Beach

Beach

Structures	Buried Treasure Shipwreck
Blocks	Water Sand Sandstone Gravel Dirt Clay Sugar cane
Climate
Temperature	0.8
Downfall	0.4
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#91BD59
Foliage color	#77AB2F
Water color	#3F76E4‌[JE only]  #157CAB‌[BE only]

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Beaches are common coastal biomes that serve as transition biomes from the mainland to an ocean.

Description[edit | edit source]

Beaches generate on the coast. Beaches do not always surround land biomes, allowing them to border the ocean. Beaches sometimes can also generate bordering rivers or be completely landlocked.

Beaches don't have many resources of their own. Buried treasure often generates buried under most beaches, and shipwrecks occasionally generate on beaches. Turtles may spawn on regular beaches, and along with rabbits in snowy beaches in Bedrock Edition, they are the only passive mobs that can spawn in beach biomes, although other passive mobs can wander into beaches from surrounding biomes. Drowned often spawn in the water surrounding beaches. Ocean ruins generated in the ocean nearby may spread onto beaches, causing some ruins to form on land.

Beaches are composed of mostly sand, with some gravel, dirt, and clay patches under the water, similarly to rivers. Like the sand in deserts, sandstone generates underneath it. Beach terrain is usually a smooth descent into the water, though it can vary in steepness and width. Turtles can spawn here, as can buried treasure and shipwrecks.

Mobs[edit | edit source]

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
Turtle	1	2–5
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6

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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	10⁄18	2–4
Turtle	8⁄18	2–6

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Data values[edit | edit source]

ID[edit | edit source]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Beach	beach	biome.minecraft.beach

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	beach	16

History[edit | edit source]

Issues[edit | edit source]

Issues relating to "Beach" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Screenshots[edit | edit source]

• 

  A beach island with a small jungle on top.

• 

  A beach with a lake (technically, a small ocean biome) in it.

• 

  Turtles with turtle eggs on a beach.

• 

  The desert-like landscape of a buffet beach world.

• 

  A sandy beach with multiple windswept gravelly hills as seen in the view.

• 

  Beach in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3, which is much smoother than it's modern counterpart.

• 

  Gravel Beach in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3.

• 

  Beach in Java Edition 1.18 experimental snapshot 2, which is much wider and smoother.

• 

  Beach reaching up the hillside.

• 

  A beach that generated completely landlocked.

• 

  Beach in the middle of the forest.

• 

  A shore with small beaches.

• 

  A shore with medium beaches.

• 

  A shore with large beaches.

• 

  A cove beneath a large rock outcrop.

• 

  Kai and Noor on a beach.^[2]

See also[edit | edit source]

• River
• Stony Shore
• Snowy Beach
• Ocean

References[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

• Around the Block: Beach – Minecraft.net on January 29, 2022

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