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Biome tokens are used to indicate biomes for creatures, plants and entities.

All objects that use biome tokens can take multiple entries, so they can be found in many different locations.

Individual Biomes

ID Token Description
0 MOUNTAIN or MOUNTAINS Mountain
1 GLACIER Glacier
2 TUNDRA Tundra
3 SWAMP_TEMPERATE_FRESHWATER Temperate Freshwater Swamp
4 SWAMP_TEMPERATE_SALTWATER Temperate Saltwater Swamp
5 MARSH_TEMPERATE_FRESHWATER Temperate Freshwater Marsh
6 MARSH_TEMPERATE_SALTWATER Temperate Saltwater Marsh
7 SWAMP_TROPICAL_FRESHWATER Tropical Freshwater Swamp
8 SWAMP_TROPICAL_SALTWATER Tropical Saltwater Swamp
9 SWAMP_MANGROVE Mangrove Swamp
10 MARSH_TROPICAL_FRESHWATER Tropical Freshwater Marsh
11 MARSH_TROPICAL_SALTWATER Tropical Saltwater Marsh
12 FOREST_TAIGA or TAIGA Taiga
13 FOREST_TEMPERATE_CONIFER Temperate Coniferous Forest
14 FOREST_TEMPERATE_BROADLEAF Temperate Broadleaf Forest
15 FOREST_TROPICAL_CONIFER Tropical Coniferous Forest
16 FOREST_TROPICAL_DRY_BROADLEAF Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest
17 FOREST_TROPICAL_MOIST_BROADLEAF Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forest
18 GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE Temperate Grassland
19 SAVANNA_TEMPERATE Temperate Savanna
20 SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE Temperate Shrubland
21 GRASSLAND_TROPICAL Tropical Grassland
22 SAVANNA_TROPICAL Tropical Savanna
23 SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL Tropical Shrubland
24 DESERT_BADLAND Badlands
25 DESERT_ROCK Rocky Wasteland
26 DESERT_SAND Sand Desert
27 OCEAN_TROPICAL Tropical Ocean
28 OCEAN_TEMPERATE Temperate Ocean
29 OCEAN_ARCTIC Arctic Ocean
30 POOL_TEMPERATE_FRESHWATER Temperate Freshwater Pool
31 POOL_TEMPERATE_BRACKISHWATER Temperate Brackish Pool
32 POOL_TEMPERATE_SALTWATER Temperate Saltwater Pool
33 POOL_TROPICAL_FRESHWATER Tropical Freshwater Pool
34 POOL_TROPICAL_BRACKISHWATER Tropical Brackish Pool
35 POOL_TROPICAL_SALTWATER Tropical Saltwater Pool
36 LAKE_TEMPERATE_FRESHWATER Temperate Freshwater Lake
37 LAKE_TEMPERATE_BRACKISHWATER Temperate Brackish Lake
38 LAKE_TEMPERATE_SALTWATER Temperate Saltwater Lake
39 LAKE_TROPICAL_FRESHWATER Tropical Freshwater Lake
40 LAKE_TROPICAL_BRACKISHWATER Tropical Brackish Lake
41 LAKE_TROPICAL_SALTWATER Tropical Saltwater Lake
42 RIVER_TEMPERATE_FRESHWATER Temperate Freshwater River
43 RIVER_TEMPERATE_BRACKISHWATER Temperate Brackish River
44 RIVER_TEMPERATE_SALTWATER Temperate Saltwater River
45 RIVER_TROPICAL_FRESHWATER Tropical Freshwater River
46 RIVER_TROPICAL_BRACKISHWATER Tropical Brackish River
47 RIVER_TROPICAL_SALTWATER Tropical Saltwater River
48 SUBTERRANEAN_WATER Underground caverns (in water)
49 SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM Underground caverns (out of water)
50 SUBTERRANEAN_LAVA Magma sea


Biome Sets

Token Biomes Description
ALL_MAIN 0-29, 36-41 All biomes excluding pools, rivers, and underground features
ANY_LAND 0-26 All main biomes excluding oceans and lakes
ANY_OCEAN 27-29 All ocean biomes
ANY_LAKE 36-41 All lake biomes
ANY_TEMPERATE_LAKE 36-38 All temperate lake biomes
ANY_TROPICAL_LAKE 39-41 All tropical lake biomes
ANY_RIVER 42-47 All river biomes
ANY_TEMPERATE_RIVER 42-44 All temperate river biomes
ANY_TROPICAL_RIVER 45-47 All tropical river biomes
ANY_POOL 30-35 All pool biomes
NOT_FREEZING 3-26 All land biomes excluding Mountain, Glacier, and Tundra
ANY_TEMPERATE 3-6, 13-14, 18-20 All Temperate land biomes - marshes, swamps, forests, grassland, savanna, and shrubland
ANY_TROPICAL 7-11, 15-17, 21-23 All Tropical land biomes - marshes, swamps (including Mangrove), forests, grassland, savanna, and shrubland
ANY_FOREST 13-17 All Forest biomes (excluding Taiga)
ANY_SHRUBLAND 20, 23 Temperate and Tropical Shrubland
ANY_GRASSLAND 18, 21 Temperate and Tropical Grassland
ANY_SAVANNA 19, 22 Temperate and Tropical Savanna
ANY_TEMPERATE_FOREST 13-14 Temperate Coniferous and Broadleaf Forests
ANY_TROPICAL_FOREST 15-17 Tropical Coniferous and Dry/Moist Broadleaf Forests
ANY_TEMPERATE_BROADLEAF 3-6, 14, 18-20 Temperate Broadleaf Forest, Grassland/Savanna/Shrubland, Swamps, and Marshes
ANY_TROPICAL_BROADLEAF 7-11, 16-17, 21-23 Tropical Dry/Moist Broadleaf Forest, Grassland/Savanna/Shrubland, Swamps (including Mangrove), and Marshes
ANY_WETLAND 3-11 All swamps and marshes
ANY_TEMPERATE_WETLAND 3-6 All temperate swamps and marshes
ANY_TROPICAL_WETLAND 7-11 All tropical swamps and marshes
ANY_TROPICAL_MARSH 10-11 All tropical marshes
ANY_TEMPERATE_MARSH 5-6 All temperate marshes
ANY_TROPICAL_SWAMP 7-9 All tropical swamps (including Mangrove)
ANY_TEMPERATE_SWAMP 3-4 All temperate swamps
ANY_DESERT 24-26 Badlands, Rocky Wasteland, and Sand Desert