Minecraft:Biome tag (Bedrock Edition)

Template:Italic title Template:TOCA biome tag is a group of Minecraft:biomes.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> They are defined in the biome definition and used to spawn mobs, generate features, or apply unique behavior. Flower generation tags are mutually exclusive.

List of tags

birch

Generates Minecraft:wildflowers, but not when the biome is tagged hills.

cold

Minecraft:Villagers spawned here use their snowy variant.

deep

For pre-Caves & Cliffs world generation, this alters the terrain to have less hills, islands, or connected rivers.

desert

Minecraft:Ruined portals generated here can be buried. Minecraft:Sand or red sand can play block ambience.

extreme_hills

Minecraft:Ruined portals can be placed higher than normal.

flower_forest

The flower generation from flower forests is applied.

forest

The flower generation from Minecraft:forests and variants is applied. Does nothing if the biome is tagged extreme_hills or taiga. This tag can use forest_generation as alias.

frozen

Minecraft:Villagers spawned here use their snowy variant. Lava lakes do not generate if the biome is also tagged ocean.

ice

Minecraft:Ruined portals cannot generate with lava or magma blocks.

ice_plains

If also tagged mutated, lava Minecraft:springs cannot generate.

jungle

Minecraft:Ruined portals generate overgrown. Minecraft:Wildflowers cannot generate.

meadow

Minecraft:Wildflowers generate, except when tagged hills.

mesa

Minecraft:Sand and red sand plays block ambience.

mountain

Minecraft:Ruined portals can be placed higher than normal.

mutated

For pre-Caves & Cliffs world generation, this biome cannot be overridden by mutate transformations. If tagged ice_plains, cannot generate lava springs.

no_legacy_worldgen

Cannot generate in the Minecraft:Old world type.

ocean

Ruined portals generate underwater. Cannot generate lava springs if also tagged frozen. For pre-Caves & Cliffs world generation, this allows beaches to generate as shoreline or any other biome defined as shore, unless the biome is deep.

pale_garden

Closed eyeblossoms generate.

plains

The Minecraft:plains flower generation applies.

rare

For pre-Caves & Cliffs world generation, this biome generates only in special climate zones, cannot apply to oceans.

swamp

Ruined portals can generate underwater. Minecraft:Swamp flowers generate.

Removed tags

forest_generation

Can still be used as alias for forest.

Version added: Beta 1.13.0.1. Version removed: Beta 1.15.0.51.

mountain_grove

Version added: Beta 1.18.0.20. Version removed: Beta 1.18.0.25.

mountain_meadow

Version added: Beta 1.18.0.20. Version removed: Beta 1.18.0.24.