Deep Ocean

minecraft:deep_ocean

Explore Deep Ocean for its gravel sea floor. Follow the material links to plan a building palette, or check the mob conditions before making a resource trip.

Waterwater
Floorgravel
Basestone
Surface material guide

Find the exact biome

/locate biome minecraft:deep_ocean

Requires cheats. Searches the current dimension; legacy definitions may not generate in your world.

Materials to plan around

Plan around these terrain materials. Check each block's acquisition details before expecting a particular mining drop.

Mobs to investigate here

These definitions satisfy a complete biome filter. Follow a mob to check its drops, required light, blocks, height and runtime conditions. A matching biome alone does not guarantee a spawn.

  • Bat

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Cod

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Creeper

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Dolphin

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Drowned

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Enderman

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Nautilus

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Phantom

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Salmon

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Skeleton

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Slime

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Spider

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Squid

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Witch

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Zombie

    Check drops and spawn requirements

Compare another destination

Deep Lukewarm Ocean

Same ocean family; sand is its sea floor material, compared with gravel here.

Deep Warm Ocean

Same ocean family; sand is its sea floor material, compared with gravel here.

Legacy Frozen Ocean

Same ocean family; compare its biome-specific mob conditions.

Technical biome reference

Tags

deepmonsteroceanoverworldspawns_warm_variant_farm_animalsfast_fishinghigh_seas

Climate

Temp
0.5
Downfall
0.5
Snow0 – 0.125

Surface Materials

The surface is composed of grass block, with dirt below, built on a foundation of stone. Water bodies use water. The sea floor uses gravel at a configured depth of 7.

Top
grass_block
Mid
dirt
Foundation
stone
Sea
water
Sea floor
gravel
Floor depth
7

Noise Type

deep_ocean

Generation

Deep Ocean uses "deep_ocean" terrain noise. It can transform into plains and forest at higher elevations. It generates in medium climate zones.

Hills Transformations

plainsforest

Generate for Climates

medium