The Xeric Shrubland biome is made up of small hills of sand and dirt with grass, flowers, dead shrubs, and cacti littered about.
Description
The Xeric Shrubland is a type of desert biome. The ground is made up of sand, grass blocks, and acacia leaves. There seem to be a fair number of small water lakes.
Vegetation
Small Acacia trees and Cacti may occur here, alongside a range of scrub: Tiny Cacti, Dead Bushes, Grass, Bromeliads.
Mobs & NPCs
Passive mobs do not seem to spawn here. Villages spawn in this biome.
Survival
Survival in this biome is somewhat easy. Trees and farm plants are easy to grow because of the abundance of shrubs, grass, dirt, and water. Farm animals do not spawn even on the grass, so if animals are desired they must be brought from adjacent biomes. Hills are generally too small to build a house on, therefore, it is difficult to see an enemy coming, or indeed rush them or run away.
Seeds
1.9
- 201519186879953 Coordinates: X: -160 Y: 70 and Z: 1900. You will spawn in Xeric Shrubland, surrounded by vanilla Mesa biome.
1.10
- 8027443265845556548 Coordinates: X: 3300 Y: 68 Z: 3600
Trivia
- This biome appears to be exceedingly rare, despite being one of the largest terrestrial biomes on Earth.
- This biome was added as part of a community poll for biome ideas.
Gallery
The Xeric Shrubland Redesign in 1.8
Xeric Shrubland village (1.9)
Xeric Shrubland (1.9 and later)
Desert temple near Xeric Shrubland biome
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| Abiotic Blocks | White Sand • (White Sandstone - stairs, slab, wall, smooth, smooth stairs, smooth slab, smooth wall, cut, cut slab, chiseled) • Orange Sand • (Orange Sandstone - stairs, slab, wall, smooth, smooth stairs, smooth slab, smooth wall, cut, cut slab, chiseled) • Black Sand • (Black Sandstone - stairs, slab, wall, smooth, smooth stairs, smooth slab, smooth wall, cut, cut slab, chiseled) • Dried Salt • (Flesh - porous) • Brimstone • Brimstone Fumarole • Block of Rose Quartz • Glowworm Silk • Hanging Cobweb • Stringy Cobweb • Webbing • Brimstone Bud • Brimstone Cluster • Rose Quartz Cluster • Large Rose Quartz Bud • Medium Rose Quartz Bud • Small Rose Quartz Bud • Blackstone Spines • Blackstone Bulb | |
| Biotic Blocks | Origin Grass Block • Rooted Sand • (Flesh - porous) • Toadstool Block • Glowshroom Block • Glowing Moss Carpet • Glowing Moss Block • Spider Egg • Origin Leaves • Flowering Oak Leaves • Rainbow Birch Leaves • Yellow Autumn Leaves • Orange Autumn Leaves • Maple Leaves • (Fir Log - wood, stripped, stripped wood, planks, stairs, slab, fence, fence gate, door, trapdoor, button, boat, chest boat, leaves) • (Redwood Log - wood, stripped, stripped wood, planks, stairs, slab, fence, fence gate, door, trapdoor, button, boat, chest boat, leaves) • (Cherry Log - wood, stripped, stripped wood, planks, stairs, slab, fence, fence gate, door, trapdoor, button, boat, chest boat, pink blossoms, white blossoms) (Saplings - origin, flowering oak, rainbow birch, yellow autumn, orange autumn, maple, fir, redwood, white cherry, pink cherry, mahogany, jacaranda, palm, willow, dead, magic, umbran, hellbark) • Rose • Violet • Lavender • Wildflower • Orange Cosmos • Pink Daffodil • Pink Hibiscus • Glowflower • Wilted Lily • Burning Blossom • Blue Hydrangea • Goldenrod • Willow Vine • Spanish Moss• Sprout • Bush • Clover • Huge Clover Petal • Dune Grass • Desert Grass • Dead Grass • Cattail • Barley • Sea Oats • Reed • Watergrass • Dead Branch • Bramble • Toadstool • Glowshroom • Pus Bubble • Flesh Tendons • Hair | |
| Liquids | Blood • Liquid Null | |
| Items | Rose Quartz Shard • Wanderer • Blood Bucket | |