Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau
This article is about the removed wooded badlands plateau. For the current biomes, see Badlands. For the regular variant, see Wooded Badlands.
This page describes content that has been removed from the game.
This feature was present in earlier versions of Java Edition, but has since been removed.
This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.
It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau

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2.0 |
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The modified wooded badlands plateau was a rare variant of the badlands that no longer generates since Caves & Cliffs: Part II, and was removed in Java Edition.
Description
The modified wooded badlands plateau had a weathered appearance and featured smaller plateaus with more erratic terrain, allowing for significantly fewer oak trees to grow at the highest layers. Eroded badlands replaced the usual thin desert border that this biome variant shared with other biomes.
Mobs
Modified wooded badlands plateaus used the same mob spawning chances as badlands.
In Java Edition:
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
| 100⁄515 | 4 | |
| 95⁄515 | 4 | |
| 5⁄515 | 1 | |
| 100⁄515 | 4 | |
| 100⁄515 | 4 | |
| 100⁄515 | 4 | |
| 10⁄515 | 1–4 | |
| 5⁄515 | 1 | |
| Ambient category | ||
| 1 | 8 | |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
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In Bedrock Edition:
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
| 100⁄495 | 1 | |
| 95⁄495 | 2–4 | |
| 5⁄495 | 2–4 | |
| 80⁄495 | 1–2 | |
| 100⁄495 | 1 | |
| 100⁄495 | 1 | |
| 10⁄495 | 1–2 | |
| 5⁄495 | 1 | |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
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Data value
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
mesa_plateau_stone_mutated | 166 |
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
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| August 2, 2013 | Jeb tweeted the first image of the mesa biome. He jokingly referred to them as "disco mountains". | ||||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added mesa plateau F M, along with its variants, many other biomes, and the temperature system. | |||||
| Each 48-bit world seed generated 64 layers of terracotta that repeated every 64 blocks on the Y-axis, for use in generating terracotta layers in mesa biomes. | |||||||
| 13w37a | Slightly changed mesa biome generation to appear more layered. | ||||||
| 13w39a | Red sand now generates in mesa biomes and their variants. | ||||||
| 1.8 | 14w32a | Red sandstone now generates below red sand in mesa biomes and their variants. | |||||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Mineshafts can now generate on the surface in mesa biomes, using dark oak planks and fences rather than oak. | |||||
| In mesa biomes, hardened clay no longer generates more than 15 blocks deep, if the mesa is more than 15 blocks above sea level. | |||||||
| The normal 2 blobs of gold ore below Y=32 in mesas now attempt to generate 20 blobs at elevations between 32 and 79. | |||||||
| Mesas can now generate dark oak mineshafts above ground. | |||||||
| 1.13 | 18w16a | ||||||
| Renamed "Mesa Plateau F M" to "Mutated Mesa Forest Plateau". | |||||||
| 18w19a | Renamed "Mutated Mesa Forest Plateau" to "Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau". | ||||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Modified wooded badlands plateau no longer generates naturally. | |||||
| 21w40a | Removed modified wooded badlands plateau. | ||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Mesa plateau stone mutated biome added, along with many other biomes. | |||||
| v0.10.0 | build 1 | Mesa biomes now have gold ore at every elevation. | |||||
| Mesas can now generate mineshafts on the surface. | |||||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Hardened clay no longer generates more than 15 blocks deep, if the mesa is more than 15 blocks above sea level. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.18.0 | beta 1.18.0.22 | Mesa plateau stone mutated no longer generates. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | 1.0.1 | Added mesa biomes, along with many other biomes. |
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Mineshafts can now generate on the surface in mesa biomes, using dark oak planks and fences rather than oak. | |
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | Added mesa biomes. | ||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
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| 1.13 | 17w47a | If numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version. | |||||
| pre5 | Changed the ID mutated_mesa_rock to modified_wooded_badlands_plateau. | ||||||
Gallery
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The first image of the mesa, tweeted by Jeb. -
A modified wooded badlands plateau -
A modified wooded badlands plateau with an exposed mineshaft. Few trees generated here -
A modified wooded badlands plateau with a large mineshaft. Note the tree that generated in the exposed starter room -
A modified wooded badlands plateau single biome world. -
A modified wooded badlands plateau. -
A floating island in a modified wooded badlands plateau. -
A modified wooded badlands plateau with ray tracing.
See also
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