Biome tag (Java Edition)

A biome tag is a group of biomes. Biome tags are used to to control where structures generate, the spawn conditions of various entities, and numerous other gameplay features. See below for the use of each tag. Biome tags can also be used when testing for biome arguments in commands with #<resource location>, which succeeds if the biome matches any of the biomes specified in the tag.

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Used in the #has_structure/mineshaft_mesa, #has_structure/ruined_portal_mountain, #spawns_warm_variant_farm_animals, and #spawns_warm_variant_frogs tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/buried_treasure, #has_structure/mineshaft, #has_structure/ruined_portal_standard, and #has_structure/shipwreck_beached tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/ocean_monument, and #is_ocean tags.

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Used in the #spawns_cold_variant_farm_animals, and #spawns_cold_variant_frogs tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/mineshaft, and #has_structure/ruined_portal_standard tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/mineshaft, and #has_structure/ruined_portal_mountain tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/mineshaft, #has_structure/ruined_portal_jungle, #spawns_warm_variant_farm_animals, and #spawns_warm_variant_frogs tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/mineshaft, #has_structure/pillager_outpost, and #has_structure/ruined_portal_mountain tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/nether_fortress, #has_structure/ruined_portal_nether, #spawns_warm_variant_farm_animals, and #spawns_warm_variant_frogs tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/mineshaft, #has_structure/ruined_portal_ocean, #has_structure/shipwreck, #required_ocean_monument_surrounding, and #water_on_map_outlines tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/stronghold tag.

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Used in the #has_structure/mineshaft, #has_structure/ruined_portal_standard, #more_frequent_drowned_spawns, #reduce_water_ambient_spawns, #required_ocean_monument_surrounding, and #water_on_map_outlines tags.

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Used in the #spawns_warm_variant_farm_animals, and #spawns_warm_variant_frogs tags.

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Used in the #has_structure/mineshaft, and #has_structure/ruined_portal_standard tags.

Used in mineshaft generation to check if next structure piece can`t be placed

Drowned spawn attempts have a 1 in 15 chance to succeed to spawn in biomes in this tag (as opposed to 1 in 40 in other biomes) and are not limited to least 5 blocks below the sea level.

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Coral can be farmed by using bone meal in these biomes.

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These biomes must be present around a location where a monument is possible to generate.

Cows, pigs, and chickens that spawn in these biomes will be their cold variant. Sheep that spawn in these biomes will use the cold wool colors.

Frogs that spawn in these biomes will be their cold(green) variant.

Zombie Nautiluses that spawn in these biomes will be their coral variant.

Rabbits in these biomes always use the gold variant, unless the biome also has the spawns_white_rabbits tag.

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Cows, pigs, and chickens that spawn in these biomes will be their warm variant. Sheep that spawn in these biomes will use the warm wool colors.

Frogs that spawn in these biomes will be their warm(white) variant.

Rabbits in these biomes have an 80% chance of being white and a 20% chance of being white splotched. Other variants will not spawn. Takes precedence over spawns_gold_rabbits.

When placing a stronghold, the position is moved up to 112 block on the x and z axis to a random position where the biome at y=0 is in this tag, if such a position exists.

These biomes appear as water on map outlines.

Biomes where wandering traders do not spawn.

Players in these biomes cannot trigger zombie sieges.

Ancient city can generate in these biomes.

Bastion remnants can generate in these biomes.

Buried treasure can generate in these biomes.

Desert pyramid can generate in these biomes.

End city can generate in these biomes.

Igloo can generate in these biomes.

Jungle temple can generate in these biomes.

Mineshaft can generate in these biomes.

Mesa mineshaft can generate in these biomes.

Nether fortress can generate in these biomes.

Nether fossil can generate in these biomes.

Ocean monument can generate in these biomes.

Cold ocean ruin can generate in these biomes.

Warm ocean ruin can generate in these biomes.

Pillager outpost can generate in these biomes.

Desert ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

Jungle ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

Mountain ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

Nether ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

Ocean ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

Normal ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

Swamp ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

Shipwreck can generate in these biomes.

Beached shipwreck can generate in these biomes.

Stronghold can generate in these biomes. This includes all overworld biomes to ensure that the stronghold is always placed, even when no optimal biome is found (see #stronghold_biased_to).

Swamp hut can generate in these biomes.

Trail ruins can generate in these biomes.

Trial chambers can generate in these biomes.

Desert village can generate in these biomes.

Plains village can generate in these biomes.

Savanna village can generate in these biomes.

Snowy village can generate in these biomes.

Taiga village can generate in these biomes.

Woodland mansion can generate in these biomes.

These biomes have a shorter view distance underwater.

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The player hears the special underwater music when underwater in these biomes.

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Version added: 22w11a. Version removed: 25w45a.

