Basalt Deltas

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For the mission in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Basalt Deltas.

Basalt Deltas

👁 Basalt Deltas.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Basalt Deltas'

👁 Basalt Deltas Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Basalt Deltas'

Climate
Structures	👁 Image Nether fortress 👁 Image Ruined portal
Features	👁 Image Glowstone blob 👁 Image Lava sea 👁 Image Delta 👁 Image Basalt columns 👁 Image Blob
Blocks	👁 Image Basalt 👁 Image Blackstone 👁 Image Magma Block 👁 Image Lava
Temperature	2.0
Downfall	0.0
Precipitation	No
Colors
Fog color	#685F70
Grass color	#BFB755
Foliage color	#AEA42A
Dry foliage color	#A38046
Water color	#3F76E4
Water fog color	#050533‌^{[JE only]} #423E42‌^{[BE only]}
Water fog distance	15‌^{[BE only]}
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Basalt Deltas
Lighting	Nether
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Default

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The basalt deltas are a volcanic biome found in the Nether.

Description

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The basalt deltas is the second rarest Nether biome, making up around 16% of the Nether by volume, and can generate next to any other Nether biome except for the crimson forest.

The rough and jagged terrain of basalt deltas is composed largely of basalt and blackstone and features numerous deltas, shallow pools of lava, and magma blocks, typically reaching depths of 1 to 3 blocks. The biome's fog is a dull lilac color, and ambient ash particles float through the air. Archipelagos with islands of different sizes can be found around the lava seas nearby. On the ceiling, glowstone blobs generate as usual. Both brown and red mushrooms still grow in this biome on top of the basalt blocks.

Nether fortresses and ruined portals can be found here. Nether quartz ore, Nether gold ore, and the rare ancient debris generate underground, but are more difficult to obtain due to the abundance of deltas and lava seas. Ore also spawns more frequently to compensate for the significantly reduced amount of netherrack in the biome. Bastion remnants are not present, making basalt deltas the only Nether biome to not feature them.

Magma cubes have a higher spawn rate in this biome than in any other biome. Occasionally, a ghast can be spotted. Like in all Nether biomes, striders wander the lava lakes, and sometimes spawn trapped in the countless deltas.

Mobs

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The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Ghast^{[note 1]}	⁴⁰⁄₁₄₀	1
👁 Image Magma Cube	¹⁰⁰⁄₁₄₀	2–5
Creature category
👁 Image Strider^{[note 2]}	1	2–4

↑ Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.
↑ Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn being ridden by a zombified piglin holding a warped fungus on a stick.

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Ghast": "Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.", "Strider": "Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn being ridden by a zombified piglin holding a warped fungus on a stick." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 140, "mobs": [ { "note": "Only 5% of spawn attempts succeed.", "mob": "Ghast", "weight": 40, "notename": "Ghast", "size": "1" }, { "size": "2-5", "mob": "Magma Cube", "weight": 100 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 60, "mobs": [ { "note": "Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn being ridden by a zombified piglin holding a warped fungus on a stick.", "mob": "Strider", "weight": 60, "notename": "Strider", "size": "2-4" } ], "category": "creature" } }

In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Magma Cube	100	2–5
👁 Image Ghast	40	1
Creature category
👁 Image Strider^{[note 1]}	1	2–4

↑ Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn with a saddle. They are supposed to spawn with a zombified piglin with a warped fungus on a stick but they don’t due to MCPE-236161.

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Strider": "Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn with a saddle. They are supposed to spawn with a zombified piglin with a warped fungus on a stick but they don’t due to <span class=\"bug plainlinks\" data-id=\"MCPE-236161\">[[Mojira:MCPE-236161|MCPE-236161]]</span>." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 140, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-5", "mob": "Magma Cube", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Ghast", "weight": 40 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 20, "mobs": [ { "note": "Adult striders have a 3.3% chance to spawn with a saddle. They are supposed to spawn with a zombified piglin with a warped fungus on a stick but they don’t due to <span class=\"bug plainlinks\" data-id=\"MCPE-236161\">[[Mojira:MCPE-236161|MCPE-236161]]</span>.", "mob": "Strider", "weight": 20, "notename": "Strider", "size": "2-4" } ], "category": "creature" } }

Sounds

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Music

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These music tracks play while the player is in the basalt deltas:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
So Below	7	63.64%	7	63.64%
Ballad of the Cats	1	9.09%	1	9.09%
Concrete Halls	1	9.09%	1	9.09%
Dead Voxel	1	9.09%	1	9.09%
Warmth	1	9.09%	1	9.09%

Ambience

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Nether ambience plays while the player is in the Nether.


