Sparse Jungle

Sparse Jungle
Structures	Abandoned Camp
Features	Jungle Tree; Jungle Bush; Oak
Blocks	Grass Block; Short Grass; Fern; Vines; Melon; Dandelion; Poppy
Climate
Temperature	0.95
Downfall	0.8
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	; #64C73F
Foliage color	; #3EB80F
Dry foliage color	; #A36346
Water color	; #3F76E4‌[JE only]; ; #0D8AE3‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Warmish
Lighting	Warmish
Volumetric fog	Humid
Color grading	Warmish

The sparse jungle or jungle edge biome is a variant of the jungle where vegetation is sparser, resembling a lush plains biome with small jungle trees.

Generation

The sparse jungle generates in areas with moderately high temperature and humidity, usually where weirdness is positive. It typically borders bamboo jungles, plains, old growth birch forests, deserts, wooded badlands, mangrove swamps, and windswept savannas. Rivers usually separate it from regular jungles, though direct borders are not rare. In coastal areas, sparse jungles may border beaches or lukewarm oceans directly.

As the sparse jungle spreads further inland or the terrain rises, it sometimes transitions to forests, and terrain that rises further may lead to stony peaks.

Because of the relatively high humidity, lush caves often generate under sparse jungles. Dripstone caves are common inland.

Description

Oak trees, jungle trees, jungle bushes, and patched melons generate here, though at significantly lower rates than the regular jungle, roughly comparable to the rate of trees in the savanna biome. Only small jungle trees generate in this biome, and bamboo does not generate here.^[1]

The grass still takes on a bright green color, though slightly less vibrant than the main jungle. Jungle pyramids do not generate.^[2] Warm animal variants spawn here, and unique to this biome are rusty wolves. In Bedrock Edition, ocelots, parrots and pandas may spawn in this biome, like in regular jungles.

Abandoned camps sometimes generate in sparse jungles.

With Vibrant Visuals, sparse jungles use a strong humid volumetric fog setting similar to regular jungles, which fades the distance in an orange tint. Sparse jungles have warmish color grading, which makes the biome look more humid and warm. The night sky appears slightly brighter, and moonlight is colored more vibrant blue.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₁₅	4
Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₁₅	4
Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₁₅	1–4
Witch	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₁₅	1
Creature category
Warm Chicken	²⁰⁄₅₈	4
Sheep	¹²⁄₅₈	4
Warm Pig	¹⁰⁄₅₈	4
Warm Cow	⁸⁄₅₈	4
Rusty Wolf	⁸⁄₅₈	2–4
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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 Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Parrot	40	1–2
Ocelot	30	1–2
Sheep	12	2–3
Warm Chicken	10	2–4
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Panda	10	1–2
Warm Pig	10	1–3
Warm Cow	8	2–3
Rusty Wolf	8	2–4
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the sparse jungle:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Home		2	15.38%	2	15.38%
Bromeliad		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Danny		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Dry Hands		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Haggstrom		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Key		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Left to Bloom		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Living Mice		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Mice on Venus		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Oxygène		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	7.69%	1	7.69%
Wet Hands		1	7.69%	1	7.69%

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Sparse Jungle	`sparse_jungle`	`biome.minecraft.sparse_jungle`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`jungle_edge`	`23`

Biome definition

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      }
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  "effects": {
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    [
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    [
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      "minecraft:monster_room_deep"
    ],
    [],
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    [
      "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:trees_sparse_jungle",
      "minecraft:flower_warm",
      "minecraft:patch_grass_jungle",
      "minecraft:brown_mushroom_normal",
      "minecraft:red_mushroom_normal",
      "minecraft:patch_pumpkin",
      "minecraft:patch_sugar_cane",
      "minecraft:patch_firefly_bush_near_water",
      "minecraft:vines",
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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.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.2	13w36a	JungleEdge added, along with many other biomes.
		Melons can now generate in all jungle variants.
		Jungle biomes have been made much rarer.
1.13	18w16a	Renamed JungleEdge to Jungle Edge.
1.18	Experimental Snapshot 1	Jungle edge no longer generates naturally.
	experimental snapshot 5	Jungle edge biomes are able to generate once again, this time as its own biome rather than a thin transitional biome.
	21w40a	"Jungle Edge" has been renamed to "Sparse Jungle".
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room" and "Bromeliad" can now be played in all type of jungle biomes.
1.20	23w17a	"Aerie", "Firebugs", and "Labyrinthine" can no longer be played in all types of jungle biomes.
1.20.5	24w10a	Rusty wolves now spawn in sparse jungles.
1.21.5	25w02a	Pigs that spawn in sparse jungles are now the warm variant.
	25w05a	Cows that spawn in sparse jungles are now the warm variant.
	25w06a	Chickens that spawn in sparse jungles are now the warm variant.
26.3	snap1	Added abandoned camps, which can generate in sparse jungles.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0	build 1	Added jungle biomes and their variants.
v0.9.0	build 1	Melons can now generate in all jungle variants.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0	beta 1.8.0.8	Changed fishing loot in jungles. Only raw cod and raw salmon can be caught as fish, while bamboo and cocoa bean can now be caught as a fishing item.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.30.23	Jungle edges and modified jungle edges hills no longer generate naturally.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.40.20	Jungle edge biomes are able to generate once again.
1.20.80	Preview 1.20.80.21	Wolves can now spawn in sparse jungles, and are the rusty variant.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.23	Bamboo no longer generates.
		Ferns and Short grass now generate more frequently.
		Jungle bushes are now larger.
		Melon patches now generate more frequently
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.60.25	Pigs that spawn in sparse jungles are now the warm variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Cows that spawn in sparse jungles are now the warm variant.
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.22	Chickens that spawn in sparse jungles are now the warm variant.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added humid volumetric fog, warmish atmospherics, color grading, and lighting to sparse jungles in Vibrant Visuals.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Added abandoned camps, which can generate in sparse jungles.
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

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 Jungle Edge, along with many other biomes.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Melons may now generate in all jungle variants.
			1.83				Changed fishing loot in jungles. Only raw cod and raw salmon can be caught as fish, while bamboo and cocoa bean can now be caught as a fishing item.^[verify]

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added jungle edge.

Data history

Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 23.
1.18			21w40a				The ID `jungle_edge` has been changed to `sparse_jungle`.