Badlands biome
Badlands (mesa) biomes are made of layered terracotta and are the only biome where gold ore generates at every height, often exposed in surface mineshafts.
Biome facts
- Identifier
- minecraft:badlands
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Category
- dry
- Climate
- hot
- Available since
- Minecraft 1.13
What generates in a badlands
- Terracotta layers
- Gold ore at all heights
- Surface mineshafts
Structures in this biome
The following structures can generate in badlands:
- Mineshaft — Mineshafts generate as sprawling corridor networks, with a denser badlands variant that sits much closer to the surface.
Finding a badlands in your world
Biome placement depends on the world seed and the Minecraft version. Open your seed on the seed map, then pan around: biome shading shows where each biome sits, and structure layers show what generates inside it.
Note that biome rendering requires the WebAssembly generation engine described in the seed map documentation. Structure candidate positions, chunk geometry and slime chunks are computed exactly without it.