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A '''river''' is a common aquatic [[Minecraft:biome]] that cuts through most land biomes. Rivers can serve as borders between various other biomes, and usually lead to [[Minecraft:ocean]]s, although they are also able to form loops.
A '''river''' is a common aquatic [[Minecraft:biome]] that cuts through most land biomes. Rivers can serve as borders between various other biomes, and usually lead to [[Minecraft:ocean]]s, although they are also able to form loops or lakes.


== Generation ==
== Generation ==
Rivers generate in land whenever the PV values are on their lowest; in the deepest part of valleys. River generation does not depend on temperature or humidity, meaning that they can cut through any type of land, but they are replaced by [[Minecraft:Frozen River|frozen rivers]] in the frozen temperature zones.
Rivers generate in the deepest part of valleys when PV values are at their lowest. Rivers can cut through any type of land, but are replaced by [[Minecraft:Frozen River|frozen rivers]] at very low temperatures.


The shape of rivers is determined by the PV noise. They always twist around higher landmasses, sometimes they form loops that can be small enough to have no land inside.
Inland regions with low erosion can cause rivers to abruptly end. Despite this, rivers can frequently form deep fjords with tall cliffs between elevated terrain and [[Minecraft:mountains]]. Rivers also end in [[Minecraft:swamp]]s or [[Minecraft:mangrove swamp]]s, with their water bodies often connected.


Rivers do not generate in [[Minecraft:swamps]] or [[Minecraft:mangrove swamps]], but their water bodies are often connected. The depth and width of a river strongly depends on the surrounding terrain; near [[Minecraft:oceans]] they are mostly wide, with some islands and flooded land biomes, further inland they often dry up with barely any water. Around [[Minecraft:mountains]] or elevated terrain, rivers form deep [[Minecraft:Fjord|fjords]] with tall cliffs, and they abruptly end when the continentalness reaches the highest value. Here, no rivers generate and the valleys consist of elevated land biomes.
Rivers often divide higher landmasses, serving as a division between two distinct biomes. They may also form loops or lakes, or meander through flatland terrain. In flatland terrain near the coast, rivers are often wide, while at high erosion farther inland they may fall completely dry.
 
Rivers typically serve as a division between two different biomes, with one biome variant on one side, and a different variant on the other.


== Description ==
== Description ==
A river biome on its own does not have many distinct features, most of its characteristics are created by the terrain generation or surrounding biomes. They are filled with still [[Minecraft:water]] up to the sea level, and the terrain below consists of default lakebed blocks, covered with [[Minecraft:seagrass]]. Specifically, it is separated into patches of [[Minecraft:dirt]], [[Minecraft:clay]], [[Minecraft:sand]], and [[Minecraft:gravel]].
A river biome on its own does not have many distinct features; most of its characteristics are created by the terrain generation or surrounding biomes. They are filled with still [[Minecraft:water]] up to the sea level, and the terrain below consists of default lakebed blocks, covered with [[Minecraft:seagrass]]. Specifically, it is separated into patches of [[Minecraft:dirt]], [[Minecraft:clay]], [[Minecraft:sand]], and [[Minecraft:gravel]].
[[File:River in wooded badlands.png|thumb|A river with some dry land in the wooded badlands biome, showing how trees generate on the edge]]
[[File:River in wooded badlands.png|thumb|A river with some dry land in the wooded badlands biome, showing how trees generate on the edge]]
When a river generates land, it is just covered by grass blocks with some patches of [[Minecraft:bushes]]. However, features from bordering biomes often leak into the river biome. This happens most notably with [[Minecraft:Wooded Badlands|wooded badlands]], where the grass allows many [[Minecraft:oak]] trees and [[Minecraft:Leaf Litter|leaf litter]] to generate. Due to the extended coastlines, [[Minecraft:firefly bushes]] and [[Minecraft:Sugar Cane|sugar cane]] are often found near rivers, although they are no more common than in other biomes.
When a river generates land, it is just covered by grass blocks with some patches of [[Minecraft:bushes]]. However, features from bordering biomes often leak into the river biome. This happens most notably with [[Minecraft:Wooded Badlands|wooded badlands]], where the grass allows many [[Minecraft:oak]] trees and [[Minecraft:Leaf Litter|leaf litter]] to generate. Due to the extended coastlines, [[Minecraft:firefly bushes]] and [[Minecraft:Sugar Cane|sugar cane]] are often found near rivers, although they are no more common than in other biomes.


