Meadow

Meadows are colorful biomes that are full of birch trees, beenests and flowers.

Blocks consisting meadow biomes:

• Grass Block
• Dirt
• Stone
• Deepslate
• Bedrock
• Grass
• Cornflower
• Dandelion
• Birch Log
• Birch Leaves
• File:BlockSprite beenest.pngBeenest

Mobs usually spawning in meadows

• Donkey
• Sheep
• Rabbit
• Bee

Structures in meadows:

• Pillager Outpost
• Village

Biomes connecting meadows

• Forest
• Birch Forest
• File:BiomeSprite tall-birch-forest.pngTall Birch Forest

Description

The meadow biome is a high altitude counterpart to the plains biome. All small flowers generate except blue orchids, tulips, lilies of the valley or wither roses. Rarely, a lone oak or birch tree of any size can generate and always has a bee nest. Both pillager outposts and plains villages can generate in this biome, making this the only mountain biome where villages can generate. In Java Edition, unlike most overworld biomes, sugar canes and pumpkin patches cannot generate here.

Just like other mountain biomes, emerald ores can be found in meadows, especially at higher altitudes, and both coal and iron ores are commonly found here. Infested block blobs also naturally generate in meadows.

This biome usually generates in the lower sides of some mountains but can also generate standalone in plateaus, mainly next to plains and separated from cherry groves, regular forests, regular birch forest, or regular taigas by rivers.

Mobs

The following mobs are naturally spawned here：

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Slime	100⁄515	4
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Creature category
Rabbit	2⁄5	2–6
Sheep	2⁄5	2–4
Donkey	1⁄5	1–2
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 515, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 5, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-6", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 2 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 2 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Donkey", "weight": 1 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄495	1
Slime	100⁄495	1
Spider	100⁄495	1
Zombie	95⁄495	2–4
Skeleton	80⁄495	1–2
Enderman	10⁄495	1–2
Witch	5⁄495	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄495	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	10⁄15	2–4
Rabbit	2⁄15	2–6
Sheep	2⁄15	2–4
Donkey	1⁄15	1–2

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 495, "mobs": [ { "size": "1", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 15, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-6", "mob": "Rabbit", "weight": 2 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 2 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Donkey", "weight": 1 } ], "category": "creature" } }

Sounds

Music

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
hal1.ogg	The Overworld	"Subwoofer Lullaby"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3		1
hal2.ogg	The Overworld	"Living Mice"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5		1
hal3.ogg	The Overworld	"Haggstrom"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7		1
hal4.ogg	The Overworld	"Danny"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21		1
left_to_bloom.ogg	Lush Caves, Meadow, the Overworld, and Title Screen	"Left to Bloom"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4		1
one_more_day.ogg	Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld, and Title Screen	"One More Day"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6		2

Data values

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Meadow	meadow	biome.minecraft.meadow

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	meadow	186

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a jukebox.	Use a music disc on a jukebox in the Meadow biome.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a Jukebox	Use a music disc on a jukebox that stands within a meadow biome.

History

September 28, 2019							During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020							The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.
[hide]Java Edition
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Added the meadow biome. Currently, blue orchids generate on meadows.
			experimental snapshot 2				Blue orchids no longer spawn in meadows.
							Oaks and Birches can now have a small chance of generating in meadows, often with a bee nest on them.
			experimental snapshot 3				Meadows are less likely to generate in flat, low elevation areas.
							Pillager outposts now generate in all the new mountain biomes, including meadows.
							Villages now generate in meadows.
			21w39a				Trees in mountain meadows now always contain a bee nest.
			21w41a				The sky color of meadows changes from  #79a6ff to  #7ba4ff.
1.20			23w17a				"A Familiar Room" can now be played in meadows.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.200 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.200.52				Added the meadow biome.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.20.23				Hostile mobs can now spawn in the meadow biome.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.40.20				Villages now generate in meadows.
							Meadows now spawn a lone oak or birch tree, often with bee nests.
							Rabbits can now spawn in meadows.
							Donkeys and sheeps can now spawn in the meadow biome.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.20				The meadow biome can now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.
			beta 1.18.0.24				Changed the biome ID to meadow from mountain_meadow.
[hide]Minecraft Education
1.18.32			1.18.10.04				Added the meadow biome.

Issues

Issues relating to "Meadow" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  A meadow full of poppies.

• 

  A lone birch tree in a meadow.

• 

  A ring of meadow mountains around a forest.

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  A village in a valley surrounded by meadows.

• 

  A meadow with mountains in the distance.

• 

  An example of the gradients that control flower generation.

See also

• Plains
• Cherry Grove
• Mountains
• Flower Forest

External links

• Around the Block: Meadow – Minecraft.net on April 14, 2022