Jungle in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Jungle 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 Jungle biome in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

The Jungle biome is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes (1.2.1)
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (0.9.0)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes
Xbox One Xbox OneYes
PS3 PS3Yes
PS4 PS4Yes
Wii U Wii UYes
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes
Education Edition Education EditionYes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

In Minecraft, the Jungle is a biome in the Overworld. It is known for its extremely tall trees, the tallest trees of all of the biomes. The Jungle biome is a lush area with lots of jungle trees, vegetation, and wildlife. This is the only biome where you can find ocelots.

jungle biome

Let's explore the characteristics of the Jungle biome.

Weather

The weather in the Jungle biome is very wet with lots of precipitation. You will find that it rains a lot.

Trees

In the Jungle biome, you will find jungle trees:

jungle tree

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Jungle biome consists of ferns, dandelions, poppies, vines, cocoa beans, melons, and oak leaves as ground cover:

Item Description
fern Fern
dandelion Dandelion
poppy Poppy
vines Vines
cocoa beans Cocoa Beans
melon Melon
oak leaves Oak Leaves

Blocks

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

Item Description
grass block Grass Block

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Jungle biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

stone coal ore iron ore gold ore diamond ore redstone ore copper ore

Mobs

In the Jungle biome, there is lots of wildlife such as parrots, ocelots,chickens and squids:

parrot ocelot chicken squid

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

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

creeper enderman skeleton spider witch zombie

Jungle Temples

If you look carefully in the Jungle biome, you will sometimes find a rare Jungle temple like the one below:

jungle temple

The Jungle temple is made out of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone. Inside the temple is a series of traps to avoid and 2 chests to find.

You can find the first chest by solving a puzzle. Go to the lower level of the temple and find the 3 levers. Flip the levers in the right order and a small room with a chest will be revealed.

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TIP: Watch the video above to learn how to solve the lever puzzle and find the hidden room. If you can't figure out the lever order, use a pickaxe to mine behind the second lever and you will find a chest.

Here is a sneak peek at the room (directly behind the three levers are two sticky pistons, a redstone repeater and a chest).

jungle temple puzzle inside

Inside this chest, there is a good chance it contains Wild Armor Trim, which you can use to visually customize your armor using a Smithing Table.

jungle temple chest

The second chest is also on the lower level down the hallway after you have encountered all of the traps.

Biome ID for Jungle

Jungle Seeds

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