Wooded Badlands Biome – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Wooded Badlands biome (formerly called the Wooded Badlands Plateau) 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 Wooded Badlands biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Wooded Badlands is a biome in the Overworld and is very rare to find. It is a high area of land that is made up of various colors of terracotta. At the peak, you can see patches of grass, coarse dirt, dead bushes, pumpkins and oak trees. You can also find small pools of water in this biome.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Wooded Badlands biome.
Weather
The weather in the Wooded Badlands biome is very dry with little precipitation.
Trees
You can find oak trees in the Wooded Badlands. The oak trees will be a dull greenish-brown color instead of the usual vibrant green:
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Wooded Badlands biome consists of dead bushes and pumpkins:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Dead Bush |
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Pumpkin |
Blocks
In this biome, you will find blocks such as coarse dirt, terracotta, yellow terracotta, red terracotta, orange terracotta, white terracotta, and light gray terracotta:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Coarse Dirt |
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Terracotta |
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Yellow Terracotta |
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Red Terracotta |
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Orange Terracotta |
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White Terracotta |
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Light Gray Terracotta |
Other Standard Blocks
If you dig down far enough in the Wooded Badlands 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
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Wooded Badlands biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Biome ID for Wooded Badlands
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Wooded Badlands biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
| Minecraft ID | Dimension | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:wooded_badlands_plateau | Overworld |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.16 – 1.17.1 |
| minecraft:wooded_badlands | Overworld | Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.18 – 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.
Wooded Badlands Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Wooded Badlands biome:
Wooded Badlands Seeds (Java Edition)
Wooded Badlands Seeds (Java Edition)