Desert

minecraft:desert

Desert data for Minecraft 26.4-snapshot-5, read straight from the game files.

Mobs that spawn here

Category	Mob	Weight	Group size
ambient	Bat	10	8
creature	Rabbit	12	random 2–3
creature	Camel	1	1
monster	Spider	100	4
monster	Zombie	19	4
monster	Zombie Villager	1	1
monster	Skeleton	50	4
monster	Creeper	100	4
monster	Slime	100	4
monster	Enderman	10	random 1–4
monster	Witch	5	1
monster	Husk	80	4
monster	Parched	50	4
underground water creature	Glow Squid	10	random 4–6

Climate

Temperature	2
Downfall	0
Precipitation	False
Sky colour	#6eb1ff
Water colour	#3f76e4

Data

From data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/desert.json.

attributes

audio/background_music	`{"default": {"max_delay": 24000, "min_delay": 12000, "sound": "minecraft:music.overworld.desert"}}`
gameplay/natural_mob_spawns	`{"argument": {"spawn_costs": {}, "spawns_by_category": {"ambient": [{"type": "minecraft:bat", "count": 8, "weight": 10}], "creature": [{"type": "minecraft:rabbit", "count": {"type": "minecraft:uniform", "max_inclusive": 3, "min_inclusive": 2}, "weight": 12}, …`
gameplay/snow_golem_melts	true
visual/sky_color	#6eb1ff

carvers ["minecraft:cave", "minecraft:cave_extra_underground", "minecraft:canyon"]

downfall 0.0

effects {"water_color": "#3f76e4"}

features ], ["minecraft:lake_lava_underground", "minecraft:lake_lava_surface"], ["minecraft:amethyst_geode"], ["minecraft:fossil_upper", "minecraft:fossil_lower", "minecraft:monster_room", "minecraft:monster_room_deep"], ["minecraft:desert_well"], [], ["minecraft:or…

has_precipitation false

temperature 2.0

Extracted from Minecraft 26.4-snapshot-5 on 22 October 2026. 9Minecraft is not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.