 | Test Build 3 | added tall grass. it generates here in abundance. | |||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Added villages, which can generate in the plains biome. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added sunflower plains variant, along with many other biomes. | |||
| Tall grass, azure bluets and oxeye daisies now generate in the plains biome. | |||||
| Tulips now generate in patches within plains biomes. | |||||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Plains and sunflower plains now have some trees (5% of chunks). 1⁄3 large oak, 2⁄3 normal oak. | |||
| 1.13 | pre5 | The biome ID of sunflower plains has changed from mutated_plains to sunflower_plains. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Cornflower now generates in normal/sunflower plains. | |||
| 18w47a | Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in plains biomes. | ||||
| 1.15 | 19w34a | Bee nests now spawn attached to trees in plains biomes. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.1.0 | Added biomes, including plains. | ||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added sunflower plains variant, along with many other biomes. | |||
| Added villages, which can generate in plains biome. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added horses, which can spawn in plains and sunflower plains biome. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | Added cornflowers, which can generate in plains biomes. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in plains biomes. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Added Illager patrol, which can spawn in plains. | |||
| 1.14.0 | beta 1.14.0.1 | Plains now have bees and bee nests. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added the plains biome.[verify] |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added the sunflower plains variant, along with many other biomes. | |
| 1.91 | Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in plains biomes. | ||||
Trivia[]
- The plains biome also generates in patches within dark forest and regular deep ocean biomes, similar to how hills biomes generate within their respective base biomes.
- Plains use regular forest and wooded hills as their hills biome variants.
Gallery[]
A village in the plains.
A large oak tree in the plains, with some horses.
Another view of sunflower plains, with some tulip patches.
The plains in Beta 1.7.
An aerial view of a Buffet plains biome.
Plains biome with a lot of animals. Check the image for the seed and coordinates.
Village reaching into 3 biomes (Jungle, Desert and Plains).
Plains village generated between mountains.
Mountainous Plains generation from 1.18.
