Jungle Biome – Wiki Guide
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.
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.
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:
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 |
|---|---|
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Fern |
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Dandelion |
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Poppy |
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Vines |
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Cocoa Beans |
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Melon |
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Oak Leaves |
Blocks
In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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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:
Mobs
In the Jungle biome, there is lots of wildlife such as parrots, ocelots,chickens and squids:
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:
Jungle Temples
If you look carefully in the Jungle biome, you will sometimes find a rare Jungle temple like the one below:
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. If you can’t figure out the lever order, use a pickaxe to mine behind the second lever and you will find the first 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
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Jungle biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
| Minecraft ID | Dimension | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:jungle | Overworld |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.16 – 1.19.2 |
See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.
- Minecraft ID is the biome’s Internal ID that is used in game commands such as /locatebiome command.
- Dimension is the dimension that the biome can be found (such as the Overworld, Nether, or End).
- Platform is the platform that applies.
- Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID is valid for.
Jungle Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Jungle biome:
Jungle Seeds (Java Edition)
Jungle Seeds (Java Edition)