Here’s everything you need to know about Temperate biomes in Minecraft

Minecraft Biome Guide - All The Temperate Biomes

Here’s everything you need to know about Temperate biomes in Minecraft

Plains

Plains are one of the most common biomes--even if you've never played Minecraft, you've probably seen a screenshot of plains. This biome is mostly flat, though it can have some trees as well.

This biome spawns common farm mobs and horses, and is the only biome where you can find donkeys. Bees and beehives spawn here as well. All common, non-biome-specific hostile mobs spawn here. Most flowers can spawn in this biome, while the sunflower plain variant is the only biome that can spawn sunflowers. Villages and pillager outposts can spawn in plains biomes, though they're fairly rare.

Forests

Forests are as common as plains and typically feature dense oak and birch trees and lakes. Forests are the only biome that can spawn wolves; tame these good boys with bones, and they'll stick with you and help protect your base. All common, non-biome-specific hostile mobs can spawn here. Rarely, you might find a lava pool, which can cause nearby trees to catch fire.

There are a number of different subtypes of forest:

• Flower forests can spawn every type of flower that is not specific to a particular biome, and is less dense than many other forests.
• Dark forests contain thicker dark oak trees as well as oak and birch trees. Due to the density of dark oak leaves, though, dark forests live up to their name, and are dark enough that hostile mobs spawn frequently during the day. Woodland mansions can spawn but are extremely rare, and are typically found thousands of blocks from your world spawn.
• Birch and Old Growth Birch forests are essentially the same as forests, but wolves cannot spawn, and you'll only see birch trees--many of which will be much taller than standard birch trees. There are also Old Growth Spruce and Pine forests, both of which are populated by extra-large spruce trees (despite the Pine name). That can include very tall spruce trees, as well as 2x2 spruce trees.
• One of the newest forest types is the Cherry Grove. Cherry groves are a highland biome and that doesn't really have anything special in the way of monsters. Instead, this biome is notable for its cherry trees with pink wood and leaves. Cherry trees are special for their pink petal particle effect (say that three times fast!), meaning that near a cherry tree, petals are always falling. With enough cherry tries close together, they'll also form a layer of pink petals on the ground. If you use bonemeal on the ground in a cherry grove, pink flowers spawn instead of the standard mix of flowers and grass.

Swamps

Swamps are common but dangerous. This dreary biome is relatively flat but dotted with gray-green patches of unusually shallow water. Oak trees grow here, draped with vines, and this is the only biome where you'll find lily pads and blue orchids.

Most importantly, though, this biome can spawn slimes above ground at night, and swamps can spawn witch huts.

Mangrove swamps, meanwhile, are an even more densely packed biome filled with unique Mangrove trees. These trees can grow from water, unlike all other trees. This biome is also home to mud blocks, which can be crafted into a variety of different usable block types. These swamps are also home to warm frogs, and slimes will spawn naturally at night.

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This story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG