Lava lake

A lava lake is a small, widespread, naturally-generated feature in the Overworld that contains a volume of lava.

Description

Lava lakes are shallow and often small bodies of liquid. Lava lakes found at the surface are surrounded by stone, which can be replaced by other features such as ore features of blocks such as dirt, gravel, and coal ore.

Lava lakes generate with a small air pocket above them, which may result in floating sand, floating snow cover, or even floating trees above^[1]. Lava lakes that spawn on ground level may cause nearby trees to catch on fire and burn away.

Generation

Lava lakes are rare on the surface but often found underground above Y=0, and replace blocks around them with stone. They can generate in any biomes in Overworld except the deep dark.

In Java Edition, the air pockets above lakes are generated with cave air instead of normal air. This is true even for lakes that are exposed to the open sky.

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History

Issues

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Gallery

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  A lava lake in a badlands biome.
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  A waterfall naturally generated on top of a lava lake, turning it into obsidian.
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  A lava lake in plains biome, starting a fire. Note the grass on stone blocks and above the lava itself.
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  A lava lake found directly on the surface of the world.
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  2 naturally-occurring lava lakes next to each other. Note the forest fire the lake on the left is not starting.
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  A lava lake spawned naturally, note the forest fire nearby.
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  A giant burning in a lava lake.
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  A lava lake in a desert.
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  Another lava lake in a desert.
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  A lava lake in a swamp.
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  This cave intersected a lava lake, rather than hitting the lava level like is more commonly seen.
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  A fern next to an underground lava lake.
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  Snow layer generated on top of lava lake.
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  A lava lake near a ravine in a desert.
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  Lava lake in snowy taiga biome.
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  A lava lake that is burning grass.
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  A lava lake in a village.
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  A lava lake that is intersecting with an amethyst geode.
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  A lava lake with some snow floating over it.
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  A heart-shaped lava lake.
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  A lava lake setting fire to a forest.

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