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name: latitude-biome-authority description: > Authoritative list of all vanilla Minecraft biomes and the latitude bands they are allowed to generate in for the Latitude (Globe) mod. This skill forbids guessing, omission, or reassignment of biomes and serves as the single source of truth for biome inclusion and climate eligibility.

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Latitude Biome Authority — Vanilla Minecraft (Java 1.21.11)

Generated: 2026-01-31

RULES (MANDATORY)

• Every vanilla biome listed here must exist in at least one valid generation path.
• Windsurf must never invent, remove, or reassign biomes outside this table.
• If a biome is missing in-world, the cause is tag omission or logic error, not intentional rarity.
• Latitude bands are authoritative; variants and overlays are secondary.
• Rarity is a design knob, not a probability guarantee.
• Caves, rivers, oceans, Nether, and End biomes are not latitude-decided unless explicitly stated.
• Mountain / peak biomes are overlays and may restrict placement but must not override latitude truth.

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Latitude Bands

• Equator — hottest + wettest
• Tropics — hot + wet-ish
• Arid — hot + dry
• Temperate — mild
• Subpolar — cold
• Polar — coldest

Overlay: Mountain / Peaks
Only allowed when “mountainness” is true (height, slope, or climate params), regardless of latitude.

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Plains / general land

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Plains	Temperate	Common	Core mid-latitude flatland.
Sunflower Plains	Temperate	Rare	Rare plains variant.
Savanna	Arid ↔ Tropics	Uncommon	Warm transition biome.
Savanna Plateau	Arid / Tropics	Uncommon	Highland warm biome.
Snowy Plains	Subpolar	Common	Main cold flatland.
Ice Spikes	Polar	Very rare	Cold extreme.
Mushroom Fields	Any (special)	Very rare	Special-case island biome; not latitude-driven.

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Forests / woodlands

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Forest	Temperate	Common
Birch Forest	Temperate	Common
Flower Forest	Temperate	Rare	Discovery biome.
Dark Forest	Temperate	Uncommon	Dense canopy.
Old Growth Birch Forest	Temperate	Rare	Large birch variant.
Taiga	Temperate-high → Subpolar-low	Common	Key transition biome.
Old Growth Pine Taiga	Temperate-high → Subpolar	Uncommon
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	Subpolar	Uncommon
Snowy Taiga	Subpolar	Uncommon
Pale Garden	Temperate (rare)	Very rare	Dark-forest-adjacent oddity.

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Jungle family (warm + wet)

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Jungle	Equator / Tropics	Uncommon	Dense near equator.
Bamboo Jungle	Equator / Tropics	Rare
Sparse Jungle	Tropics	Uncommon	Transition biome.
Mangrove Swamp	Equator / Tropics	Rare	Must not appear in cool bands.

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Swamps / wetlands

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Swamp	Tropics ↔ Temperate-low	Uncommon	Warm temperate transition.
Mangrove Swamp	Equator / Tropics	Rare	Warm-only swamp.

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Sandy / dry / badlands

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Desert	Arid	Uncommon
Badlands	Arid	Rare
Wooded Badlands	Arid	Rare
Eroded Badlands	Arid	Very rare	Extreme terrain.

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Mountains / highlands (overlay-only)

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Meadow	Temperate (overlay)	Uncommon
Grove	Temperate-high / Subpolar (overlay)	Uncommon	Must be explicitly preserved.
Cherry Grove	Temperate (overlay)	Rare
Windswept Hills	Temperate (overlay)	Uncommon
Windswept Forest	Temperate (overlay)	Uncommon
Windswept Gravelly Hills	Temperate (overlay)	Rare
Windswept Savanna	Arid / Tropics (overlay)	Uncommon
Stony Peaks	Arid / Tropics / Temperate (overlay)	Rare
Jagged Peaks	Subpolar / Polar (overlay)	Rare
Frozen Peaks	Subpolar / Polar (overlay)	Rare
Snowy Slopes	Subpolar / Polar (overlay)	Uncommon
Stony Shore	Any (adjacency overlay)	Uncommon	Mountains touching ocean only.

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Caves (not latitude-driven)

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Lush Caves	Any	Uncommon
Dripstone Caves	Any	Uncommon
Deep Dark	Any	Rare

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Beaches / shores (adjacency-driven)

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Beach	Equator / Tropics / Arid / Temperate	Common
Snowy Beach	Subpolar / Polar	Uncommon
Stony Shore	Any (overlay)	Uncommon

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Rivers (temperature-driven)

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
River	Equator / Tropics / Arid / Temperate	Common
Frozen River	Subpolar / Polar	Uncommon

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Oceans (temperature-driven)

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity	Notes
Warm Ocean	Equator / Tropics	Uncommon
Lukewarm Ocean	Tropics / Temperate-low	Uncommon
Ocean	Temperate	Common
Cold Ocean	Subpolar	Uncommon
Frozen Ocean	Polar	Uncommon
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	Depth overlay	Uncommon
Deep Ocean	Depth overlay	Uncommon
Deep Cold Ocean	Depth overlay	Uncommon
Deep Frozen Ocean	Depth overlay	Uncommon

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The Nether (not latitude-driven)

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity
Nether Wastes	N/A	Common
Crimson Forest	N/A	Common
Warped Forest	N/A	Common
Soul Sand Valley	N/A	Uncommon
Basalt Deltas	N/A	Uncommon

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The End (not latitude-driven)

Biome	Band(s)	Rarity
The End	N/A	Special
End Highlands	N/A	Common
End Midlands	N/A	Common
End Barrens	N/A	Common
Small End Islands	N/A	Uncommon
The Void	N/A	Special