No fully-passive [[Minecraft:mob]]s spawn within river biomes themselves, but they frequently wander into them from the surrounding biomes if they can spawn there. [[Minecraft:Drowned]] can spawn underwater, as can [[Minecraft:salmon]] and [[Minecraft:squid]].
No fully-passive [[Minecraft:mob]]s spawn within river biomes themselves, but they frequently wander into them from the surrounding biomes if they can spawn there. [[Minecraft:Drowned]] can spawn underwater, as can [[Minecraft:salmon]] and [[Minecraft:squid]]. {{IN|be}}, no hostile mobs spawn above water.


== Mobs ==
== Mobs ==
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|watercreature=
|watercreature=
{{Spawn row|Salmon|weight=16|size=3-5}}
{{Spawn row|Salmon|weight=16|size=3-5}}
|ambient=
{{Spawn row|Bat|weight=10|size=8}}
}}
}}
{{-}}
{{-}}
== Sounds ==
=== Music ===
These music tracks when the player is underwater in a river:
{{MusicTable|tracks=
{{MusicRow|Axolotl (song)|1|1}}
{{MusicRow|Dragon Fish|1|1}}
{{MusicRow|Shuniji|1|1}}
}}
These music tracks play while the player is not underwater in a river:
{{MusicTable/game}}
{{MusicTable/creative}}


== Data values ==
== Data values ==
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=== Biome definition ===
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== Achievements ==
== Achievements ==
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|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|Added rivers as a separate biome. Previously, river-like water bodies could generate as part of the terrain generation algorithm.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|Added rivers as a separate biome. Previously, river-like water bodies could generate as part of the terrain generation algorithm.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|River is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" [[Minecraft:Achievement/Java Edition|achievement]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|River is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" [[Minecraft:Achievement (Java Edition)|achievement]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w08b|Added [[Minecraft:salmon]], which spawn in rivers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w08b|Added [[Minecraft:salmon]], which spawn in rivers.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w11a|Added [[Minecraft:drowned]], which spawn in rivers.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w11a|Added [[Minecraft:drowned]], which spawn in rivers.}}
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|{{HistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 5|Rivers are less likely to be super deep or get choked off in flat areas.
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=experimental snapshot 5|Rivers are less likely to be super deep or get choked off in flat areas.
|Rivers tend to get shallow and merge with swamps instead of carving through them.}}
|Rivers tend to get shallow and merge with swamps instead of carving through them.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w37a|Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 7.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w05a|Added [[Minecraft:bush]]es and [[Minecraft:firefly bush]]es, which can generate in rivers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w05a|Added [[Minecraft:bush]]es and [[Minecraft:firefly bush]]es, which can generate in rivers.}}
}}
}}
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|{{HistoryLine||1.13.0|dev=beta 1.13.0.9|Squid can now spawn in rivers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13.0|dev=beta 1.13.0.9|Squid can now spawn in rivers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.70|exp=Drop 1 2025|dev=Preview 1.21.70.20|Added [[Minecraft:bush]]es and [[Minecraft:firefly bush]]es, which can generate in rivers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.70|exp=Drop 1 2025|dev=Preview 1.21.70.20|Added [[Minecraft:bush]]es and [[Minecraft:firefly bush]]es, which can generate in rivers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.50|dev=Preview 26.50.22|[[Minecraft:Bat]]s now spawn in rivers.}}
}}
=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU5|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added river biome.}}
}}
}}


