TEMPERATE BIOMES
Moderate climate biomes including forests, plains, and swamps. 16 biomes in this category.
What makes a biome temperate
Temperate is the middle band of the Overworld. Sixteen biomes sit in it, all of them with rain rather than snow, and the group runs from temperature 0.25 in Taiga and Old Growth Spruce Taiga up to 0.8 in Plains, Sunflower Plains, Swamp and Mangrove Swamp. Nothing freezes at that range and nothing dries out, so grass keeps its colour and water stays liquid across the whole group. The newest of them is Dappled Forest from 26.3, an autumn forest of red, orange and yellow poplars.
It is the widest group on this site by material: 56 different blocks are listed across the sixteen biomes, from cherry logs and pink petals to mud and podzol. Four structures from before 26.3 generate in them, five with the Abandoned Camp, and two of those appear in no other climate: the Woodland Mansion in Dark Forest and the Swamp Hut in Swamp. Four mobs are the same story, bees, slimes, frogs and bogged spawn in temperate biomes and nowhere else on this site.
All 16 temperate biomes
One of the most common biomes. Villages spawn frequently here. Excellent for early-game building due to flat terrain.
The only biome where sunflowers naturally generate. Sunflowers always face east, making them a natural compass.
One of the most common biomes. Great source of wood early game. Both oak and birch trees generate here.
Contains nearly every flower type in the game. The best biome for collecting dye materials. Rabbits spawn here instead of wolves.
Exclusively birch trees. Provides a consistent and aesthetic wood source. Fairly common biome.
Features extra-tall birch trees that can grow much higher than normal birch trees. Previously called Tall Birch Forest.
The only biome where Woodland Mansions generate. The thick canopy creates low light levels, allowing hostile mobs to spawn during the day.
Spruce-dominated biome with foxes and sweet berry bushes. Taiga villages use spruce wood architecture.
Features massive 2x2 spruce trees and podzol ground cover. Mossy cobblestone boulders dot the landscape. Previously called Giant Tree Taiga.
Similar to Old Growth Pine Taiga but with denser leaf coverage on the giant spruce trees. Previously called Giant Spruce Taiga.
A high-altitude grassy biome found on mountain slopes. Lone trees here always have a bee nest. Part of the mountain biome family.
A beautiful biome featuring pink cherry blossom trees. Generates on mountain hillsides. Cherry wood has a unique pink color. Added in the Trails & Tales update.
Slimes can spawn on the surface at night. Swamp Huts house witches and black cats. Blue orchids are exclusive to swamps.
Features unique mangrove trees with exposed root systems. Mud blocks generate naturally here. Warm frogs spawn in this biome.
Rivers cut through the landscape connecting biomes. Good source of clay and sand. Drowned can spawn in rivers at night.
An autumn forest from the Wilderness Bound drop, found near cold biomes. Poplar trees in three leaf colours grow here, some of them fallen, with shelf mushrooms on the trunks and red shrubs on the orange grass. Farm animals spawn in their cold variants, and the biome has its own Abandoned Camp.
Mobs across these 16 biomes
Seventeen mobs turn up across the sixteen temperate biomes, and four of them live in no other climate: the bee, the slime, the frog and the bogged. Taiga carries the longest list with seven.
- Sheepin Plains, Sunflower Plains, Forest, Flower Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Dark Forest, Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga, Meadow, Cherry Grove and Dappled Forest
- Pigin Plains, Sunflower Plains, Forest, Flower Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Dark Forest, Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga, Cherry Grove and Dappled Forest
- Chickenin Plains, Sunflower Plains, Forest, Flower Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Dark Forest, Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga and Dappled Forest
- Cowin Plains, Sunflower Plains, Forest, Flower Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Dark Forest, Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga and Dappled Forest
- Rabbitin Flower Forest, Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga, Meadow, Cherry Grove and Dappled Forest
- Foxin Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga and Dappled Forest
- Wolfin Forest, Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga and Old Growth Spruce Taiga
- Donkeyin Plains, Sunflower Plains and Meadow
- Beeonly in this groupin Cherry Grove and Mangrove Swamp
- Frogonly in this groupin Swamp and Mangrove Swamp
- Horsein Plains and Sunflower Plains
- Boggedonly in this groupin Swamp
- Drownedin River
- Salmonin River
- Slimeonly in this groupin Swamp
- Squidin River
- Tropical Fishin Mangrove Swamp
Structures in the temperate biomes
Four structures stand in the temperate biomes, five since the Abandoned Camp of 26.3. Villages and pillager outposts reach the open ones, and two more belong to this climate alone.
- Abandoned Campin Forest, Flower Forest, Birch Forest, Old Growth Birch Forest, Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga, Meadow, Cherry Grove, Swamp and Dappled Forest
- Pillager Outpostin Plains, Taiga and Meadow
- Villagein Plains, Taiga and Meadow
- Swamp Hutonly in this groupin Swamp
- Woodland Mansiononly in this groupin Dark Forest
How the 16 compare
- Coldest at temperature 0.25
- Taiga and Old Growth Spruce Taiga
- Warmest at temperature 0.8
- Plains, Sunflower Plains, Swamp and Mangrove Swamp
- Most mobs, 7 of them
- Taiga
- Rarest, counted as rare
- Cherry Grove
- Longest in the game, since Alpha 1.2.0
- Plains
- Newest, added in 26.3
- Dappled Forest; before 26.2 it was Cherry Grove, added in 1.20
Six of the sixteen are common, which is more common biomes than any other group holds. One is rare, Cherry Grove, and the remaining nine are uncommon, so an ordinary walk through the Overworld is mostly a walk through this group.
Fifty-six blocks are listed across the sixteen, from cherry wood and poplar to mud; open any biome above to see which ones it brings.