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Biome Tags

This list includes Biomes O' Plenty and AbyssalCraft biomes, and is not yet complete. This information taken from here and Minecraft Forge.

BEACH

  • Clay deposits are more common here.
  • Magnetite ore spawns high (average = 56 ± 16) in BEACH biomes.

Beach, Cold Beach, Gravel beach, Mushroom Island Shore, Stone Beach

COLD

  • Hematite veins spawn high (average = 56 ± 16) in COLD biomes.
  • Tanzanite is found in cold biomes below y=32.

Alps, Bog, Boreal forest, Cold Beach, Cold desert, Cold Taiga, Cold Taiga Hills, Coniferous forest, Crag, Dead forest, Dead swamp, Fen, Frozen Ocean, Frozen River, Glacier, Ice Plains, Ice Mountains, Maple woods, Meadow, Mutated Taiga, Mutated Taiga Cold, Mutated Ice Flats, Redwood Taiga, Redwood Taiga Hills, Seasonal forest, Shield, Sky (The End), Snowy coniferous forest, Snowy forest, Taiga, Taiga Hills, Tundra

CONIFEROUS

Boreal forest, Cold Taiga, Cold Taiga Hills, Coniferous forest, Maple woods, Mutated Taiga, Mutated Taiga Cold, Redwood Taiga, Redwood Taiga Hills, Snowy coniferous forest, Taiga, Taiga Hills

DEAD

Abyssal wastelands, Dead forest, Dead swamp, Dreadlands, Fen, Purified dreadlands, Dark realm, Dreadlands mountains, Dreadlands forest, Ominous woods, Omothol, Quagmire, Tundra, Volcanic island, Wasteland

DENSE

Bamboo forest, Bayou, Boreal forest, Cherry blossom grove, Coniferous forest, Eucalyptus forest, Fen, Flower island, Jungle, Jungle Hills, Land of lakes, Lush swamp, Mangrove, Maple woods, Mutated Jungle, Mutated Birch Forest, Mutated Birch Forest Hills, Mutated Roofed Forest, Mutated Redwood Taiga, Mutated Redwood Taiga Hills, Mystic grove, Ominous woods, Orchard, Overgrown cliffs, Rainforest, Redwood forest, Roofed Forest, Sacred springs, Seasonal forest, Shield, Snowy coniferous forest, Temperate rainforest, Tropical island, Tropical rainforest, Wetland, Woodland

DRY

  • Ruby is found in dry biomes.

Alps, Brushland, Chapparel, Cold desert, Crag, Desert, Desert Hills, Dead forest, Heathland, Hell (Nether), Lush desert, Mountain, Mountain foothills, Mutated Desert, Mutated Savanna, Mutated Savanna Rock, Mutated Mesa, Mutated Mesa Rock, Mutated Mesa Clear Rock, Outback, Prairie, Shrubland, Sky (The End), Steppe, Tundra, Volcanic island, Wasteland, Woodland, Xeric shrubland

FOREST

  • The small Astral Sorcery shrines spawn in these biomes.
  • Apatite ore is three times more common here.
  • Amber is found in forest biomes below y=32.

Bamboo forest, Birch Forest, Birch Forest Hills, Bog, Boreal forest, Cherry blossom grove, Coniferous forest, Darklands forest, Dead forest, Eucalyptus forest, Fen, Forest, Forest Hills, Grove, Heathland, Land of lakes, Mangrove, Maple forest, Meadow, Mountain, Mountain foothills, Mutated Birch Forest, Mutated Birch Forest Hills, Mutated Forest, Mutated Redwood Taiga, Mutated Redwood Taiga Hills, Mutated Roofed Forest, Mystic grove, Ominous woods, Orchard, Rainforest, Redwood forest, Roofed Forest, Sacred springs, Seasonal forest, Shield, Snowy coniferous forest, Snowy forest, Temperate rainforest, Wetland, Woodland

HILLS

  • Banded iron can only be found here and in MOUNTAIN biomes.
  • Siderite ore can be found only in HILLS biomes (average = 47.5 ± 7.5).
  • Some things I find interesting here: Extreme Hills are on this list, but Extreme Hills Edge, Extreme Hills With Trees, and Mutated Extreme Hills, and Mutated Extreme Hills With Trees are not. Mutated Birch Forest is, but Mutated Birch Forest Hills is not a hill, and is instead marked as a mountain.

Birch Forest Hills, Boreal forest, Cold Taiga Hills, Crag, Darklands hills, Desert Hills, Extreme Hills, Forest Hills, Grassland, Highland, Jungle Hills, Moor, Mountain foothills, Mutated Forest, Mutated Swamplands, Mutated Ice Flats, Mutated Jungle Edge, Mutated Birch Forest, Mutated Redwood Taiga Hills, Mutated Savanna Rock, Mutated Mesa Rock, Overgrown cliffs, Rainforest, Redwood Taiga Hills, Taiga Hills

HOT

  • Magnetite ore does NOT spawn low (average = 31 ± 11) in hot biomes (it will still spawn high if the biome is either a BEACH or SANDY biome).