=== Data history ===
=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine|new3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=21w37a|Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 7.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|Added river biome.}}
}}
}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
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Bigriver.png|A big river
Bigriver.png|A big river
Weird River.png|A weird "river" in the middle of badlands
Weird River.png|A weird "river" in the middle of badlands
Hight and Low Weirdness Biomes Divided by Fjord.png|Rivers separate biomes with positive and negative [[Minecraft:weirdness]].
Winding River.png|The Winding River [[Minecraft:seed template]] thumbnail
Winding River.png|The Winding River [[Minecraft:seed template]] thumbnail
River single biome.png|A river [[Minecraft:single biome]] world
River single biome.png|A river [[Minecraft:single biome]] world
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==== Historical screenshots ====
==== Historical screenshots ====
<gallery>
<gallery>
River pre 1.7.png|A river biome before [[Minecraft:The Update that Changed the World]]
File:River pre 1.7.png|A river biome before [[Minecraft:The Update that Changed the World]]
River (With Correct Grass Hue).png|A typical river before 1.18
File:River (With Correct Grass Hue).png|A typical river before 1.18
Narrow River.png|A narrow river
File:Narrow River.png|A narrow river
Minecraft River.png|A river separating a [[Minecraft:desert]] and a [[Minecraft:plains]]
File:Minecraft River.png|A river separating a [[Minecraft:desert]] and a [[Minecraft:plains]]
DoubleRiver.png|Rivers splitting and cutting through a taiga
File:DoubleRiver.png|Rivers splitting and cutting through a taiga
Overwritten River.png|A river that failed to generate properly due to a nearby [[Minecraft:mountain]]
File:Overwritten River.png|A river that failed to generate properly due to a nearby [[Minecraft:mountain]]
River through swamp.png|A river running through a swamp
File:River through swamp.png|A river running through a swamp
Buffet River.png|A river [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]]
File:Buffet River.png|A river [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]]
Large lake meets river.png|A river connected to a large lake in a [[Minecraft:jungle]]
File:Large lake meets river.png|A river connected to a large lake in a [[Minecraft:jungle]]
River RTX.png|A river with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]]
File:River RTX.png|A river with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]]
File:Preset winding river.png|The Winding River [[Minecraft:seed template|seed preset]] (discontinued) in ''[[Minecraft:Pocket Edition]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>


Latest revision as of 11:21, 24 October 2026

Template:For Template:Infobox biome A river is a common aquatic Minecraft:biome that cuts through most land biomes. Rivers can serve as borders between various other biomes, and usually lead to Minecraft:oceans, although they are also able to form loops or lakes.

Generation

Rivers generate in the deepest part of valleys when PV values are at their lowest. Rivers can cut through any type of land, but are replaced by frozen rivers at very low temperatures.

Inland regions with low erosion can cause rivers to abruptly end. Despite this, rivers can frequently form deep fjords with tall cliffs between elevated terrain and Minecraft:mountains. Rivers also end in Minecraft:swamps or Minecraft:mangrove swamps, with their water bodies often connected.

Rivers often divide higher landmasses, serving as a division between two distinct biomes. They may also form loops or lakes, or meander through flatland terrain. In flatland terrain near the coast, rivers are often wide, while at high erosion farther inland they may fall completely dry.

Description

A river biome on its own does not have many distinct features; most of its characteristics are created by the terrain generation or surrounding biomes. They are filled with still Minecraft:water up to the sea level, and the terrain below consists of default lakebed blocks, covered with Minecraft:seagrass. Specifically, it is separated into patches of Minecraft:dirt, Minecraft:clay, Minecraft:sand, and Minecraft:gravel.

File:River in wooded badlands.png
A river with some dry land in the wooded badlands biome, showing how trees generate on the edge

When a river generates land, it is just covered by grass blocks with some patches of Minecraft:bushes. However, features from bordering biomes often leak into the river biome. This happens most notably with wooded badlands, where the grass allows many Minecraft:oak trees and leaf litter to generate. Due to the extended coastlines, Minecraft:firefly bushes and sugar cane are often found near rivers, although they are no more common than in other biomes.

No fully-passive Minecraft:mobs spawn within river biomes themselves, but they frequently wander into them from the surrounding biomes if they can spawn there. Minecraft:Drowned can spawn underwater, as can Minecraft:salmon and Minecraft:squid. Template:IN, no hostile mobs spawn above water.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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Sounds

Music

These music tracks when the player is underwater in a river:

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These music tracks play while the player is not underwater in a river:

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Data values

ID

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Biome definition

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Achievements

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Advancements

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History

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Development

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Java Edition

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Bedrock Edition

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Legacy Console Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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Issues

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Trivia

  • Rivers override Minecraft:canyons at or close to the surface level, causing the canyon to be abruptly cut off by a wall of stone. However, if the canyon is long enough, it may continue on the other side of the river.
    • Canyons can generate underground in river biomes without being cut off.

Gallery

Screenshots

Historical screenshots

Mojang screenshots

In other media

See also

External links

Navigation

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