Stony Shore
Stony Shore — biome.
Obtaining
Natural generation
Stony shores generate where steep, low-erosion land meets the ocean and replace an ordinary beach with exposed stone. They can occur at any temperature, so the same narrow, uneven coast may border a warm or cold route. Gravel fills the lower edge while the rising terrain exposes more solid rock, making the biome a practical transition between a mountain route and a boat landing.
| Temperature | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Downfall | 0.3 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Carvers | Cave, extra underground cave, canyon |
| Underground features | Lava lakes, amethyst geodes, monster rooms, ores, springs, glow lichen and freeze-top-layer |
| Ambient spawns | Bats, group size 8, weight 10 |
| Water spawns | Glow squid, group size 4–6, weight 10 |
| Terrain profile | Steep stone and gravel coast with low erosion |
| Temperature range | Any neighbouring temperature |
| Snow line | About Y 120, with roughly eight blocks of variation |
Travel and building
The rocky coast is a quick source of stone and gravel, but its uneven floor leaves fewer flat spots for a large settlement. A small dock or staircase can connect the water to the inland path; snow at higher elevations marks the colder mountain side of the shoreline.
Ambient music
The biome uses the ordinary overworld ambient music pool rather than a dedicated soundtrack. Water, cave and hostile-mob events therefore provide most of its local sound identity.
| Music | Overworld ambient tracks |
|---|---|
| Dedicated biome track | None |
Climate and environment
Stony shores have no passive land-animal spawn entries. Hostile mobs use the ordinary surface-night table, while bats and glow squid keep the cave and water edges active. A nearby deep dark can also remain close below the steep coastline because the biome does not flatten the underground terrain.
| Water color | #3f76e4 |
|---|---|
| Sky color | #7da2ff |
| Bat | Weight 10, group size 8 |
| Spider | Weight 100, group size 4 |
| Zombie | Weight 95, group size 4 |
| Zombie villager | Weight 5, group size 1 |
| Skeleton | Weight 100, group size 4 |
| Creeper | Weight 100, group size 4 |
| Slime | Weight 100, group size 4 |
| Enderman | Weight 10, group size 1–4 |
| Witch | Weight 5, group size 1 |
| Glow squid | Weight 10, group size 4–6 |
Data values
The biome uses the stable `minecraft:stony_shore` identifier. Its defining surface is a stone-and-gravel coastline, with snow appearing where the neighbouring terrain is cold enough.
| Identifier | minecraft:stony_shore |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Local source | Stony Shorestony_shore |
| Surface | Stone and gravel |
| Coast type | Steep shoreline |
| Temperature | 0.2 |
| Downfall | 0.3 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Sky color | #7da2ff |
| Water color | #3f76e4 |
| Creature spawns | None |
| Monster spawns | Spider, zombie, skeleton, creeper and slime groups |
| Feature profile | Caves, canyon, lava lakes, geodes, monster rooms, ores, springs, glow lichen and freeze layer |
History
Stony shore was introduced as a shoreline biome for steep terrain. The modern terrain system keeps its stone-and-gravel identity while allowing the coast to connect directly to taller land and nearby ocean variants.
Trivia
The biome is a useful visual signal for a sudden elevation change: snow at the upper edge and gravel at the waterline make the boundary easy to read from a boat.
Gallery
See also
References
The biome page is built from the Java snapshot record, its registration,
overworld builder and shared feature helpers.
| Local source | Stony Shorestony_shore |
|---|---|
| Biome record | data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/stony_shore.json |
| Biome registration | net/minecraft/data/worldgen/biome/BiomeData.java |
| Biome builder | net/minecraft/data/worldgen/biome/OverworldBiomes.java |
| Shared features | net/minecraft/data/worldgen/BiomeDefaultFeatures.java |
| Biome tags | net/minecraft/data/tags/BiomeTagsProvider.java |
Navigation
Data and provenance
minecraft:stony_shore
Snapshot digest verified.
Facts
| Temperature | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Downfall | 0.3 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Biome effects | {"waterColor":"#3f76e4","skyColor":"#7da2ff"} |
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