Plains biome
Plains are flat grassland biomes with scattered oak trees. They are the most common village biome and the easiest place to start a base.
Biome facts
- Identifier
- minecraft:plains
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Category
- temperate
- Climate
- temperate
- Available since
- Minecraft 1.13
What generates in a plains
- Flat grassland
- Tall grass and flowers
- Horses and passive mobs
Structures in this biome
The following structures can generate in plains:
- Village — Villages are the most common inhabited structure. They generate in plains, desert, savanna, taiga, snowy and (since 1.19) meadow biomes, and their building style follows the biome underneath them.
- Pillager Outpost — Pillager outposts are watchtowers guarded by pillagers, with a caged allay in newer versions. They never generate within a few hundred blocks of a village.
- Ruined Portal — Overworld ruined portals generate in every biome — buried, underwater or exposed — and their chests can contain enchanted golden apples and obsidian.
Finding a plains 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.