Mangrove Swamp

Mangrove Swamp

Features	Mangrove Fossil
Blocks	Mud Grass Block Dead Bush Water Lily Pad Seagrass Firefly Bush
Climate
Temperature	0.8
Downfall	0.9
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#6A7039  #4C763C
Foliage color	#8DB127
Dry foliage color	#7B5334
Water color	#3A7A6A
Water fog color	#4D7A60
Water fog distance	30‌[BE only] Decreased‌[JE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Mangrove Swamp
Lighting	Warmish
Volumetric fog	Humid
Color grading	Mangrove Swamp

The mangrove swamp is a wetland biome populated with mud and mangroves where slimes, frogs, and bogged can spawn.

Generation

Mangrove swamps generate in warm regions where erosion is very high. Typically flat, they frequently border deserts, savannas, jungles, forests, and plains. These biomes are sometimes entirely surrounded by the mangrove swamp. Rivers cannot flow through mangrove swamps but often run along small sections of the biome's perimeter.

Mangrove swamps never border the ocean directly, though the bodies of water may merge when a river or submerged beach biome forms the boundary. In cooler areas, mangrove swamps transition into regular swamps. Mangrove swamps are often near windswept savanna biomes.

Where weirdness is low, sulfur caves can often generate underground.

Description

Mangrove swamp biomes are a variant of the swamp biome featuring dense mangrove trees which vary in height and sometimes contain a bee nest with bees. The floor is mainly composed of mud blocks with occasional grass block or dirt disks. Seagrass litters the bottom of flooded areas, and lily pads dot the water's surface.

In Java Edition, unlike most Overworld biomes, mushrooms do not generate here. The grass has the same color as the normal swamp, determined by a temperature gradient, but leaves and vines have a unique light green tint, and the water is teal rather than gray. Warm frogs and tropical fish are the only passive mobs that spawn in this biome.

Additional slimes may spawn in mangrove swamps during the night, exclusively between Y=50 and Y=70. Their spawn rate is affected by the moon phase, spawning most often during full moon and not spawning at all during new moon. Bogged add an additional threat to the night, thunderstorms, or caves.‌^{[JE only]}

Mangrove swamp biomes, alongside deserts and regular swamps, can generate fossils underground. However, swamp huts do not generate here.

Villagers that spawn in mangrove swamps get a unique swamp-themed look. While villages don't generate in swamps, they are commonly found bordering one with some houses in the biome. Otherwise, swamp villagers can only spawn by curing zombie villagers in this biome or breeding villagers here.

Underwater fog is thick here, making visibility lower underwater. With Vibrant Visuals, mangrove swamps use a strong humid volumetric fog setting similar to jungles, which fades the distance in an orange tint, and moonlight is colored more vibrant blue. Mangrove swamps have brighter blue daytime sky colors, and a slightly warmer color grading, but not as much as jungles.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄516	4
Skeleton	70⁄516	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄516	4
Spider	100⁄516	4
Zombie	95⁄516	4
Bogged	30⁄516	4
Enderman	10⁄516	1–4
Witch	5⁄516	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄516	1
Slime[note 1]	1⁄516	1
Creature category
Warm Frog	1	2–5
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Water ambient category
Tropical Fish	1	8
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Slimes are spawned twice, once for slime chunks and once for the surface." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 516, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 70 }, { "note": "Slimes are spawned twice, once for slime chunks and once for the surface.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Bogged", "weight": 30 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 }, { "note": "Slimes are spawned twice, once for slime chunks and once for the surface.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 1, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-5", "mob": "Warm Frog", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 25, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Tropical Fish", "weight": 25 } ], "category": "waterambient" }, "5": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Zombie	95	1
Bogged	40	1–2
Enderman	10	1–4
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	1
Creature category
Warm Frog	1	2–5
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	2–4
Water creature category
Tropical Fish[note 2]	25	3–5
Tropical Fish[note 2]	25	1–3
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Slimes are spawned once, for both slime chunks and the surface.", "Tropical Fish": "Tropical fish are spawned twice." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 455, "mobs": [ { "size": "1", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Slimes are spawned once, for both slime chunks and the surface.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Bogged", "weight": 40 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-5", "mob": "Warm Frog", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 100, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 100 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 50, "mobs": [ { "note": "Tropical fish are spawned twice.", "mob": "Tropical Fish", "weight": 25, "notename": "Tropical Fish", "size": "3-5" }, { "note": "Tropical fish are spawned twice.", "mob": "Tropical Fish", "weight": 25, "notename": "Tropical Fish", "size": "1-3" } ], "category": "watercreature" }, "5": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the mangrove swamp:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Mangrove Swamp	mangrove_swamp	biome.minecraft.mangrove_swamp

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	mangrove_swamp	191

Biome definition

{
  "attributes": {
    "minecraft:audio/background_music": {
      "default": {
        "max_delay": 24000,
        "min_delay": 12000,
        "sound": "minecraft:music.overworld.swamp"
      }
    },
    "minecraft:gameplay/increased_fire_burnout": true,
    "minecraft:gameplay/natural_mob_spawns": {
      "argument": {
        "spawn_costs": {},
        "spawns_by_category": {
          "ambient": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:bat",
              "count": 8,
              "weight": 10
            }
          ],
          "creature": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:frog",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 5,
                "min_inclusive": 2
              },
              "weight": 10
            }
          ],
          "monster": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:spider",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 95
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie_villager",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 5
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:skeleton",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 70
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:creeper",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:slime",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:enderman",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 4,
                "min_inclusive": 1
              },
              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:witch",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 5
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:slime",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 1
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:bogged",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 30
            }
          ],
          "underground_water_creature": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:glow_squid",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 6,
                "min_inclusive": 4
              },
              "weight": 10
            }
          ],
          "water_ambient": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:tropical_fish",
              "count": 8,
              "weight": 25
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "modifier": "overlay"
    },
    "minecraft:visual/fog_color": "#c0d8ff",
    "minecraft:visual/sky_color": "#78a7ff",
    "minecraft:visual/water_fog_color": "#4d7a60",
    "minecraft:visual/water_fog_end_distance": {
      "argument": 0.85,
      "modifier": "multiply"
    }
  },
  "carvers": [
    "minecraft:cave",
    "minecraft:cave_extra_underground",
    "minecraft:canyon"
  ],
  "downfall": 0.9,
  "effects": {
    "dry_foliage_color": "#7b5334",
    "foliage_color": "#8db127",
    "grass_color_modifier": "swamp",
    "water_color": "#3a7a6a"
  },
  "features": [
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:lake_lava_underground",
      "minecraft:lake_lava_surface"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:amethyst_geode"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:fossil_upper",
      "minecraft:fossil_lower",
      "minecraft:monster_room",
      "minecraft:monster_room_deep"
    ],
    [],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:ore_dirt",
      "minecraft:ore_gravel",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_granite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diorite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_diorite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_andesite_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_tuff",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_coal_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_upper",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_middle",
      "minecraft:ore_iron_small",
      "minecraft:ore_gold",
      "minecraft:ore_gold_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone",
      "minecraft:ore_redstone_lower",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_medium",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_large",
      "minecraft:ore_diamond_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis",
      "minecraft:ore_lapis_buried",
      "minecraft:ore_copper",
      "minecraft:underwater_magma",
      "minecraft:disk_grass",
      "minecraft:disk_clay"
    ],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:spring_water",
      "minecraft:spring_lava"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:glow_lichen",
      "minecraft:trees_mangrove",
      "minecraft:patch_grass_normal",
      "minecraft:patch_dead_bush",
      "minecraft:patch_waterlily",
      "minecraft:seagrass_swamp",
      "minecraft:patch_firefly_bush_near_water"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:freeze_top_layer"
    ]
  ],
  "has_precipitation": true,
  "temperature": 0.8
}

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 56​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/57​[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Caves Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Sulfur Caves Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

Videos

History

Announcement

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "Mangrove Swamp" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A mangrove swamp close to a desert
• 
  A swamp and a mangrove swamp bordering each other
• 
  Monsters in a mangrove swamp at night
• 
  A view of the sky from inside a mangrove swamp
• 
  The interior of a mangrove swamp
• 
  A deeper lake in a mangrove swamp
• 
  The view of a mangrove swamp from an underwater perspective
• 
  A small mangrove swamp surrounded by a jungle
• 
  The occurrence of a mangrove swamp in a desert in a mangrove swamp
• 
  A mangrove swamp with the terrain from a windswept savanna
• 
  Screenshot of a savanna village leading into a mangrove swamp during rainfall
• 
  The above view of a mangrove swamp
• 
  The Mangrove Swamp seed template thumbnail
• 
  A mangrove swamp single biome world

Development images

• 
  A mangrove swamp in the Minecraft Live 2021 recap video
• 
  Development image of a mangrove swamp
• 
  Development image of a mangrove swamp
• 
  Development image of a mangrove swamp

In other media

• 
  A mangrove swamp as it appears on the key art for the Wild Update
• 
  Noor rowing through a mangrove swamp
• 
  Steve and Alex digging a hole in a mangrove swamp
• 
  An allay leading Noor through the biome
• 
  Swamp concept art
• 
  Ditto
• 
  Ditto
• 
  Artwork of a mangrove swamp from minecraft.net
• 
  Lego mangrove swamp

See also

• Swamp
• Plains
• River
• Ocean
• Jungle

External links

• "Around the Block: Mangrove Swamp" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, March 30, 2023.