Plains Biome – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Plains biome with screenshots.
In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let’s explore the Plains biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Plains is a biome in the Overworld. It is relatively flat land with dull green grass. It has lots of streams, lakes, caves, and wildlife.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Plains biome.
Weather
The weather in the Plains biome has average precipitation.
Trees
There are no trees in the Plains biome.
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Plains biome is azure bluets, dandelions, oxeye daisies, sunflowers and pumpkins:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Azure Bluet |
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Dandelion |
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Oxeye Daisy |
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Sunflower |
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Cornflower |
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Pumpkin |
Blocks
In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks, gravel, lapis lazuli ore, and bee nests:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Grass Block |
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Gravel |
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Lapis Lazuli Ore |
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Bee Nest |
Other Standard Blocks
If you dig down far enough in the Plains biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:
Mobs
In the Plains biome, there is lots of wildlife. You will find chickens, cows, horses, donkeys, pigs, sheep, bees, and villagers.
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Plains biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Villages
If you look carefully in the Plains biome, you will sometimes find a village like the one below:
Inside this village, you will find a group of small buildings with gardens of vegetables. Villagers naturally spawn inside of these villagers and grow gardens of potatoes, carrots, and wheat. When you are running low on food, you can harvest their vegetables for yourself. You can also trade with villagers to get rare items.
Biome ID for Plains
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Plains biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
| Minecraft ID | Dimension | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:plains | Overworld |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.16 – 1.19.2 |
See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.
- Minecraft ID is the biome’s Internal ID that is used in game commands such as /locatebiome command.
- Dimension is the dimension that the biome can be found (such as the Overworld, Nether, or End).
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.
Plains Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Plains biome:
Plains Seeds (Java Edition)
Plains Seeds (Java Edition)