Sunflower Plains
Sunflower Plains — biome.
Obtaining
Natural generation
Sunflower plains are an open plains variant with abundant sunflowers. They are the only biome in which sunflowers generate as part of the natural terrain, making the landscape easy to recognize even from a distance. The biome keeps the broad plains feature set: caves, ore veins, oak trees, flowers, grass and water springs are all part of its generation pipeline.
The variant replaces ordinary plains in relatively dry, medium-temperature areas and tends to occur in high-weirdness terrain. Rivers and low valleys often separate it from flower forests or other plains variants, while the wide horizon remains mostly clear except for scattered oak trees.
| Temperature | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Downfall | 0.4 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Signature feature | Cohesive sunflower patches |
| Tree feature | Plains oak trees, including bee nests |
Sounds
The biome uses the regular plains ambience and Overworld music pool rather than a separate biome-only soundtrack. Its open terrain still makes distant mob and weather sounds easy to notice while exploring.
Climate and environment
Sunflower plains host the same broad animal profile as plains. Horses and donkeys are the most useful large passive spawns for travel, while sheep, pigs, chickens and cows keep the biome practical as an early settlement area. Bees may appear around oak trees and their nests.
| Water color | #3f76e4 |
|---|---|
| Sky color | #78a7ff |
| Passive herd | Sheep (12), pig (10), chicken (10), cow (8), horse (5), donkey (1) |
| Night spawns | Standard Overworld hostile profile |
| Cave water spawn | Glow squid, groups of 4–6, weight 10 |
| Signature plant | Sunflower |
Data values
| Identifier | minecraft:sunflower_plains |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Local source | Sunflower Plainssunflower_plains |
| Related biome | plains |
| Precipitation | Rain |
| Downfall | 0.4 |
| Sky color | #78a7ff |
| Water color | #3f76e4 |
| Grass color | #91bd59 |
| Foliage color | #77ab2f |
History
| 1.7.2 | Sunflower plains were added as a plains variant |
|---|---|
| 1.14 | Cornflowers began generating in plains variants |
| 1.15 | Bee nests began appearing on oak trees in this biome |
| 1.18 | The biome became required for the Adventuring Time advancement |
Trivia
Sunflower plains are more than a colour variant: the sunflower feature is part of the biome definition. Moving a sunflower to another biome by hand does not reproduce the naturally generated patches that identify this variant.
Gallery
See also
References
The Java biome definition supplies climate, colors, mob spawns, and the feature list. The sunflower placement and biome tags are kept as separate provenance entries so the page can distinguish the variant from ordinary plains.
| Local source | Sunflower Plainssunflower_plains |
|---|---|
| Biome record | `data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/sunflower_plains.json` |
| Overworld builder | `net/minecraft/data/worldgen/biome/OverworldBiomes.java` |
| Feature defaults | `net/minecraft/data/worldgen/BiomeDefaultFeatures.java` |
| Sunflower placement | `data/minecraft/worldgen/placed_feature/patch_sunflower.json` |
| Sunflower feature | `data/minecraft/worldgen/configured_feature/sunflower.json` |
| Biome tags | `net/minecraft/data/tags/BiomeTagsProvider.java` |
Navigation
Data and provenance
minecraft:sunflower_plains
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Facts
| Temperature | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Downfall | 0.4 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Biome effects | {"waterColor":"#3f76e4","skyColor":"#78a7ff"} |
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