Desert in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Desert biome with screenshots.

In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let's explore the Desert biome in Minecraft.

Background

In Minecraft, the Desert is a biome in the Overworld. It is found more commonly than the Mesa. It is a very dry area that is made up of sand, cacti, and dead bushes.

Along the sides of the rivers, you can sometimes find sugar canes growing.

desert biome

Let's explore the characteristics of the Desert biome.

Weather

The weather in the Desert biome is very dry with no precipitation.

Trees

There are no trees in the Desert as this biome consists mostly of sand.

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Desert biome is dead bush, cactus and sugar canes:

Item Description
dead bush Dead Bush
cactus Cactus
sugar canes Sugar Canes

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as sand:

Item Description
sand Sand

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Desert biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, gold ore:

stone coal ore gold ore

Mobs

In the Desert biome, you can find camels in the Desert Villages. There are also squids swimming in the rivers as well as gold-colored rabbits and husks wandering around.

camel squid rabbit husk

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Desert biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:

creeper enderman skeleton spider witch zombie

Pyramids

If you look carefully in the Desert biome, you will sometimes find a pyramid like the one below:

pyramid

The pyramid is made out of sandstone, smooth sandstone, chiseled sandstone, and orange terracotta. Inside, you will find a pattern of colored terracotta in the center of the pyramid. Tunnel down to the bottom of the pyramid to find 4 chests filled with loot. Avoid the stone pressure plate in the center that will set off 9 blocks of TNT.

Desert Villages

Now in the Desert biome, you can find a rare Desert village like the one below:

desert village

Inside this village, you will find a group of small buildings with gardens of vegetables. Villagers naturally spawn inside of these villagers and grow gardens of potatoes, carrots, and wheat. When you are running low on food, you can harvest their vegetables for yourself. You can also trade with villagers to get rare items.

Biome ID for Desert

Desert Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Desert biome: