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.

List of tags

allows_surface_slime_spawns

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allows_tropical_fish_spawns_at_any_height

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has_closer_water_fog

These biomes have a shorter view distance underwater.

increased_fire_burnout

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is_badlands

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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.

is_beach

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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.

is_deep_ocean

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

is_end

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Used in the #spawns_cold_variant_farm_animals, and #spawns_cold_variant_frogs tags.

is_forest

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

is_hill

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

is_jungle

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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.

is_mountain

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

is_nether

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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.

is_ocean

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

is_overworld

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Used in the #has_structure/stronghold tag.

is_river

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

is_savanna

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Used in the #spawns_warm_variant_farm_animals, and #spawns_warm_variant_frogs tags.

is_taiga

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

mineshaft_blocking

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

more_frequent_drowned_spawns

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.

plays_underwater_music

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

polar_bears_spawn_on_alternate_blocks

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produces_corals_from_bonemeal

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

reduce_water_ambient_spawns

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required_ocean_monument_surrounding

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

snow_golem_melts

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spawns_cold_variant_farm_animals

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spawns_cold_variant_frogs

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spawns_gold_rabbits

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spawns_snow_foxes

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spawns_warm_variant_farm_animals

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spawns_warm_variant_frogs

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spawns_white_rabbits

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stronghold_biased_to

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.

water_on_map_outlines

These biomes appear as water on map outlines.

without_patrol_spawns

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without_wandering_trader_spawns

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without_zombie_sieges

Players in these biomes cannot trigger zombie sieges.

has_structure/ancient_city

Ancient city can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/bastion_remnant

Bastion remnants can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/buried_treasure

Buried treasure can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/desert_pyramid

Desert pyramid can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/end_city

End city can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/igloo

Igloo can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/jungle_temple

Jungle temple can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/mineshaft

Mineshaft can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/mineshaft_mesa

Mesa mineshaft can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/nether_fortress

Nether fortress can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/nether_fossil

Nether fossil can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ocean_monument

Ocean monument can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ocean_ruin_cold

Cold ocean ruin can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ocean_ruin_warm

Warm ocean ruin can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/pillager_outpost

Pillager outpost can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ruined_portal_desert

Desert ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ruined_portal_jungle

Jungle ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ruined_portal_mountain

Mountain ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ruined_portal_nether

Nether ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ruined_portal_ocean

Ocean ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ruined_portal_standard

Normal ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/ruined_portal_swamp

Swamp ruined portal can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/shipwreck

Shipwreck can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/shipwreck_beached

Beached shipwreck can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/stronghold

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).

has_structure/swamp_hut

Swamp hut can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/trail_ruins

Trail ruins can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/trial_chambers

Trial chambers can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/village_desert

Desert village can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/village_plains

Plains village can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/village_savanna

Savanna village can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/village_snowy

Snowy village can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/village_taiga

Taiga village can generate in these biomes.

has_structure/woodland_mansion

Woodland mansion can generate in these biomes.

History

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.
1.21.2			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.

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