Sunflower Plains
| Structures |  Village[BE only] Pillager Outpost[BE only]
|
|---|---|
| Features |  Oak Oak with Bee Nest
|
| Blocks |  Grass Block Short Grass Tall Grass Bush Sunflower Azure Bluet Oxeye Daisy Cornflower 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 sunflower plains biome is a variant of the plains that generate with sunflowers. It is the only biome where sunflowers naturally generate.
Generation
Sunflower plains replace plains at very low humidity in medium temperatures. They generate in high weirdness, often separated from flower forests by rivers or mountain valleys. They border most biomes that plains can border, including cherry groves but never forests or other woodland biomes.
Description
Like the plains, sunflower plains feature a wide, open view with few oak trees that sometimes come with bee nests. Large quantities of sunflowers generate across their landscape, and it is the only biome where sunflowers generate.
Other flowers such as azure bluet, oxeye daisy, and cornflower, and short grass, tall grass, and bushes also grow among the sunflowers. In Bedrock Edition, villages and outposts still generate here, but in Java Edition, they do not.[1]
Sunflower plains are populated by the same mobs as plains, including temperate animals with horses, donkeys, and zombie horsemen at night.
Mobs
The following mobs naturally spawn here:
| 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 |
{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "Zombie Horse": "Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear unless the difficulty is peaceful." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 520, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "note": "Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear unless the difficulty is peaceful.", "mob": "Zombie Horse", "weight": 5, "notename": "Zombie Horse", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 46, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cow", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-6", "mob": "Horse", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1-3", "mob": "Donkey", "weight": 1 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }
| 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 sunflower plains:
| Title | Preview | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Probability | Weight | Probability | ||
| A Familiar Room | 1 | 2.70% | — | — | |
| Below and Above | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Broken Clocks | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Clark | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Comforting Memories | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Danny | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Dry Hands | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Ebb | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Featherfall | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Fireflies | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Floating Dream | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Haggstrom | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Home | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Key | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| komorebi | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Left to Bloom | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Lilypad | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Living Mice | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Memories | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Mice on Venus | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Minecraft | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Nightly | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| One More Day | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| O's Piano | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Oxygène | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Puzzlebox | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Shores | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Subwoofer Lullaby | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Sweden | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Watcher | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Wet Hands | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| yakusoku | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
In Creative mode, the following tracks can play:
| Title | Preview | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Probability | Weight | Probability | ||
| Aria Math | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Biome Fest | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Blind Spots | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Dreiton | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Haunt Muskie | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Taswell | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Key | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Subwoofer Lullaby | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Living Mice | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Haggstrom | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Minecraft | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Oxygène | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Mice on Venus | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Dry Hands | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Wet Hands | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Clark | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Sweden | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Danny | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Left to Bloom | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| One More Day | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Floating Dream | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Comforting Memories | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| A Familiar Room | 1 | 3.03% | — | — | |
| Featherfall | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Watcher | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Puzzlebox | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| komorebi | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| yakusoku | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Lilypad | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Below and Above | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| O's Piano | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Broken Clocks | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Fireflies | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier |
|---|---|
 Sunflower Plains | sunflower_plains |
| Name | Identifier |
|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | sunflower_plains |
Biome definition
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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 |
|
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added sunflower plains, along with many other biomes. | |||||
| 1.13 | pre5 | The biome ID of sunflower plains has been changed from mutated_plains to sunflower_plains. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Cornflower now generates in sunflower plains. | |||||
| 1.15 | 19w34a | Bee nests now spawn attached to trees in sunflower plains biomes. | |||||
| 1.18 | 21w37a | Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 129. | |||||
| 21w44a | Sunflower plains are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement. | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w17a | "A Familiar Room" can now be played in sunflower plains. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 generate 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. | |||||
| 1.21.60 | Preview 1.21.60.23 | Sunflowers now generate in more cohesive patches. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | 1.0.1 | Added the sunflower plains variant, along with many other biomes. |
| 1.91 | Added pillager outposts, which can generate in plains biomes. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Sunflower Plains" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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The Sunflower Field seed template thumbnail -
A sunflower plains single biome world
Historical screenshots
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![The Sunflower Field seed template that was discontinued in 1.18[verify]](https://minecraft.wiki/images/thumb/Preset_sunflower_field.png/120px-Preset_sunflower_field.png?83291)
The Sunflower Field seed template that was discontinued in 1.18 -
The Sunflower Field seed template discontinued in 26.0 -
Old view of a sunflower plains biome. -
A sunflower plains single biome world before Java Edition 1.18 -
Sunflower plains with ray tracing
Mojang screenshots
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Flat sunflower plains biome -
Banner of the biome used in Around the Block
In other media
See also
References
External links
- "Around the Block: Sunflower Plains" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 8, 2022.