Name	Sound	Group
Basalt Deltas Ambience	Loop
Basalt deltas active 1 (Unused)	Loop Additions
Basalt deltas active 2 (Unused)
Basalt deltas active 3 (Unused)
Basalt deltas active 4 (Unused)
Basalt Deltas Basalt Ground 1
Basalt Deltas Basalt Ground 2
Basalt Deltas Basalt Ground 3
Basalt Deltas Basalt Ground 4 (Unused)
Basalt Deltas Click 1
Basalt Deltas Click 2
Basalt Deltas Click 3
Basalt Deltas Click 4
Basalt Deltas Click 5
Basalt Deltas Click 6
Basalt Deltas Click 7
Basalt Deltas Click 8
Basalt Deltas Debris 1
Basalt Deltas Debris 2
Basalt Deltas Debris 3
Basalt Deltas Heavy Click 1
Basalt Deltas Heavy Click 2
Basalt Deltas Long Debris 1
Basalt Deltas Long Debris 2
Basalt Deltas Plode 1
Basalt Deltas Plode 2
Basalt Deltas Plode 3
Basalt Deltas Twist 1
Basalt Deltas Twist 2
Basalt Deltas Twist 3
Basalt Deltas Twist 4

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
👁 BiomeSprite basalt-deltas.png: Sprite image for basalt-deltas in Minecraft Basalt Deltas	`basalt_deltas`	`173`	`biome.minecraft.basalt_deltas`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
👁 BiomeSprite basalt-deltas.png: Sprite image for basalt-deltas in Minecraft [No displayed name]	`basalt_deltas`	`181`

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
👁 Image	👁 Image	Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver
👁 Image	👁 Image	Hot tourist destination	Visit all Nether biomes	Note: Can be completed if the player visits the biomes in different worlds.	30	Silver

Advancements

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Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
👁 Image 👁 Image	Hot Tourist Destinations	Explore all Nether biomes	Visit all of the 5 following biomes: 👁 Image 👁 Image Crimson Forest 👁 Image Nether Wastes 👁 Image Soul Sand Valley 👁 Image Warped Forest The advancement is only for Nether biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.16	20w15a	Added the basalt deltas.
	20w16a	Increased the number of lava lakes on basalt deltas.
	20w21a	Ancient debris and Nether gold ore now generate more often.
1.18	21w41a	The water fog color of basalt deltas has been changed from #423e42 to #050533 despite water not being able to exist in the Nether.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added basalt deltas.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				The ceiling of basalt deltas is now made out of basalt, instead of netherrack.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 173.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Basalt Deltas" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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Basalt deltas have no unique mood-based ambient sounds in dark areas and instead borrow those of the Nether wastes.
According to Felix Jones, the basalt deltas biome has a subtle Easter egg that has not yet been found by anyone.^[1]
Much of the ambience in the basalt deltas resembles the clicking of a Geiger counter, used to measure radioactivity.
- During the ambience creation process, Brandon Pearce provided the keyword "radiation" to audio director Samuel Åberg,^[2] which may explain its purpose.

Gallery

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References

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↑ "In 1.16 I put a really, really, REALLY subtle & obscure easter-egg/reference into the basalt deltas biome that is hiding there in very plain sight. If someone ever noticed it; the pay-off would be so underwhelming that they'd be angry they ever looked for it." – @Xilefian on X (formerly Twitter), February 28, 2022
↑ "Dev Diaries #2: Nether Sound" – Minecraft on YouTube

External links

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Around the Block: Basalt Deltas – Minecraft.net on August 13, 2020

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Basalt Deltas

Contents

Description

Mobs

Sounds

Music

Ambience

Data values

ID

Achievements

Advancements

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Data history

Issues

Trivia

Gallery

Screenshots

Historical screenshots

Mojang screenshots

References

External links

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