Note: This guide focuses on the Bedrock version of Minecraft, available on Windows 10, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and mobile.

　　There aren't many truly inhospitable biomes in Minecraft, but it's easier to make a life in some than others. These temperate biomes are the easiest place to start whether you're logging in for the first time or are a Minecraft veteran. Below, we detail everything you need to know about them.

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Plains

　　This biome spawns common farm mobs and horses, and is the only biome where you can find donkeys. Bees and beehives spawn here as well. All common, non-biome-specific hostile mobs spawn here. Most flowers can spawn in this biome, while the sunflower plain variant is the only biome that can spawn sunflowers. Villages and pillager outposts can spawn in plains biomes, though they're fairly rare.

Forests

　　There are a number of different subtypes of forest:

　　Flower forests can spawn every type of flower that is not specific to a particular biome, and is less dense than many other forests.Dark forests contain thicker dark oak trees as well as oak and birch trees. Due to the density of dark oak leaves, though, dark forests live up to their name, and are dark enough that hostile mobs spawn frequently during the day. Woodland mansions can spawn but are extremely rare, and are typically found thousands of blocks from your world spawn.Birch and tall birch forests are essentially the same as forests, but wolves cannot spawn, and you'll only see birch trees.

Swamps

　　Most importantly, though, this biome can spawn slimes above ground at night, and swamps can spawn witch huts.

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