Java Edition
1.18.2			22w07a				Biome tags are now used to determine which biomes a structure can generate in.
							Added #has_structure/bastion_remnant, #has_structure/buried_treasure, #has_structure/desert_pyramid, #has_structure/end_city, #has_structure/igloo, #has_structure/jungle_temple, #has_structure/mineshaft, #has_structure/mineshaft_mesa, #has_structure/nether_fortress, #has_structure/nether_fossil, #has_structure/ocean_monument, #has_structure/ocean_ruin_cold, #has_structure/ocean_ruin_warm, #has_structure/pillager_outpost, #has_structure/ruined_portal_desert, #has_structure/ruined_portal_jungle, #has_structure/ruined_portal_mountain, #has_structure/ruined_portal_nether, #has_structure/ruined_portal_ocean, #has_structure/ruined_portal_standard, #has_structure/ruined_portal_swamp, #has_structure/shipwreck, #has_structure/shipwreck_beached, #has_structure/stronghold, #has_structure/swamp_hut, #has_structure/village_desert, #has_structure/village_plains, #has_structure/village_savanna, #has_structure/village_snowy, #has_structure/village_taiga, #has_structure/woodland_mansion, #is_badlands, #is_beach, #is_deep_ocean, #is_forest, #is_hill, #is_jungle, #is_mountain, #is_nether, #is_ocean, #is_river, and #is_taiga tags.
			Pre-release 2				Removed the_void from #has_structure/stronghold tag.
1.19			22w11a				Added #allows_surface_slime_spawns, #allows_tropical_fish_spawns_at_any_height, #has_closer_water_fog, #is_end, #is_overworld, #is_savanna, #more_frequent_drowned_spawns, #only_allows_snow_and_gold_rabbits, #plays_underwater_music, #polar_bears_spawn_on_alternate_blocks, #produces_corals_from_bonemeal, #reduce_water_ambient_spawns, #required_ocean_monument_surrounding, #spawns_cold_variant_frogs, #spawns_warm_variant_frogs, #stronghold_biased_to, #water_on_map_outlines, #without_patrol_spawns, #without_wandering_trader_spawns, and #without_zombie_sieges tags.
							Added #is_overworld and removed badlands, bamboo_jungle, birch_forest, dark_forest, desert, dripstone_caves, eroded_badlands, flower_forest, forest, frozen_peaks, grove, ice_spikes, jagged_peaks, jungle, lush_caves, meadow, mushroom_fields, old_growth_birch_forest, old_growth_pine_taiga, old_growth_spruce_taiga, plains, savanna, savanna_plateau, snowy_plains, snowy_slopes, snowy_taiga, sparse_jungle, stony_peaks, sunflower_plains, taiga, windswept_forest, windswept_gravelly_hills, windswept_hills, windswept_savanna, and wooded_badlands from #has_structure/stronghold tag.
			22w13a				Added #has_structure/ancient_city tag.
							Added warm_ocean to #spawns_warm_variant_frogs tag.
							Added deep_dark, deep_frozen_ocean, frozen_ocean, frozen_peaks, frozen_river, grove, jagged_peaks, snowy_beach, snowy_slopes, and snowy_taiga and removed #is_mountain from #spawns_cold_variant_frogs tag.
			22w14a				Added mangrove_swamp to #spawns_warm_variant_frogs, #water_on_map_outlines, #has_closer_water_fog, #is_overworld, #allows_surface_slime_spawns, #has_structure/mineshaft, and #has_structure/ruined_portal_swamp tag.
			Pre-release 2				Added #mineshaft_blocking tag.
1.19.4			23w03a				Renamed tag #only_allows_snow_and_gold_rabbits to #spawns_gold_rabbits.
							Added #increased_fire_burnout, #snow_golem_melts, #spawns_gold_rabbits, #spawns_snow_foxes, and #spawns_white_rabbits tags.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added cherry_grove to #is_mountain tag.
1.20			23w12a				Added cherry_grove to #is_overworld tag.
1.20 Experiment Update 1.21			23w12a				Added #has_structure/trail_ruins tag.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Added #has_structure/trial_chambers tag.
1.21 Experiment Update 1.21			24w21a				Removed deep_dark from #has_structure/trial_chambers tag.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added pale_garden to #is_forest, and #stronghold_biased_to tag.
			Pre-release 1				Added pale_garden to #is_overworld tag.
			Pre-release 2				Added pale_garden to #has_structure/trial_chambers tag.
1.21.5			25w06a				Added desert, mangrove_swamp, warm_ocean, lukewarm_ocean, deep_lukewarm_ocean, #is_jungle, #is_savanna, #is_nether, and #is_badlands and removed savanna, savanna_plateau, windswept_savanna, jungle, sparse_jungle, bamboo_jungle, eroded_badlands, wooded_badlands, and badlands from #spawns_warm_variant_farm_animals tag.
							Added cold_ocean, deep_cold_ocean, deep_dark, deep_frozen_ocean, frozen_ocean, frozen_peaks, frozen_river, grove, ice_spikes, jagged_peaks, snowy_beach, snowy_plains, snowy_slopes, stony_peaks, taiga, windswept_gravelly_hills, windswept_hills, and #is_end to #spawns_cold_variant_farm_animals tag.
1.21.9			25w31a				Added cherry_grove to #stronghold_biased_to tag.
1.21.11			25w42a				Removed #has_closer_water_fog, #increased_fire_burnout, #plays_underwater_music, and snow_golem_melts tags.
			25w45a				Added #spawns_coral_variant_zombie_nautilus tag.
							Removed #without_patrol_spawns tag.

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