Mesa Plateau Biome – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains the Mesa Plateau 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 Mesa Plateau biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Mesa Plateau is a biome in the Overworld and is very rare to find. It is a high area of land that is made up of red sand, and various colors of terracotta. Starting in Minecraft 1.18, the Mesa Plateau is no longer a unique biome, but has become part of the Mesa biome.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Mesa Plateau biome.
Weather
The weather in the Mesa Plateau biome is very dry with little precipitation. It is very similar to a desert biome, but it is made up of beautiful red, orange, and yellow colors.
Trees
There are no trees in the Mesa Plateau biome (the oak trees are found in the nearby Wooded Badlands biome).
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Mesa Plateau biome consists of dead bushes:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Dead Bush |
Blocks
In this biome, you will find blocks such as terracotta, yellow terracotta, red terracotta, orange terracotta, white terracotta, and light gray terracotta:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
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Terracotta |
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Yellow Terracotta |
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Red Terracotta |
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Orange Terracotta |
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White Terracotta |
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Light Gray Terracotta |
Other Standard Blocks
If you dig down far enough in the Mesa Plateau 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 Mesa Plateau biome, there is very little wildlife with only squids found swimming in the rivers:
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Mesa Plateau biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Biome ID for Mesa Plateau
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Mesa Plateau biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
| Minecraft ID | Dimension | Platform | Version(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| minecraft:badlands_ |
Overworld |  Java Edition (PC/Mac) |
1.16 – 1.17.1 |
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.
Mesa Plateau Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Mesa Plateau biome:
Mesa Plateau Seeds (Java Edition)
Mesa Plateau Seeds (Java Edition)