Bayou, Brushland, Desert, Desert Hills, Hell (Nether), Jungle, Jungle Edge, Jungle Hills, Lush desert, Mutated Desert, Mutated Jungle, Mutated Jungle Edge, Mutated Savanna, Mutated Savanna Rock, Mutated Mesa, Mutated Mesa Rock, Mutated Mesa Clear Rock, Oasis, Outback, Savanna, Savanna Plateau, Tropical rainforest, Volcanic island, Xeric shrubland

JUNGLE

Bamboo forest, Eucalyptus forest, Jungle, Jungle Hills, Jungle Edge, Mutated Jungle, Mutated Jungle Edge, Oasis, Overgrown cliffs, Rainforest, Sacred springs, Tropical island, Tropical rainforest,

LUSH

  • Topaz is found in lush biomes below y=32.

Cherry Blossom Grove, Eucalyptus Forest, Flower Field, Grove, Lavender Fields, Lush Desert, Lush Swamp, Mangrove, Marsh, Meadow, Mystic Grove, Orchard, Overgrown Cliffs, Rainforest, Sacred Springs, Temperate Rainforest, Tropical Rainforest, Swamp, Xeric Shrubland, Tropical Island, Flower Island, Undergarden (nether biome)

MAGICAL

Cherry blossom grove, Crag, Flower island, Lavender fields, Mystic grove, Ominous woods, Sacred springs

MOUNTAIN

  • The large Astral Sorcery shrines spawn here.
  • Emerald veins are more than four times more common here.
  • Aluminum, copper, gold, lead, nickel, and taconite veins spawn twice in these biomes: once low, and once high.
  • Banded iron can only be found here and in HILLS biomes.

Alps, Crag, Darklands mountains, Extreme Hills, Extreme Hills Edge, Extreme Hills with Trees, Highland, Ice Mountains, Mountain, Mountain foothills, Mutated Birch Forest Hills, Mutated Extreme Hills, Mutated Extreme Hills With Trees, Mutated Jungle, Mutated Mesa, Mutated Mesa Clear Rock, Mutated Roofed Forest, Mutated Savanna, Mutated Taiga, Mutated Taiga Cold, Overgrown cliffs, Volcanic island

OCEAN

  • Rutile and menril geodes are two to three times more common in oceans.
  • Sapphire ore is found in ocean biomes below y=32.

Deep Ocean, Frozen Ocean, Ocean

PLAINS

  • Note: the small Astral Sorcery shrines spawn in these biomes.
  • Peridot ore is found in plains biomes below y=32.

Chaparral, Darklands plains, Flower field, Grassland, Heathland, Lavender fields, Meadow, Mutated Plains, Orchard, Plains, Prairie, Savanna, Savanna Plateau, Shrubland, Steppe

RIVER

  • Clay deposits are more common here.

SANDY

  • There is a desert themed Astral Sorcery shrine that spawns in these biomes.
  • Magnetite ore spawns high (average = 56 ± 16) in SANDY biomes.

Desert, Desert Hills, Lush desert, Mesa, Mesa Rock, Mesa Clear Rock, Mutated Desert, Oasis, Outback, Steppe, Xeric shrubland,

SAVANNA

Brushland, Lush desert, Mutated Savanna, Mutated Savanna Rock, Outback, Savanna, Savanna Plateau, Xeric shrubland,

SNOWY

  • Note: the large Astral Sorcery shrines spawn in these biomes.

Alps, Alps Foothills, Cold Beach, Cold Desert, Cold Taiga, Cold Taiga Hills, Frozen River, Frozen Ocean, Glacier, Ice Plains, Ice Mountains, Mutated Ice Flats, Mutated Taiga Cold, Polar Chasm, Snowy Coniferous Forest

SPARSE

Alps Foothills, Brushland, Dead Forest, Dead Swamp, Extreme Hills With Trees, Grove, Lush Desert, Meadow, Mesa Rock, Mountain, Mountain Foothills, Mutated Extreme Hills, Mutated Extreme Hills With Trees, Mutated Jungle Edge, Mutated Mesa, Mutated Mesa Rock, Mutated Mesa Clear Rock, Mutated Savanna, Mutated Savanna Rock, Oasis, Outback, Prairie, Savanna, Savanna Plateau, Shrubland, Snowy Forest, Tundra, Wasteland, Xeric Shrubland

SPOOKY

  • Dark ore (Evilcraft) spawns three times more frequently in these biomes.

Darklands, Darklands Forest, Darklands Plains, Darklands Hills, Darklands Mountains, Dead swamp, Ominous woods, Mutated Roofed Forest, Roofed Forest

SWAMP

  • Bog iron only spawns here (average = 62 ± 10)
  • Clay deposits are more common here.
  • Malachite ore is found in swamp biomes below y=32.

Bayou, Bog, Coralium infested swamp, Dead swamp, Fen, Land of lakes, Lush swamp, Marsh, Moor, Mutated Swampland, Swampland, Quagmire, Wetland

WARM

Coralium infested swamp, Darklands, Darklands forest, Darklands hills, Darklands plains, Darklands mountains

WASTELAND

  • Uranium ore is TEN times more common in these biomes.

Crag, Darklands, Glacier, Ice Plains, Quagmire, Tundra, Volcanic Island, Wasteland

WET

Bamboo forest, Bayou, Bog, Cherry blossom grove, Dead swamp, Eucalyptus forest, Fen, Grassland, Grove, Highland, Jungle, Jungle Hills, Jungle Edge, Land of lakes, Lush swamp, Mangrove, Marsh, Meadow, Moor, Mutated Jungle, Mutated Swampland, Mystic grove, Oasis, Ominous woods, Overgrown cliffs, Quagmire, Rainforest, Sacred springs, Shield, Snowy forest, Swampland, Temperate rainforest, Tropical island, Tropical rainforest, Wetland