Minecraft:Deep Dark

Template:Infobox biome Template:Relevant tutorial The deep dark is a Minecraft:cave biome that generates deep underground in the Minecraft:Overworld, most often beneath mountainous areas. Covered in Minecraft:sculk, no hostile mobs spawn here except for the Minecraft:warden which appears after activating Minecraft:sculk shriekers.

Generation

The deep dark generates deep underground, typically staying within the Minecraft:deepslate layer, though it can occasionally reach into the Minecraft:stone layer when mountains above reach high altitudes.

Because the deep dark tends to generate beneath regions with low erosion values, it is most frequently found beneath mountain biomes, including Minecraft:frozen peaks, Minecraft:jagged peaks, Minecraft:stony peaks, Minecraft:groves, and Minecraft:snowy slopes. Plateau biomes like Minecraft:cherry groves, Minecraft:meadows, Minecraft:savanna plateaus, and Minecraft:pale gardens also have relatively low erosion values, allowing the deep dark to sometimes generate beneath these biomes. The deep dark will almost never generate under rivers, oceans, windswept biomes, swamps, or mangrove swamps.

Description

The deep dark is covered in large patches of Minecraft:sculk blocks surrounded by Minecraft:sculk veins, which include sculk-related blocks such as Minecraft:sculk shriekers, Minecraft:sculk sensors, and Minecraft:sculk catalysts.

The biome is dimly lit; there is almost no Minecraft:glow lichen, with the only natural light sources being sculk catalysts and Minecraft:lava. No regular Minecraft:mob spawning occurs in this biome, but other mechanics are unaffected: Minecraft:monster rooms can still spawn mobs,<ref>Template:Bug</ref> and in very specific cases phantoms<ref>Template:Bug</ref>Template:Only, skeleton horse traps<ref>Template:Bug</ref>, pillager patrols<ref>Template:Bug</ref> and Minecraft:wandering traders along with their Minecraft:trader llamas can also still spawn here. Furthermore, the Minecraft:warden may appear if four shriekers are triggered, giving the player the Minecraft:Darkness effect.

The deep dark is the only biome where Minecraft:ancient cities can generate. Other structures and features that can be found in the deep dark include Minecraft:monster rooms, Minecraft:strongholds, and Minecraft:amethyst geodes. Minecraft:Mineshafts and Minecraft:trial chambers never generate in a deep dark biome, although they may extend into one.

While certain Minecraft:ores that are exposed to Minecraft:air blocks have a chance to not generate, sculk blocks are considered a solid block during generation, causing many ores to be revealed under it.

The deep dark is the only Overworld biome that Minecraft:lava lakes can't appear in, even if deep dark generates above Y=0.

If a deep dark were to generate at the surface, it would appear like Minecraft:plains with grassy terrain and sculk patches. Template:IN, the Minecraft:flower gradients also match plains, which allows players to grow flowers like Minecraft:tulips using bone meal underground.

Sounds

Music

These Minecraft:music tracks play when the player is in the deep dark.

Data values

ID

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History

Trivia

• The deep dark was originally "going to feel like an underwater biome, but with the water missing" along with "lots of floating jellyfish in the air and ghostly looking blocks." White, orange, teal, and lime green were some of the color themes meant for the deep dark. In these versions, the only source of light would have been bioluminescent blocks.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• In a few images shown by Minecraft:Kingbdogz during the 1.19 development cycle showed Minecraft:fossils generating in this Minecraft:biome covered in Minecraft:sculk veins which was confirmed to have been something they were "just testing out", and it never made it into the game.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Gallery

Screenshots

• An Minecraft:amethyst geode in the deep dark
  An Minecraft:amethyst geode in the deep dark
• A Minecraft:stronghold intersects with deep dark
  A Minecraft:stronghold intersects with deep dark
• A Minecraft:lush cave meets the deep dark
  A Minecraft:lush cave meets the deep dark
• A Minecraft:fossil in the deep dark
  A Minecraft:fossil in the deep dark
• A Minecraft:monster room in the deep dark
  A Minecraft:monster room in the deep dark
• A pocket of lava in a deep dark
  A pocket of lava in a deep dark
• The Deep Dark seed template thumbnail
  The Deep Dark seed template thumbnail
• A deep dark Minecraft:single biome world
  A deep dark Minecraft:single biome world

Development images

• The deep dark as seen during Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2020
  The deep dark as seen during Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2020
• Ditto
  Ditto
• Deep dark structure recreation render
  Deep dark structure recreation render

Concept artwork

• Deep dark concept art with a white color theme
  Deep dark concept art with a white color theme
• Another concept art with a white color theme
  Another concept art with a white color theme
• Ditto
  Ditto
• The deep dark with "ghostly white" blocks resembling crystals or coral
  The deep dark with "ghostly white" blocks resembling crystals or coral
• Concept art with an orange theme
  Concept art with an orange theme
• Another concept art with an orange theme
  Another concept art with an orange theme
• A render with an orange themed deep dark
  A render with an orange themed deep dark
• A teal themed deep dark with orange incorporated
  A teal themed deep dark with orange incorporated
• Similar to the one before it, but has vines in the background
  Similar to the one before it, but has vines in the background
• Lime green themed deep dark concept art
  Lime green themed deep dark concept art

In other media

• The Minecraft:warden running through an endless tunnel in the Deep Dark
  The Minecraft:warden running through an endless tunnel in the Deep Dark
• Minecraft:Sunny, Minecraft:Efe, and a Minecraft:chicken running through the biome
  Minecraft:Sunny, Minecraft:Efe, and a Minecraft:chicken running through the biome
• The Deep Dark on the cover of Minecraft: The Manga
  The Deep Dark on the cover of Minecraft: The Manga
• The Deep Dark as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons II
  The Deep Dark as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons II

External links

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