This Minecraft tutorial explains the Savanna 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 Savanna biome in Minecraft.
Background
In Minecraft, the Savanna is a biome in the Overworld. It has greenish-brown grass and is scattered with acacia trees. It has lots of ponds and wildlife.
Let’s explore the characteristics of the Savanna biome.
Weather
The weather in the Savanna biome has no precipitation.
Trees
In the Savanna biome, you will find acacia trees:
Vegetation
The vegetation found in the Savanna biome consists of dandelions and poppies:
Item
Description
Dandelion
Poppy
Blocks
In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks but the grass will appear greenish-brown:
Item
Description
Grass Block
Other Standard Blocks
If you dig down far enough in the Savanna 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 Savanna biome, there is lots of wildlife such as llamas, chickens, cows, pigs and sheep:
Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night
You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Savanna biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:
Savanna Villages
Now in the Savanna biome, you can find a rare Savanna village like the one below:
Inside this village, you will find a group of small buildings with gardens of vegetables. Villagers naturally spawn inside of these villagers and grow gardens of potatoes, carrots, and wheat. When you are running low on food, you can harvest their vegetables for yourself. You can also trade with villagers to get rare items.
Biome ID for Savanna
Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)
In Minecraft, the Savanna biome has the following Minecraft ID values:
Minecraft ID
Dimension
Platform
Version(s)
minecraft:savanna
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.
Savanna Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Savanna biome: