Desert

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Desert
Colour#FA9418

Desert is a hot, dry Overworld biome covered in sand.

Terrain

Desert generates where temperature is 0.95 or more and rainfall × temperature is below 0.2.

The surface is sand over sand, with sandstone below it. Desert, Savanna and Tundra have the least relief of any biome.

No rain or snow falls, so there is no lightning.

Vegetation

No trees generate. Each chunk gets 2 patches of dead bushes and 10 of cacti.

Mobs

Desert uses the shared Overworld spawn lists. Animals spawn only on grass, so none spawn on Desert's sand.

Data values

  • Colour: #FA9418