Meadow

The meadow is an elevated grassy mountain slope biome filled with patches of flowers and turquoise-green grass and tall grass, where sheep, donkeys and rabbits spawn.

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.

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^{[note 1]}	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
Ambient category
Bat	1	8
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

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

In *Bedrock Edition*
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₄₉₅	1
Slime^{[note 1]}	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

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds

Music

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	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 Menu screen	"Left to Bloom"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4	2
one_more_day.ogg	Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld, and Menu screen	"One More Day"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6	1

Data values

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Meadow	`meadow`	`biome.minecraft.meadow`

Bedrock Edition:

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

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
		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.	10G	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a Jukebox	Sweet Dreams	While in a meadow biome, place down a jukebox and use a music disc on it.	`adventure/play_jukebox_in_meadows`

History

Java Edition
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.
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.
	experimental snapshot 2	Oaks and Birches can now have a small chance of generating in meadows, oftentimes 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.
		Villages now generate in mountain 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.
Bedrock Edition
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)	beta 1.16.200.52	Added the meadow biome.
	beta 1.17.20.23	Hostile mobs can now spawn in the meadow biome.
	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.
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.24	Changed the biome ID to `meadow` from `mountain_meadow`.
Education Edition
1.18.32	1.18.10.04	Added the meadow biome.