Plains

Plains

Structures	Plains village Pillager Outpost
Features	Oak Oak with Bee Nest
Blocks	Grass Block Short Grass Tall Grass Bush Azure Bluet Cornflower Dandelion Oxeye Daisy Poppy Tulips
Climate
Temperature	0.8
Downfall	0.4
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#91BD59
Foliage color	#77AB2F
Dry foliage color	#A37546
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #44AFF5‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Default
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Default

The plains are common grassland biomes in the Overworld with wide, open terrain and flowers.

Generation

Plains are the second-most common Overworld biome after forests, covering about 10.2% of its area. This is due to both their abundance and their potential to grow very large. They generate across a broad range of moderate temperatures when humidity is low to moderate.

The terrain varies widely, from small islands and expansive flatlands to rolling hills and steeper ground where they transition into meadows, snowy slopes, or windswept biomes. They most often border forests, savannas, sparse jungles, flower forests, sunflower plains, or dappled forests. Because plains have a wide temperature range, they can transition into mangrove swamps, badlands, deserts, or snowy plains.

Beneath inland plains, dripstone caves are common, whereas sulfur caves are less abundant.

Description

Plains are grassy with few terrain features, creating a wide, open view. Many of the grass blocks are covered in short grass or tall grass, with many different flowers. Oak trees generate sometimes; ¹⁄₃ are large, while ¹⁄₂₀ have bees and bee nests.

Some occasional large patches of flowers grow various colors of tulips. Along with flower forests, plains are the only places where tulips generate. Oxeye daisies, cornflowers, dandelions, poppies, and azure bluets, sporadically generate within the plains. Bushes also generate in small patches of plain fields.

Villages generate in plains, using oak planks and logs. Pillager outposts can generate here as well.

Horses and donkeys spawn in plains biomes, as well as hostile zombie horses during the nighttime. Common temperate animal variants also spawn.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄520	4
Skeleton	100⁄520	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄520	4
Spider	100⁄520	4
Zombie	95⁄520	4
Enderman	10⁄520	1–4
Witch	5⁄520	1
Zombie Horse[note 2]	5⁄520	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄520	1
Creature category
Sheep	12⁄46	4
Chicken	10⁄46	4
Pig	10⁄46	4
Cow	8⁄46	4
Horse	5⁄46	2–6
Donkey	1⁄46	1–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Zombie	95	2–4
Skeleton	80	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Horse[note 2]	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Sheep	12	2–3
Chicken	10	2–4
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Pig	10	1–3
Cow	8	2–3
Horse	4	2–6
Donkey	1	2–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	2

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Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in plains:

In Creative mode, the following tracks can play:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Plains	plains	biome.minecraft.plains

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	plains	1

Biome definition

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              "type": "minecraft:bat",
              "count": 8,
              "weight": 10
            }
          ],
          "creature": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:sheep",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 12
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:pig",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:chicken",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 10
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:cow",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 8
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:horse",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 6,
                "min_inclusive": 2
              },
              "weight": 5
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:donkey",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 3,
                "min_inclusive": 1
              },
              "weight": 1
            }
          ],
          "monster": [
            {
              "type": "minecraft:spider",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 90
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie_villager",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 5
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:zombie_horse",
              "count": 1,
              "weight": 5
            },
            {
              "type": "minecraft:skeleton",
              "count": 4,
              "weight": 100
            },
            {
              "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
            }
          ],
          "underground_water_creature": [
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              "type": "minecraft:glow_squid",
              "count": {
                "type": "minecraft:uniform",
                "max_inclusive": 6,
                "min_inclusive": 4
              },
              "weight": 10
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "modifier": "overlay"
    },
    "minecraft:visual/sky_color": "#78a7ff"
  },
  "carvers": [
    "minecraft:cave",
    "minecraft:cave_extra_underground",
    "minecraft:canyon"
  ],
  "downfall": 0.4,
  "effects": {
    "water_color": "#3f76e4"
  },
  "features": [
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:lake_lava_underground",
      "minecraft:lake_lava_surface"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:amethyst_geode"
    ],
    [
      "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_sand",
      "minecraft:disk_clay",
      "minecraft:disk_gravel"
    ],
    [],
    [
      "minecraft:spring_water",
      "minecraft:spring_lava"
    ],
    [
      "minecraft:glow_lichen",
      "minecraft:patch_tall_grass_2",
      "minecraft:patch_bush",
      "minecraft:trees_plains",
      "minecraft:flower_plains",
      "minecraft:patch_grass_plain",
      "minecraft:brown_mushroom_normal",
      "minecraft:red_mushroom_normal",
      "minecraft:patch_pumpkin",
      "minecraft:patch_sugar_cane",
      "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.

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A plains biome in hilly terrain
• 
  Lakes inside a plains biome
• 
  Mountainous plains generation next to an ocean
• 
  A plains biome forming a valley between mountains
• 
  Another plains biome
• 
  A plains biome on higher altitude
• 
  A plains biome forming a valley between hilly forests
• 
  An above view of a large plains biome
• 
  The Coastal Village seed template thumbnail, a plains village with an ocean
• 
  The Survival Island seed template thumbnail, a plains island with a village
• 
  A plains single biome world

Mojang screenshots

• 
  Caves and hills in a plains biome

Historical screenshots

• 
  Plains with ray tracing
• 
  A village in the plains before Caves & Cliffs
• 
  An older plains biome
• 
  A large oak tree in the plains, with some horses
• 
  Plains village generated between mountains
• 
  Aaaaah, The Good View of the plains. It's calm right.
• 
  A plains single biome world before 1.18
• 
  The Village Island (seed preset) discontinued in Pocket Edition
• 
  The Stronghold Village (seed preset) discontinued in Pocket Edition
• 
  The Double Island Village (seed preset) discontinued in Pocket Edition Alpha 1.0.0.0
• 
  A plains biome before The Update that Changed the World
• 
  The plains in Beta 1.7

Development images

• 
  Plains with a mountain in the distance
• 
  A lake with a mountain in the distance

In other media

• 
  A plains biome on the cover of Xbox 360 Edition
• 
  Pixel art of Steve, Sunny, and Kai in a plains biome^[1]
• 
  Artwork of a plains village
• 
  Alex buried underneath monsters
• 
  Zuri and Sunny gathering resources in a plains biome
• 
  Promotional photo for Lego Minecraft showing a plains biome
• 
  Narrator and MARILLA in a plains biome
• 
  A settlement set up by Mobbo in the biome
• 
  A plains biome as it appears in A Minecraft Movie
• 
  Jimothy in a plains biome(Post on Minecraft's official Instagram account, not a game feature)

See also

• Savanna
• Snowy Plains
• Meadow
• Sunflower Plains

References

External links

• "Around the Block: Plains" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, June 11, 2020.