The badlands, often known as the mesa biome, are a rare warm environment with terracotta mounds of varied hues. The badlands biome has three main variations. Mesa in Minecraft
Description
Large mounds of terracotta in different hues may be found in Badlands biomes; red, orange, yellow, white, light grey, brown, and ordinary terracotta are all possible. These mounds are around 10-15 blocks deep and rise up from a layer of red sand, giving place to regular stone versions below. Similar to deserts, cactus and dead shrubs appear often over the area. Badlands biomes form in warm climates with little erosion, which means they frequently form in locations with plateaus and, in certain cases, mountain peaks.
Mesa in Minecraft
In these biomes, mineshafts form at significantly higher elevations, where they are frequently exposed to fresh air. Rather than wood, their supporting boards and fences are constructed of black oak. Furthermore, gold ore may be found up to elevation Y=255 (rather than the usual Y=32) and at significantly greater rates than the rest of the globe, making badlands tunnels exceptional gold sources.
There are no passive creatures in any of the badlands biomes, despite the abundance of unique construction materials and gold ore. Furthermore, because trees, grass, and water are few, growing food might be challenging. Only trees and grass grow in the forested badlands.
It never rains in this arid environment, thus lightning strikes are impossible. The rivers that cut across the badlands are the outliers, where it may still rain and cast lightning. During stormy weather, the customary darkening of the sky and spawning of hostile mobs that follow thunderstorms still happens.
Generation of Terracotta
Specific terracotta strata (bands, layers) in these biomes have the same colours throughout all badlands biomes for each given globe. This suggests that a layer of white terracotta might form between the lines (X=200, Y=71) and (X=400, Y=72), with all changes in Z being the same. When strata climb one Y-level at a given X value, chunk patterns can be seen. On plateau tops, the highest layer of stained terracotta is frequently replaced by plain terracotta. Furthermore, below Y level 63, the uppermost layer of terracotta is always orange.
Seeds in Bedrock Edition contain 32 bits, hence strata are fundamentally different from those in Java Edition, even if the same seed number is used. The terracotta strata are consistent across all badlands biomes in a particular world/seed. A stratum’s height varies at random, but not by more than a few y-layers.
Variants
In earlier versions, three badlands biome variations (badlands, woodland badlands, and eroded badlands) were eliminated, while three others (badlands plateau, modified badlands plateau, and modified wooded badlands plateau) were added.
Badlands
The typical badlands biome features a topsoil layer of red sand and big mounds of terracotta in a variety of hues. A few layers beneath, the sand and clay give way to stone and ores. The dunes are littered with cacti and decaying plants. Additionally, can produce larger, more jagged, and sharp peaks that frequently pass through clouds, peaking at y=256.
Wooded Badlands
At high altitudes, the forested badlands produce groves of trees. Large areas of grass and gritty earth, with oak trees growing on them, cover the highest strata of land. All naturally formed trees are tiny variations, and the grass and oak leaves take on a dismal greenish-brown tint deeper than that of the Savanna biome, giving it a droughted look. In the generally desolate badlands, this variety provides a rare supply of wood. Above around Y=100, the forest begins to generate. This variety develops at greater humidity levels than the regular badlands, hence it’s common to find it near rainforests or beneath with lush caverns.The same mob spawning chances apply to wooded badlands as they do to badlands.
Eroded Badlands
The eroding badlands include unusual terracotta hoodoo formations, thin spires rising from the red sand bottom of the biome’s drainage basins. Passive mobs can spawn here in Bedrock Edition. This biome is designed to look like the famed Bryce Canyon in Utah, which is known for its hoodoos.
Eroding badlands have the same mob spawning odds as badlands in Java Edition.
For hostile categories in Bedrock Edition, eroding badlands have the same mob spawning odds as badlands. The rest are as follows:
