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 and ice caves^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]} are less abundant. The deep dark sometimes generates where erosion is low, especially near elevated terrain and mountains.

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

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear unless the difficulty is peaceful.

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	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear.

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in plains:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	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
Title	Preview	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

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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Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		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

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0	preview	Added biomes, including plains.
v1.2.0	preview	Plains were defined by having a rainfall value between 20% and 45% and a temperature value over 97%.
Java Edition Beta
1.6	Test Build 3	Added short grass. It generates here in abundance.
1.8	Pre-release	The old plains biome was removed as part of the biome overhaul and replaced with the new plains. Old plains biomes from the original biome generation are not converted into the new plains except by coincidence.
1.8	Pre-release	Added villages, which can generate in the plains biome.
Java Edition
1.7.2	13w36a	Tall grass, azure bluets and oxeye daisies now generate in the plains biome.
		Tulips now generate in patches within plains biomes.
		Plains are now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.10	16w20a	Plains now have some trees (5% of chunks). ¹⁄₃ large oak, ²⁄₃ normal oak.
1.14	18w43a	Cornflower now generates in plains.
1.14	18w47a	Added pillager outposts, which can generate in plains biomes.
1.15	19w34a	Bee nests now spawn attached to trees in plains biomes.
1.18	Experimental Snapshot 1	The plains biome no longer generates in patches within dark forest and regular deep ocean biomes.
1.18	21w37a	Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 1.
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room" can now be played in plains.
1.21.5	25w05a	Added bushes, which can generate in plains.
1.21.5	25w09a	Added fallen trees, which can generate in plains.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0		Added biomes, including plains.
v0.9.0	build 1	Added villages, which can generate in plains biome.
v0.15.0	build 1	Added horses, which can spawn in 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.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.23	Short grass now generates more frequently and in larger amounts.
		Tall grass now generates less frequently but in larger patches.
		Flower patches now contain mixed flowers, are larger and generate more frequently.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Added bushes, which can generate in plains.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU0	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added the plains biome.
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1		Mooshrooms can rarely spawn in the plains biome.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3
			1.91				Added pillager outposts, which can spawn in plains biomes.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added plains

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)

References

↑ "What is Minecraft? Discover the World of Minecraft" – Minecraft.

External links

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

[Slime-1] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Zombie_Horse-2] Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear unless the difficulty is peaceful.

[Slime-3] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Zombie_Horse-4] Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear.

[5] "What is Minecraft? Discover the World of Minecraft" – Minecraft.

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