Wooded Badlands in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Wooded Badlands biome (formerly called the Wooded Badlands Plateau) 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 Wooded Badlands biome in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

The Wooded Badlands biome is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

* 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 Wooded Badlands is a biome in the Overworld and is very rare to find. It is a high area of land that is made up of various colors of terracotta. At the peak, you can see patches of grass, coarse dirt, dead bushes, pumpkins and oak trees. You can also find small pools of water in this biome.

Let's explore the characteristics of the Wooded Badlands biome.

Weather

The weather in the Wooded Badlands biome is very dry with little precipitation.

Trees

You can find oak trees in the Wooded Badlands. The oak trees will be a dull greenish-brown color instead of the usual vibrant green:

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Wooded Badlands biome consists of dead bushes and pumpkins:

Item	Description
	Dead Bush
	Pumpkin

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as coarse dirt, terracotta, yellow terracotta, red terracotta, orange terracotta, white terracotta, and light gray terracotta:

Item	Description
	Coarse Dirt
	Terracotta
	Yellow Terracotta
	Red Terracotta
	Orange Terracotta
	White Terracotta
	Light Gray Terracotta

Other Standard Blocks

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

Mobs

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

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

Biome ID for Wooded Badlands

Wooded Badlands Seeds

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