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description: >-
  This is where you can find all the new Barely Default biomes and their biome
  details.
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# Biomes

## Coral Cove

The coral cove is renamed after the Coral Rise level in Minecraft Dungeons, which is also where it gains its inspired terrain from. This ocean biome is teeming with life of both tropical fish and a new hostile mob: the tropical slime. Bright corals, new coral terrain, stone ledges, exposed ores, deep crevices and sandy/gravel pathways make up the features in this biome. This is a warm biome.

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<figure><img src="https://1107158842-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fbq4vlirgwyQEVx56Mzpy%2Fuploads%2FRA7cP7nvg0N4k6M3P806%2F2024-12-11_11.16.06.png?alt=media&#x26;token=3eaaa74c-6204-485e-bccf-b47f1dce6aa4" alt=""><figcaption><p>Tropical fish swimming among the tropical slimes</p></figcaption></figure>

### Structures:

* [Arch](https://barely-default.gitbook.io/barely_default_data_pack_wiki/content/structures#arch)

### Mobs:

#### Ambient:

* Bat

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Zombie Villager
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime
* Tropical Slime
* Enderman
* Witch
* Drowned

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

#### Water Creatures:

* Cod
* Pufferfish
* Tropical fish
* Squid
* Dolphin

***

## Creeper Woods

The creeper woods is a taiga like biome inspired by the Creeper Woods level in Minecraft Dungeons. The biome is dense with spruce trees, has a darker tint to the grass, features a variety of natural blocks, jungle like bushes on the forest's floor and generates pillager outposts and creeper heads as structures. Like swamp biomes, firefly particles are visible throughout the biome but only at night. Creepers take priority over other mobs that spawn in this biome. This is a temperate biome.

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### Structures:

* [Creeper Head](https://barely-default.gitbook.io/barely_default_data_pack_wiki/content/structures#creeper-head)
* Pillager Outpost

### Mobs:

#### Ambient:

* Bat
* Butterfly

#### Creatures:

* Sheep
* Pig
* Chicken
* Wolf
* Rabbit
* Fox
* Grizzly Bear

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Zombie Villager
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime
* Enderman
* Witch

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

{% hint style="info" %}
This is the only non swamp biome that has ambient firefly particles at night.
{% endhint %}

***

## Crown Mesa

This badlands biome contains some mountainous terrain that mixes terracotta with mud and cactus that generates taller than any other desert biome. The crown mesa has a chance of generating a village much like the Crown Mesa town from Minecraft Story Mode. Savanna type villagers are the residents of this structure. The houses come in a variety of different designs and are occasionally found placed gradually on nearby inclines. This is a warm biome.

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### Structures:

* [Crown Village](https://barely-default.gitbook.io/barely_default_data_pack_wiki/content/structures#crown-village)

### Mobs:

#### Ambient:

* Bat
* Butterfly

#### Creatures:

* Armadillo
* Pig
* Chicken
* Cow

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Zombie Villager
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime
* Enderman
* Witch

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

{% hint style="info" %}
Cactus does not grow taller in this biome, naturally generating cactus only appears taller here.
{% endhint %}

***

## Deep Warm Ocean

Originally a removed biome that existed in earlier versions of Java and Bedrock, this biome has similar characteristics to your average warm ocean biome but is twice as deep and without coral reefs or sea pickles. Since this is a deep ocean variant, structures such as ocean monuments can naturally generate here. This is a warm biome.

### Structures:

* Ocean Monument

### Mobs:

#### Ambient:

* Bat
* Butterfly

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Zombie Villager
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime
* Enderman
* Witch
* Drowned

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

#### Water Creatures:

* Cod
* Pufferfish
* Tropical fish
* Squid
* Dolphin

***

## Hollow

A nether biome that is a combined soul sand valley with the deep dark. The origins of this biome are subjective and up to interpretation like did the deep dark originate from the nether? Did it creep in from the overworld? What is the connection between sculk and soul sand? Sculk charge pop particles add to the ominous environment.

### Structures:

* Fossil

### Mobs:

#### Monsters:

* Warden

***

## Ice Desert

Originally a removed biome that existed prior Minecraft's Adventure Update combines the hot with the cold. This biome is your regular desert biome but covered in snow. All nearby water is also frozen. No vegetation like grass, flowers and trees are present here making the atmosphere that of a barren wasteland. No passive mobs spawn here. It is the only biome in which husks can be found spawning in a biome that isn't warm. This is a cold biome.

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### Mobs:

#### Ambient:

* Bat
* Butterfly

#### Creatures:

* Pig

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Zombie Villager
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime
* Enderman
* Witch
* Husk

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

***

## Lush Birch Forest

Inspired by the official birch forest update concept art, this vibrant and floral biome has an array of many flowers and brightly hued grass that brings the concept art to life. Hive structures, which are newly generated trees exclusive to this biome, store bees which love all the flower options. One of the data pack's new bear variants, the black bear, can also be spotted lurking in the forest in search of honey. This is a temperate biome.

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### Structures:

* [Hive](https://barely-default.gitbook.io/barely_default_data_pack_wiki/content/structures#hive)

### Mobs:

#### Ambient:

* Bat
* Butterfly

#### Creatures:

* Sheep
* Pig
* Chicken
* Cow
* Bee
* Black Bear

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Zombie Villager
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime
* Enderman
* Witch

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

***

## Nostalgia Hills

This biome, just as rare as mushroom fields, looks identical to how Minecraft Alpha looked back in the day. With the high saturated grass, alpha textures and terrain generation, you'll have feelings of nostalgia wash over you. If you haven't experienced this era of Minecraft, this is the place you'd want to be. This is a temperate biome.

### Mobs:

#### Ambient:

* Bat
* Butterfly

#### Creatures:

* Sheep
* Pig
* Chicken
* Cow

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

***

## Pumpkin Pastures

This biome is a fun autumnal take on the vanilla plains biome. Directly inspired by Minecraft Dungeons' Pumpkin Pastures level, the grass and foliage colors reflect what would be a cozy cottage core themed biome. The naturally generated trees are a unique to this biome and cannot be grown. This provides an excellent source of pumpkins as they are incredibly abundant here with occasional 2x2x2 pumpkins generating. Coarse dirt breaks up the orange tinted grass giving the ground some variety. This is a temperate biome.

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### Structures:

* [Pumpkin Village](https://barely-default.gitbook.io/barely_default_data_pack_wiki/content/structures#pumpkin-village)

### Mobs:

#### Ambient:

* Bat
* Butterfly

#### Creatures:

* Sheep
* Pig
* Chicken
* Cow
* Horse
* Donkey

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Zombie Villager
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime
* Enderman
* Witch

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

***

## Soggy Swamp

This biome is directly inspired by the Soggy Swamp level in Minecraft Dungeons. The foliage, grass and water color are close to the same as it is in Minecraft Dungeons. The terrain combines that of the vanilla swamp grass ponds with that of the muddy terrain of a mangrove swamp. Like other swamp biomes, firefly particles are visible throughout the biome but only at night. It is a temperate biome.

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### Structures:

* [Soggy Village](https://barely-default.gitbook.io/barely_default_data_pack_wiki/content/structures#soggy-village)

### Mobs

#### Ambient:

* Bat
* Butterfly

#### Creatures:

* Sheep
* Pig
* Chicken
* Cow
* Frog

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Zombie
* Zombie Villager
* Skeleton
* Creeper
* Slime
* Enderman
* Witch
* Bogged

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid

***

## Spider Cave

Found underground with occasional generated entrances close to the surface, this difficult to navigate biome won't be easy to traverse due to the cob webs and tight-knit pillars of stone from ancient ruins. Not to mention that this place is only home to arachnids of different varieties. A fairly common threat are the new alpha spiders and the rare queen spider. This is a temperate biome.

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### Mobs

#### Ambient:

* Bat

#### Monsters:

* Spider
* Cave Spider
* Alpha Spider
* Queen Spider

#### Underground Water Creature:

* Glow Squid
