Swamp

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A swamp or swampland is a wetland biome where slimes, frogs, and bogged can spawn, and it is the only biome where swamp huts can generate. It is vegetated by unique swamp oaks covered in vines, firefly bushes, lily pads, and more.

Swamp biomes are usually found in flat terrain near sea level in regions with very high erosion values, and they also replace rivers in these areas. Swamps never directly border the ocean, however, their water bodies are often connected to one.

The swamp biome generates at temperatures of -0.45 to 0.2, meaning it generates at the temperate and cold biome temperature noise values. Surrounding terrain is usually flat with biomes like plains, sunflower plains, most forests, and most taigas. Often, swamps are surrounded by ranges of windswept hills or windswept savannas, some islands of temperate biomes can generate within the swamp. At higher temperatures, swamps border mangrove swamps, while they end abruptly in frozen rivers at cold temperatures.

Swamps have sparse oak trees which can grow on land or in shallow water and generate with vines growing on them. Mushrooms are more common here than in most Overworld biomes, mostly generating in dark areas or under trees. In Bedrock Edition, huge mushrooms can generate as well. Sugar cane is found more commonly growing on shores, and seagrass litters the bottom of flooded areas. Firefly bushes and blue orchids grow among the grass, the latter of which are found exclusively in swamps. Lily pads are scattered across the surface of the water and dead bushes dot the surface of the land.

Swamp biomes, alongside mangrove swamps and deserts, can generate underground fossils. A swamp rarely generates swamp huts, housing a witch and a black cat. Only witches can spawn in and around the hut. Villages sometimes generate next to a swamp, where they spawn unique swamp villagers. Otherwise, the only way for these villagers to spawn is either by being bred in a swamp, or curing a zombie villager that spawned in a swamp.

Abandoned camps sometimes generate in swamps.​^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}

Swamps have elevations low enough to go below sea level throughout much of the area. A large portion of swamps is flooded, where patches of clay are found on the lakebed, although deeper water only has a gravel floor. The shores of swamps may have marsh-like terrain, where the shores are very irregular, often without smooth transition, and with some small puddles generated. Sand or gravel disks do not generate.

Water in swamps takes on a gray-green color. Underwater fog is thick here so that visibility is lower than in other biomes underwater. Additionally, unlike other Overworld biomes, swamps have varying tints for grass blocks, short grass, leaves, and other plants, following a noise algorithm.

With Vibrant Visuals, swamps have a unique brown-green sky color, and stronger volumetric fog effects, fading the sun and sunlight.

Slimes may spawn in swamps during the night, exclusively between Y=50 and Y=70, making swamps and mangrove swamps the only places where slimes can be found above ground. Their spawn rate is affected by the moon phase, spawning most often during full moon and not spawning at all during new moon. Bogged add an additional threat to the night, thunderstorms, or caves,‌^{[JE only]} as their poison arrows can increase the danger of hostile mobs.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Slimes are spawned twice, once for slime chunks and once for the surface." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 516, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 70 }, { "note": "Slimes are spawned twice, once for slime chunks and once for the surface.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Bogged", "weight": 30 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 }, { "note": "Slimes are spawned twice, once for slime chunks and once for the surface.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 1, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 50, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-5", "mob": "Frog", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Cow", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Slimes are spawned once, for both slime chunks and the surface." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 545, "mobs": [ { "size": "1", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Slimes are spawned once, for both slime chunks and the surface.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Bogged", "weight": 50 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 60, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-5", "mob": "Frog", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1-3", "mob": "Pig", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "2-3", "mob": "Cow", "weight": 8 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "2", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }

These music tracks play while the player is in the swamp:

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Issues relating to "Swamp" or "Swampland" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• 👁 Huge mushrooms in a swamp in Bedrock Edition
  
  Huge mushrooms in a swamp in Bedrock Edition
• 👁 View of marsh-like terrain characteristic of swamps
  
  View of marsh-like terrain characteristic of swamps
• 👁 Fireflies in a swamp at night
  
  Fireflies in a swamp at night
• 👁 Overview of a large swamp biome
  
  Overview of a large swamp biome
• 👁 A swamp hut with a witch in a swamp
  
  A swamp hut with a witch in a swamp
• 👁 A swamp and a mangrove swamp bordering each other
  
  A swamp and a mangrove swamp bordering each other
• 👁 A small swamp on an island surrounded by a beach
  
  A small swamp on an island surrounded by a beach
• 👁 A village reaching into a swamp, causing swamp villagers to spawn naturally
  
  A village reaching into a swamp, causing swamp villagers to spawn naturally
• 👁 An abandoned camp in a swamp
  
  An abandoned camp in a swamp
• 👁 A lava lake generating in a swamp
  
  A lava lake generating in a swamp
• 👁 The sky in a swamp with Vibrant Visuals
  
  The sky in a swamp with Vibrant Visuals
• 👁 A ravine generating between the borders of a swamp and plains biome
  
  A ravine generating between the borders of a swamp and plains biome
• 👁 A swamp ending in a frozen biome, where they do not generate
  
  A swamp ending in a frozen biome, where they do not generate
• 👁 A swamp next to shattered terrain
  
  A swamp next to shattered terrain
• 👁 A swamp single biome world
  
  A swamp single biome world

• 👁 Old view of a swamp biome
  
  Old view of a swamp biome
• 👁 A swamp in beta 1.8
  
  A swamp in beta 1.8
• 👁 A river running through a swamp before 1.18
  
  A river running through a swamp before 1.18
• 👁 A swamp generated next to a frozen ocean
  
  A swamp generated next to a frozen ocean
• 👁 Different water colors in swamp biome
  
  Different water colors in swamp biome
• 👁 A swamp single biome world before 1.18
  
  A swamp single biome world before 1.18
• 👁 A swamp with ray tracing
  
  A swamp with ray tracing

• 👁 The first image of a swamp
  
  The first image of a swamp
• 👁 A swamp in Pocket Edition
  
  A swamp in Pocket Edition
• 👁 Swamp near a large hill
  
  Swamp near a large hill
• 👁 A swamp near a shattered snow taiga
  
  A swamp near a shattered snow taiga
• 👁 A river running through a swamp
  
  A river running through a swamp

• 👁 Makena and Kai running through a swamp
  
  Makena and Kai running through a swamp
• 👁 Official logo of the Swamp biome used during the promotion of the Biome Vote 2019
  
  Official logo of the Swamp biome used during the promotion of the Biome Vote 2019
• 👁 Image
  
• 👁 Lego Minecraft swamp with a swamp hut
  
  Lego Minecraft swamp with a swamp hut
• 👁 A swamp as seen in Minecraft Legends
  
  A swamp as seen in Minecraft Legends
• 👁 A swamp as seen in Minecraft: Story Mode
  
  A swamp as seen in Minecraft: Story Mode
• 👁 Soggy Swamp, a mainland mission in Minecraft Dungeons
  
  Soggy Swamp, a mainland mission in Minecraft Dungeons

• 👁 Image
  Mangrove Swamp
• 👁 Image
  Swamp Hills
• 👁 Image
  Plains
• 👁 Image
  River
• 👁 Image
  Ocean
• 👁 Image
  Jungle

• "Around the Block: Swamp" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, April 23, 2021.