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Features (also known as generated features) are small decorators generated in each chunk after terrain generation. This page lists generated features in a Minecraft world.

Overworld

Aboveground

Feature	Description
Forest rock	Boulder made entirely of mossy cobblestone found in old growth taiga.
Iceberg	Small island-like ice feature made out of blue ice or packed ice, and snow, found in frozen ocean and deep frozen ocean.
Blue ice	Small blobs of blue ice adjacent to packed ice blocks, generating at or below the ocean surface.
Freeze top layer	Ice on water and snow on blocks. In Bedrock Edition, technically it is not a feature.
Ice spike	Tall spires made of packed ice found in the ice spikes biome. In order to generate using the /place command, the position given is required to be on a snow block and in an ice spikes biome.
Ice patch	Disk-like feature of packed ice.
Lava lake	A small, widespread feature that contains a volume of lava.
Disk	Small circular patches of clay, sand (sandstone if above air), grass (dirt if under solid-material block or water), and gravel found throughout the world.
Bonus Chest	Chest generated near the player's spawn if the "Bonus chest" option is toggled on.
Void start platform ‌	A 33 by 33 platform of stone centered on a block of cobblestone. Only generates in the void biome or the Void superflat preset at coordinates 8, 3, 8.
Desert Well	A structure-like built of sandstone blocks and slabs with water source and suspicious sand inside.
Spring	A water or lava source block that generates on the side of a hill, cave or ravine.
Pile	A pile of blocks that can only generate in villages. There are 5 variants of pile: Hay, Ice, Melon, Pumpkin and Snow.

Underground

Feature	Description
Lava lake	A small, widespread feature that contains a volume of lava.
Monster room	A structure-like feature that contains monster spawner and loot chests.
Fossil	A rarely-occurring skeletal feature composed of bone blocks, coal ore, or diamond ore.
Dripstone cluster	Some pointed dripstone blocks generates hanging from the ceiling.
Large dripstone	Stalagnate composed entirely of dripstone blocks.
Pointed dripstone	A single stalagmite or stalactite composed of pointed dripstone blocks.
Underwater magma	Magmas found underwater.
Amethyst geode	Geodes of amethyst also consist of calcite and smooth basalt as outer layer found underground.
Ore	A feature consisting of a natural deposit of ores or other blocks.

The Nether

Feature	Description
Delta	One-block-deep sheets of constrained lava.
Basalt column	Vertical clusters of basalt blocks found within basalt delta biomes
Basalt pillar	Tall features made up of basalt block.
Glowstone blob	Piles of glowstone.
Ore	A feature consisting of a natural deposit of ores or other blocks.
Blob‌	A feature consisting of a natural deposit of basalts or blackstones.
Spring	A single lava source block that generates inside blocks or open to air.
Fire patch	A patch of fire or soul fire.

The End

Feature	Description
Exit portal	The exit portal in the End.
End spike	Tall spikes made of obsidian.
End gateway	End gateway block surrounded with bedrock.
End island	Hemispherical clusters of end stone blocks.

Plant-like

Feature	Description
Vines	A single vine block found in jungle biomes and lush cave biomes.
Bamboo	Bamboo plant with optional podzol found in jungle biomes.
Glow lichen	A single glow lichen block found underground.
Sculk patch	A feature that places sculk catalysts and sculk shriekers.
Huge mushroom	Tree-like features that consist of mushroom blocks.
Tree	A feature consisting of logs and appropriate leaves.
Coral reef	Coral reefs are features that consist of coral, coral fans, coral blocks and sea pickles. In Bedrock Edition, the coral reefs can also consist of dead coral, dead coral fans and dead coral blocks.
Chorus plant	A plant-like feature of chorus flower in the End. In Bedrock Edition, it is technically not a feature.
Vegetation	Patches of vegetation like flowers and grass.

Composed features

The following features are composed of multiple plant-like features mentioned above.

Java Edition:

Configured feature ID	Included configured features
bamboo_vegetation	patch_grass_jungle fancy_oak jungle_bush mega_jungle_tree
dark_forest_vegetation	oak huge_brown_mushroom huge_red_mushroom dark_oak birch fancy_oak

Bedrock Edition:

Feature ID	Included features
legacy:flower_forest_foliage_feature legacy:forest_foliage_feature legacy:roofed_forest_foliage_feature	huge_mushroom_feature scatter_tall_grass_around_forest_foliage_feature double_plant_feature select_roofed_tree_feature select_birch_tree_feature fancy_oak_tree_feature select_oak_tree_feature
legacy:swamp_foliage_feature	seagrass_feature scatter_tall_grass_around_tree_feature huge_mushroom_feature swamp_tree_feature

Generation

Features are generated for a given chunk after the terrain has been formed. When features are generated, they can spill over into neighboring chunks that have been previously generated. Thus, a tree at the edge of the generated world may be overwritten by a village before the player reaches it. It is also theoretically possible for two worlds generated with the same seed, from the same version of Minecraft, to differ slightly depending on the players' travel routes, because the chunk generation order may determine which of two conflicting features overwrite or suppress the other.

History

[hide]Java Edition Classic
0.0.14a							Added trees.
[hide]Java Edition Infdev
20100616-1808							Added springs.
20100625-1917							Added dungeons.
[hide]Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0			preview				Added the Nether, which contains ceiling springs and glowstone blobs.
v1.2.6							Added water and lava lakes.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added disks.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Added the exit portal and end spikes along with the End.
1.2.1			12w04a				Added desert wells.
1.3.1			12w16a				Added bonus chests.
1.5			13w02a				Added hidden lava spring in the Nether.
1.7.2			13w36a				Added forest rocks, ice spikes and ice patches.
1.9			15w31a				Added end gateways.
			15w37a				Added void start platforms.
1.10			16w20a				Added fossils.
1.13			18w15a				Added icebergs.
1.16			20w06a				Added basalt pillars.
			20w15a				Added deltas and basalt columns.
							Added basalt blobs and blackstone blobs.
1.17			20w45a				Added amethyst geodes.
			20w49a				Added dripstone features.
			21w06a				Added underwater magma.
1.18			21w40a				Water lakes no longer generate, as aquifers provide an effective substitute.
			21w41a				Freeze top layer now becomes a feature technically.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0							Added springs.
v0.9.0			build 1				Added dungeons, forest rocks, ice spikes, ice patches, water and lava lakes, disks, and desert wells.
v0.12.1			build 1				Added the Nether, which contains glowstone blobs, ceiling springs and hidden lava.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added the exit portal, end gateways, and end spikes.
1.1.3			alpha 1.1.3.0				Added fossils.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Added bonus chests.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Added icebergs.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added basalt pillars.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Added deltas and basalt columns.
1.16.220			beta 1.16.220.50				Added the dripstone clusters. They don't naturally generate yet and are only accessible through add-ons.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.50				Dripstone clusters now generate throughout caves in the Overworld.
							Added amethyst geodes.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.21				Water lakes are removed, as aquifers provide an effective substitute.
			beta 1.18.0.22				Added underwater magma.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added dungeons, and water and lava lakes.
TU5							Added bonus chests.
TU9							Added the exit portal, end gateways, and end spikes.
TU12							Added desert wells.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Added hidden lava spring in the Nether.
							Could also have been added in TU14 already, when nether quartz from 1.5 was added.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added forest rocks, ice spikes and ice patches.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Added fossils.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added end gateways.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added icebergs.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added dungeons.
1.7.10							Added exit portal and end gateways.
1.9.19							Added fossils.
[hide]Minecraft Education
1.0.21							Added bonus chests.