Plains

minecraft:plains

Explore Plains for its dirt below surface. Follow the material links to plan a building palette, or check the mob conditions before making a resource trip.

Surfacegrass block
Belowdirt
Basestone
Surface material guide

Find the exact biome

/locate biome minecraft:plains

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

  • Chicken

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Cow

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Creeper

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Donkey

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Enderman

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Horse

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Phantom

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Pig

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Sheep

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Skeleton

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Slime

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Spider

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Witch

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Zombie

    Check drops and spawn requirements

  • Zombie Horse

    Check drops and spawn requirements

Compare another destination

Sunflower Plains

Same plains family; grass block is its surface material.

Go a little deeper

Version history

Minecraft Bedrock v1.26.0.2: Breeding Rewrite, Biome Types

Major jump 1.21 to 1.26. Breeding rewrite, offspring component, baby_undead family, biome village types, spear audio, and 50+ entity updates.

Technical biome reference

Tags

animalmonsteroverworldplainsbee_habitat

Climate

Temp
0.8
Downfall
0.4
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

lowlands

Generation

Plains uses "lowlands" terrain noise. It can transform into forest hills and forest at higher elevations. It may mutate into sunflower plains. It generates in medium, warm, and cold climate zones.

Hills Transformations

forest_hillsforest

Mutate Transformation

sunflower_plains

Generate for Climates

mediumwarmcold