Ocean biomes

Ocean biomes
Structures	Shipwreck; Ocean Monument(deep oceans only); Ocean Ruins; Mineshaft; Trial Chambers
Features	Iceberg(frozen and deep frozen oceans only); Blue ice(frozen and deep frozen oceans only); Coral reef(warm oceans only)
Climate
Temperature	0.0(deep frozen ocean‌[BE only]); 0.5(deep frozen ocean‌[JE only]); 0.5(all others)
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	true
Colors
Grass color	; #80b497(deep frozen ocean‌[BE only]); ; #8EB971(deep frozen ocean‌[JE only]); ; #8EB971(all others)
Foliage color	; #60a17b(deep frozen ocean‌[BE only]); ; #71a74d(deep frozen ocean‌[JE only]); ; #71a74d(all others)

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This page is an overview of all ocean biomes.

Biomes

List of all ocean biomes:

Deep warm oceans do exist in bedrock edition, but are unused, so they aren't included in this article.

Description

The separate colors of each ocean variant in *Java Edition*.

Oceans are vast expanses of water from sea level to the ocean floor, which is at a depth of roughly Y=45 for normal oceans and Y=30 for deep variants. The seafloor is fairly hilly, featuring multiple peaks and valleys.

All oceans together are the largest biomes by area, covering anywhere around 28–29% of the surface area of the Overworld when factoring in all of its variants.

Common generation

All oceans are vast bodies of water that usually take up a lot of space. They all generate with ocean ruins, which are either there warm or cold variant. All oceans have a deep variant except for warm oceans. Ocean Monuments generate in these deep variants.

Ocean

Oceans generate with seagrass and kelp along the floor, which is made of sand or gravel. The floors of non-deep oceans can generate patches of dirt and clay.

Frozen Ocean

Frozen oceans do not generate with seagrass or kelp. The surface of frozen oceans are covered with ice, but not deep frozen oceans. Both frozens oceans and deep frozen oceans generate large icebergs.

Cold Ocean

Cold oceans have less seagrass compared to other ocean biomes, while deep cold oceans have more amounts of large seagrass. Cold ocean ruins generate in these biomes. Cold ocean floors mainly consist of gravel.

Lukewarm Ocean

Lukewarm oceans have more seagrass compared to other ocean biomes, and deep lukewarm oceans have more amounts of large seagrass. Warm ocean ruins generate in these biomes. Lukewarm ocean floors mainly consist of sand. Pufferfish can spawn in these biomes.

Warm Ocean

Warm ocean floors mainly consist of sand, similarly to lukewarm oceans. Coral reefs and sea pickles are exclusive to this biome. Zombie nautili that spawn in this biome spawn as coral zombie nautiluses. Warm oceans do not have a deep variant, so ocean monuments can't spawn here.

Ocean generation

Statistics


Biome	Seagrass	Kelp	Ocean Ruins	Has Deep Variant
Ocean	Yes	Yes	Cold	Yes
Frozen Ocean	No	No	Cold	Yes
Cold Ocean	Rarely	Yes	Cold	Yes
Lukewarm Ocean	Yes	Yes	Warm	Yes
Warm Ocean	Yes	No	Warm	No

History

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Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.0.12a		An infinite ocean now surrounds the map.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1414		Added infinite worlds. Oceans generate as random parts of the terrain, similarly to mountains.
Java Edition Beta
1.8	Pre-release	As part of a terrain generation overhaul, oceans have been made into their own proper biome. Previously, oceans were not considered their own biome.
		The ocean level has been decreased by one block (64 to 63).
		Oceans have been made much larger and take up most of the map and their floors were made of a mix of clay, dirt and sand.
Java Edition
1.7.2	13w36a	Oceans have been made much smaller. In addition, oceans now only have gravel as the ocean floor. In contrast, old oceans had their floors made out of dirt, sand and clay.
1.7.2	13w36a	Ocean is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.8	14w25a	Added ocean monuments, which generate in oceans.
1.13	18w08a	Split the ocean into frozen, cold, lukewarm, and warm oceans, along with deep variants for each of them.
	18w08b	Deeps warm oceans no longer generate.
	18w09a	Added underwater ruin structures, which generate in oceans.
	18w10a	Ocean is no longer required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
	18w11a	Added shipwrecks, which generate in oceans.
1.16	20w06a	Underwater ruins and shipwrecks are now rarer.
1.17	21w06a	Ocean biomes generate with a stone floor below Y=50 instead of a gravel floor.^[1]
1.17	21w15a	Oceans generate with a gravel floor once again.
1.18	21w43a	Removed deep warm oceans.
1.18	21w44a	Ocean is once again required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.

Bedrock Edition

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References

↑ MC-214783 — Oceans generate with stone floors — resolved as "Fixed".

Navigation

[1] MC-214783 — Oceans generate with stone floors — resolved as "Fixed".

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v t e Ocean
Biomes	Ocean Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Cold Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Warm Ocean
Environment	Ruins Shipwreck Monument Coral Reef
Blocks	Water Gravel Sand Ice Coral Coral Block Coral Fan Sea Pickle Seagrass Kelp Magma Block
Mobs	Cod Tropical Fish Drowned Dolphin Pufferfish Nautilus Zombie Nautilus Coral Jockey

Climate
Structures	Shipwreck Ocean Monument(deep oceans only) Ocean Ruins Mineshaft Trial Chambers
Features	Iceberg(frozen and deep frozen oceans only) Blue ice(frozen and deep frozen oceans only) Coral reef(warm oceans only)
Temperature	0.0(deep frozen ocean‌^{[BE only]}) 0.5(deep frozen ocean‌^{[JE only]}) 0.5(all others)
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	true
Colors
Grass color	#80b497(deep frozen ocean‌^{[BE only]}) #8EB971(deep frozen ocean‌^{[JE only]}) #8EB971(all others)
Foliage color	#60a17b(deep frozen ocean‌^{[BE only]}) #71a74d(deep frozen ocean‌^{[JE only]}) #71a74d(all others)