5 Minecraft biome mechanics you may not know about

Minecraft has loads of biomes in a single world, all of which have unique terrain generation, climate, blocks, mob spawns, etc. While some are simpler and spawn regular farm animals, hostile mobs at night, and have a temperate climate, others have certain exclusively special mechanics.

Here are five unique biome mechanics you'd love to know about, if you haven't already.

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5 Minecraft biome mechanics you may not know about

1) Pale Garden's desaturated sky

The sky's desaturates when players enter Pale Garden (Image via Mojang Studios)

Pale Garden is a new spooky biome in Minecraft that generates in the Overworld and is essentially a variant of Dark Oak Forest. When you enter this biome, the region's unique mechanic makes the sky completely desaturated. The natural blue color of the sky will desaturate into light gray.

This effect massively enhances the Pale Garden's overall eerie effect. As soon as you exit the biome, you'll instantly see bright blue sky again.

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2) No rain in the Desert

It does not rain in the Desert (Image via Mojang Studios)

Deserts are unique biomes in Minecraft with no vegetation except cacti. They only have a few structures like desert villages and desert temples. Apart from that, it is only filled with sand and dead bushes. One special biome mechanic in the desert is that you will never see any rain falling in the desert.

The temperature in the biome is so high that it simply evaporates the rain, disallowing any of its particle effect to appear in the region. The change in fog and cloud cover will indicate rain falls in the world, but you won't see it in a desert.

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3) No hostile mobs in Mushroom Fields

No hostile mobs spawn in Mushroom Fields (Image via Mojang Studios)

Even though this biome mechanic is among the most popular in the game's community, some of you might not know about it. Mushroom Fields is one of the rarest biomes with a special mechanic that disallows any hostile mob from spawning in it.

This biome is generated in the middle of the ocean, away from any other land biome. It is completely covered in mycelium dirt blocks and large mushrooms and spawns special mooshroom cows. When the night falls, the biome will not spawn a single hostile mob in the area, making it extremely safe for new players. However, the lack of trees and other resources make it hard to progress.

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4) Slimes only spawn on surfaces in Swamps

The swamp is the only biome in which slimes spawn during the night (Image via Mojang Studios)

The swamp is an uncommon biome that spawns near other warmer biomes like Savanna, Desert, Jungle, etc. These are filled with patches of water and low trees with loads of vines. Swamp's special biome mechanic is that rare slime mobs spawn in this region. Slimes are uncommon mobs that either spawn in special slime chunks below a certain Y level or in Swamp biomes at night.

This special feature makes many players try searching for a Swamp so that they can make an easy slime farm on the surface at night.

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5) Copper generates the most in Dripstone Caves

Copper ores are generated in large amounts in Dripstone Caves (Image via Mojang Studios)

Dripstone Caves is a cave biome that is most commonly around Y level 0 and is filled with regular dripstone and pointed dripstone blocks. These are generally considered more dangerous cave biomes since loads of hostile mobs can spawn in there.

This region has another unique biome mechanic. Dripstone Caves can generate large blobs of copper ores, making it one of the best biomes to get the earth's minerals from.

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